Inspiration of the Week – Fashion Moguls on Top of Climate Change
Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Publication (Outlet/Website): Jennifer Arrington (Unpublished)
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2016/05/31
Something that inspired me in recent times has been reading some articles from around 2013 to 2016. These articles were in relation to one of the major problems in the world the moment known as climate change or global waring. It ranks in the list of concerns in the short and long-term alongside nuclear war and terrorism, and has numerous initiatives working towards its solution. Of course, nuclear war and terrorism amount to the more immediate concerns tied to terrorist groups such as ISIS or ISIL, or Boko Haram, and nuclear war with respect to the massive nuclear armaments of the United States of America and Russia in addition to others such as United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea with a total of about 16,300 nuclear warheads. For instance, Vivienne Westwood collaborated with the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) to campaign to raise awareness about the plight of people who have been forced from their homes in light of climate change. She was approached by three women from the organization (EJF) and the individuals talked with the climate refugees that they had met in their work. And so, she wanted to produce free and objective information about climate change or global warming. That’s just one example. Of course, there are many, many other examples that can probably be found in lists of individuals. The inspiration for me came out of the fact that some of the fashion moguls in the world put forth their own weight with respect to status in the fashion world towards raising awareness about climate change or global warming. Now, I know some might question global warming or climate change with particular dips within narrowed aspects of the trend line, but this might miss the important aspect of proportioned and appropriate interpretation of statistical data over time represented in charts. However, the major issue needs emphasis around the fact that it is a long-term trend line of increased warming and increased parts per million of CO2 in the atmosphere since the Industrial Revolution faster than at any other point in human history. That’s the key. It’s speed. I have been concerned about this because I have nieces and nephews who I love very much, very dearly. I want them to have a decent life, and that extends to them having some decent future. That future will involve numerous unknown aspects, but the fact that fashion power houses are willing to put their force behind increasing knowledge about this from which solutions can then be planned because of mass knowledge about it in the general population is a net good to me. This seems like a hopeful thing. It seems like an optimistic thing for me. In fact, it is something of inspiration for me. I’m thrilled and inspired by the fact that fashion moguls are on top of climate change, in other words.
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