Our world faces many issues
Here, we list a few of the issues we are most familiar with (in no particular order). This list is certainly not all-inclusive, and we encourage you to reach out to us with problems that you are passionate about solving.
–The melting of the polar ice caps
-rising sea levels
-threatened ecosystems
-Greenhouse gas emissions
-CO2 from natural and human sources
-factory farming methane emissions
-The world water crisis
-over 2 billion people living without clean water
-sanitation issues
-Political divisiveness in America
-human issues are directly connected to natural issues and solutions
-in order for gov. to help with solutions, some level of mutual understanding of the problems must be reached
-Wealth Inequality
-this will always exist on some level, but more and more humans are being pushed into extreme poverty, and society has the means to help
-Plastic in the oceans
-yes, the straws and sea turtles, etc….
-micro-plastics threaten ocean ecosystems, and therefor the world
-General pollution
-no one likes pollution
-landfills are becoming an issue, we need a new solution
-Over fishing
-commercial fishing industry regulations are largely unenforced
-bycatch is at unacceptable levels
-Deforestation
-yes, though its cliche, the Amazon rain forest is being cut down and destroyed
-all rain forests are being threatened and need protection
-Food security
-1 in 9 people go hungry every day
-Worldwide gender equality
-women in many countries do not have the same rights that men do and suffer because of it
-especially pressing in the Middle East