This thread is for discussion of the topic 'Do adults and/or children have the insight to save the world?'

Debra Brydon,
Online conference manager

Yes. I do believe that with the right education, adults and children do have the insight to save the world. So long as they have everything organised and the correct resources, I think that's the best way of going about it. Of course, they would need all the support they can get to be able to help save the world, otherwise they wouldn't be able to get their idea off the ground.

If everyone thought that saving the world from global warming was the most important thing, we would be a lot better off. Global warming is our fault, therefore we should be the ones trying to come up with ways to stop it before it is too late.

We can ALL change the world. We all have that power although some are not willing to use it. Adults can change the world, totally, but children of the generation have a whole lifetime ahead of them to change the future. Lucy, you have a great point in everything you say & I agree with everything.

We have teh powah! Let's USE IT!!!

Adults and children have the insight to save the world and as long as the adults can look after their family well enough then they have a bigger chance to help save the world than children do since the children have to go to school and they dont have much time. But the children still have a lot of time to help us save the world in the future as they grow older and learn more and become to have less and less on their hands. But, if the adults cant uphold their family and are mainly working everyday, then they cant really help us as well as the parents who have lots of time on their hands. Adults have a bigger responsibility to save the world and they do have the insight to do so. but, some adults dont choose to do such a thing and instead, they choose to go ahead and think that they dont need to save the world and leave it to everyone else. I think that the people between the age of 12-17 should save the world more than the children and older people.

i do believe that most parents let their children go off any where at any time any day nearly every one of them dont come back and its not that they dont care but they finally realise that maybe they should have been a little tougher on where they go unsupervised. the ages that are which staying home by them self for several hours more that 9 hours wow!!!!!
that is why there are so many children disapearing every year.
i believe it needs fixing and more and more parents need to take into consideration that their children are missing! i hope many people think the way i think.

yes i do because we need everyone's help to save the world, we ALL have responsibilities and i know you can't just save the world in a F L A S H.... but we can't just sit back and do nothing. if everyone helps out little by little the world will gradually get better.
Adults and children can help make a difference and ALL have an insight so don't sit back and think adults do it all. WE ALL do it together.

Debra Wrote:
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> This thread is for discussion of the topic 'Do
> adults and/or children have the insight to save
> the world?'
>
> Debra Brydon,
> Online conference manager


I believe that children and adults have the insight to save the world because a lot of people can but are just too lazy to do anything

Adults and children do have the insight to save the world. However each of our insights are different which is why at this point in time no real advances have been made to save it. Granted, a number of smaller advances have been made by individuals, communities and countries but until we can all agree on how to save the world it is unlikely to happen.
"Saving the world" is a broad term that emcompasses not only saving the environment but society as well. We have the insight to save our only world but can we utalise what we know and turn it into positive actions?

Liam Wrote:

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> I believe that children and adults have the
> insight to save the world because a lot of people
> can but are just too lazy to do anything


I agree with you Liam, I believe that people; children and adults alike, do have the insight and potential to save the world. However people are too self-involved and busy in their own lives, that people no longer care for the world as a society, they are too busy with their personal lives, THEIR education, job, house, family etc. People no longer take that time out of their busy schedules to just stop doing whatever they are doing and just think about what they can do to save the world.
I find it quite sad that we do not fully appreciate our planet. Often people forget that the Earth is our only home, if we cannot take care of it, we will not have a future.
Heres an example to explain my point. Many firms, industries of factories around the world pollute excessively, releasing harmful green house gases and toxins into the air, causing health problems and contributing to global warming. These firms are definitely aware of this, yet they continue to pollute and do nothing about it. It's not only that they are too lazy to do it, its because they don't care about the environment and our world, they selfishly care only about their factories and making money out of it. They are not bothered if they are damaging the environment as long as their factory is doing well. This is the problem, people are too selfish for their own personal needs, they no longer care about the greater need to save their WORLD

I feel people must develop a sense of responsibility to saving the world, not only the environment (thats just one example), there are so many other global issues that we must attend to, like EXTREME POVERTY, HUNGER, DISEASE, WORLD PEACE and so many other issues that we should feel responsible for as a global citizen of this world. Only until people start thinking about the greater good, and only until people feel an emotional attachment to the world and actually realize the urgency of the situation, only then will the Children and Adults of this world be able to SAVE OUR WORLD.

