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Introducing the Climate Change Collective

September 13, 2022 Filed Under: Environmental, Blog posts

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Welcome back to my blog! I am posting twice this week instead of once because I wanted to introduce the Climate Change Collective. Climate change has already had a significant impact on so many countries, and it will continue to do so. Through studying Environmental Science during my A-Levels and now at university, I have learnt so much about it and the consequences it will have.

What is the Climate Change Collective?

The Climate Change Collective was created following a conversation between Michelle from Boomer Eco Crusader, and Jamie from JamieAdStories. Like me, they care about human activity’s effects on our planet. So they decided to create this collaboration with a group of like-minded eco bloggers to share climate change-related blog posts.

Each member of the collective with writing a post sharing their concerns and perspective on climate change. Once the post has been published, we will each share a link to the post on our blogs! If you fancy joining us, feel free to get in touch in the comments or on Twitter.

My thoughts on Michelle’s post

michelle’s post – Welcome to the climate change collective

In Michelle’s post, which you can read by clicking the button above, she talks about how climate change impacts your health and your wallet. She has spent her career in the retirement business so is always thinking about security in our later years. A report released in 2020, states that climate change was one of the risks to retirement security.

This is a starterling reminder about how much climate change can affect us throughout our life. As I am only 20, I have never really given retirement much thought. There are so many ways that climate change affects our health, we are already living these effects.

Continue reading: Introducing the Climate Change Collective

I think the biggest consequence that has startled me is air pollution. I had a lecture sometime last year about air quality, from an environmental lawyer. He told us about how every single country/city lies about their air pollution reading. For examoke, Bournemouth’s air quality recorder is in an empty field in the middle of nowhere. This is obviously going to get a low reading. It terrifies me how our leaders are willing to lie so easily.

Air pollution has staggering effects, and in 2013 Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah’s official cause of death was air pollution. That was almost 10 years ago. The amount of people with asthma has increased, especially within cities as they often have a worse quality of air. Air pollution often leads to heart disease, lung cancer, respiratory conditions (including asthma), cardiovascular diseases, strokes and a lower life expectancy.

It was only in 1956 that the first Clean Air Act came about. That is very recent, and it worries me how long it took for people to realise the importance of clean air. Especially, when back in the 17th century, they first had thoughts on how coal might be bad for our health & the environment!

climate change collective - wildfire with a white car emerging from smoke.
Photo by Marcus Kauffman on Unsplash

The biggest cause of air pollution is care tires and break pads. We need to drive less, but in order for this to happen there must be efficient transport links. In the UK, trains are far too expensive which makes them less desirable to use. Luckily I have a rail card which takes 1/3 of the price off, but even then it is so expensive! Buses aren’t too bad compared, but they are so much more than I remember when I was a child.

In the last few years, there has been so much on the news about wildfires, droughts, heatwaves, floods etc. Hearing of a wildfire in the news used to be a rarity, and a shock to the system. Now they almost seem normal, when they are far from it! As Michelle mentions in her blog post, there are financial burdens that come alongside these disasters.

Make sure you have a read of her post, and look out for ones in the future from the Climate Change Collective! In my posts for the collaboration, I am going to share how climate change effects nature/wildlife, and in turn us.

Best wishes, Cx

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  1. Lauren says

    September 13, 2022 at 1:00 pm

    I haven’t heard of this but this is really informative. I think it is important that we all do our bit and share about taking care of the planet.
    Thank you for sharing.

    Lauren

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    • Caroline says

      September 14, 2022 at 12:46 pm

      Definitely x

      Reply
  2. Daylight Wanderers says

    September 13, 2022 at 1:44 pm

    Thank you for fighting for our environment! You inspire us to do better for our planet, our home.

