By: Noor Al Thani

OVER CROWDING

A year ago the world population reached 7 billion. This number is more than the planet can support.

We can’t grow enough  food to feed everybody. We can’t handle the human, biological and industrial waste produced by 7 billion.

Super bugs are killing people because our medicines can no longer kill the viruses and bacteria. This problem has been getting worse over the last century.

If we don’t do something about this problem the world population will suffer. There are already people starving but this number will increase.

There are countries in the world that don’t have clean water. Some countries sell their garbage and industrial waste to other countries because they have nowhere to put it.

Disease is killing whole cities in Africa, and there are children without parents.

Countries like India, Pakistan, and many African countries have been affected the most because the size of their land can’t handle the needs for all these people.

They trade garbage for money and make the problem worse for themselves. The rich countries like USA, England, and Qatar have enough money to pay for their way out of this problem.

This problem can be fixed by education and birth control, but many countries can’t understand or follow these ideas.

If this problem can’t be fixed we have to understand that there will be a shortage of food, and clean water will cost a lot of money and not be available all the time. Wars might be fought over food and water. If we can’t find new type of drugs for the super bugs we will have to accept that the people will die.

Around the house we can start with

not washing the cars everyday

turn off the AC when not needed

Turn off the lights and the TV when you aren’t in the room.