being in your youth can be so agonizing like the world is burning and the US is doing god knows what and one million other terrible things are happening and you’re so overworked and exhausted that all you can do is buy your groceries with reusable bags and skim headlines knowing vaguely that they’re prophecies of terror and feel ashamed you don’t know more than you do but your mental health is already so bad you just have to take your 10 minutes off to try to scrape together some meaning and peace as it all starts to crumble around you and yet here in your home on your laptop you still have deadlines and the streets outside are quiet and you can’t breathe
Let’s talk about what’s happening in Australia, which is suffering its worst bushfire season in recorded history.
This almost unimaginable catastrophe has killed half a billion animals with more than 14.5 million acres burned and released over 250 million tonnes of CO2 so far.
More than 5 million hectares have been burnt, and this number continues to climb – that’s the equivalent of one fifth of the entire UK // equivalent to twice size of Belgium.
Half a billion mammals, birds and reptiles have been affected, including an estimated 30% of the entire koala population in this area.
Lives and homes have been lost. Our thoughts are with the tens of thousands of people who are affected by these fires.
We HAVE to help... we have to do something before it’s too late. Pray For Australia 🐨and
Donate:
- www.givit.org.au
- www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/volunteer/support-your-local-brigade
- www.cfa.vic.gov.au/about/supporting-cfa
- www.cfsfoundation.org.au/donate