    Reply
    • Caroline says

      September 14, 2022 at 12:46 pm

      Thank you

      Reply
  3. Basic With Life says

    September 13, 2022 at 6:45 pm

    Thank you so much for sharing this information. I have bad asthma which I developed within 6 months of moving from Surrey to South London and it’s worsened over the last 6 years. I had no idea that car tyres and brake pads contributed. I have been horrified by the recent weather disasters and sincerely hope that that rings alarm bells for those who don’t believe. Thanks again for sharing

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    • Caroline says

      September 14, 2022 at 12:46 pm

      Oh no, that’s awful. Poor you, it is truly devastating x

      Reply
  4. Her Digital Coffee says

    September 13, 2022 at 7:53 pm

    I love the sound of The Climate Change Collective. We’ve been experiencing wild fires in Canada and it’s negatively effected the air quality. I hope transit becomes more accessible and affordable for all, because I can absolutely see why it would be less desirable to to use. Thank you for sharing!

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    • Caroline says

      September 14, 2022 at 12:47 pm

      Me too x

      Reply
  5. Jade MumLifeAndMe says

    September 13, 2022 at 10:47 pm

    This is interesting Caroline. I have noticed the difference in the air since moving from London to the countryside. More needs to be done to help the environment. We try to walk/cycle whenever we can to do our bit. Thanks for sharing. Jade MumLifeAndMe

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    • Caroline says

      September 14, 2022 at 12:47 pm

      Yes definitely x

      Reply
  6. Michelle says

    September 13, 2022 at 11:13 pm

    Thanks for sharing my post and for being part of our Climate Change Collective, Caroline. You raise an interesting point about car parts. Usually when I think of driving, I consider the effect of emissions but there is clearly more to think about.

    Reply
    • Caroline says

      September 14, 2022 at 12:47 pm

      Thank you 🙂 Happy to be part of it!

      Reply
  7. Charity says

    September 13, 2022 at 11:25 pm

    This Climate Change Collective sounds so great. Thanks so much for sharing all about it! I enjoyed learning all about what it is!

    Reply
    • Caroline says

      September 14, 2022 at 12:47 pm

      Thank you

      Reply
  8. Wendy says

    September 14, 2022 at 2:41 am

    So much needs to be done about climate change. We suffered some terrible wildfires this year in Northern Arizona, and it’s just so devastating.

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    • Caroline says

      September 14, 2022 at 12:47 pm

      Definitely agree, it’s awful

      Reply
  9. Merry Sari says

    September 14, 2022 at 1:20 pm

    Awesome! I really love the sound of this Climate Change Collective. We suffered enough with the recent climate change in Bali. Thanks for sharing this informative post 😀

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  10. Cristina Rosano says

    September 15, 2022 at 11:22 am

    This was such an interesting and important read and so glad to read that you are part of the collective too! I never thought about breaks and tires, but only about emissions when thinking about cars, but this only shows how much there is still to learn and act on! Thanks for sharing x

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  11. According to Chren says

    September 15, 2022 at 10:02 pm

    It’s so great to see all the blogger supporting the environment!

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    • Caroline says

      September 19, 2022 at 9:45 am

      Thanks

      Reply
  12. Liv says

    September 18, 2022 at 4:43 pm

    Thanks for sharing and shedding light on this issue. I didn’t know much about wildfires beforehand.

    Reply
  13. Ali Duke says

    September 20, 2022 at 11:31 am

    I think the collective sounds like a great idea. The more people you can inform about the different types of climate change and the impact that it has on us the better.

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    • Caroline says

      September 24, 2022 at 11:34 am

      Definitely 🙂

      Reply
  14. Alison | A Sustainably Simple Life says

    September 21, 2022 at 9:14 am

    So great to have you in our Climate Change Collective!

    Air quality is something I take for granted until it’s taken away. Just recently we had a week of horrible air quality (hit the worst in the world one day!!) due to wildfire smoke. It really impacted so many areas of my life–health, activity level, what I could/couldn’t do. It’s scary to think how it’s just going to get worse if things don’t change.

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    • Caroline says

      September 24, 2022 at 11:35 am

      Oh no! Definitely a scary time :/

      Reply

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