WHAT WE CAN DO AS GOLBAL CITIZENS IS BEGIN TO SPREAD THIS AWARENESS, TRY TO INSTILL INTO OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS THIS SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY AND COMPASSION TOWARDS OUR WORLD AND TAKE ACTION TO SAVE OUR WORLD BEFORE ITS TOO LATE.

we ALL can save the world if we all try to we really need to get into gear and not say ill will tommorow or the next day we need to act know and fix the mess we have created

Of course we do! Anyone can change the world (whether it be a small or big) if they set their minds to it. I'm not saying that if we try we could find a cure for cancer in a week but with enough people trying we could create a better life for future generations!

i think children and sensible teens could save the world better than adults could.. i dont really think that older people in the world have knowledge to be able to change or save it because they miss alot of things.. they dont realise how much danger and fighting is out on the streets and if we dont stop that before we work on rubbish litter and damage and stuff like that then more people will be killed and hurt x

in my experience adultss dont really care!

i ask my dad to change our electricity bill to an offset scheme everytime we get it but he never does saying that

1. it costs (not much) more. &
2. its not his problem! he'll be long gone by the time it effects anyone!(he says this jokingly but it is a sign of the way of thinking that older generations are in... its their grandkids though!!)

i think that adults do care rebbeca but like you said they have it engrained in them that its not important.

there are obviously some adults out there starting the trends that we are seeing and taking up today that are taking the future of the planet into their hands very responsibly.

yes i do belive that caroline because families because if adults look after their children we can together help save our world without problems and have a bigger chance of making it WORK!!!

of course we do we just don't use it the adults of this world have knowledge to protect all things for us, and we (the children or teenagers) have the future and the voice to give the world a new life. we have cause such strife in the world but we can fix it write letters to your local member of parliment and do something about it.

Debra Wrote:
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> This thread is for discussion of the topic 'Do
> adults and/or children have the insight to save
> the world?'
>
> Debra Brydon,
> Online conference manager


I think so we can do it if everyone puts in if everyone helps!!

Do we really? With the oppresion of many in our countries, our self belief becomes non existent!
With confidence we all do, but some would never have the guts too!
I think we need to fix things so everyone has insight and don't just believe what the Governments tell us!

I think that we could all change the world for the better if we all put in and if we all help we could do all the better!!!

I think that kids have the insight to change the world as they think of the most obviously and easiest answer. Adults always think of the most complicated costy solutions to problems. this is why adults should listen to kids more.

Children don't do as much as adults do to save the planet.

Yeah I think we do have the insight. I mean due to the greenhouse gas and our low supply of fuel we could use the alternate energy sources as primary sources instead of secondary supply.

I believe that both children and adults have an insight to save the world because we can all work together to make our world a better place for others and future generations to live in. We all have the opportunity to do so, but some do not grasp it as well as others.
Here is a poem I made on global warming

Global warming its occurring
but some of us don't get
that its a major threat
what can we do to reduce our print
let me give you a hint
reuse, recycle and use your bicycle.

i think all should have the insight to save the world.Adults should teach the young and youngsters should make a difference! This way the coming generations will be aware of their enviroment and respect it...and contribute to saving it!

I agree its a mixture of both age groups that can fix the mess we have made of our planet. Adults have the know how and the sensibility of finding a way to fix it and children need to carry on that knowledge and pass it down through the generations to make it better.

THINK ABOUT THIS: If adults/children haven't got the insight to save the world, WHO HAS???

I think that everyone has a chance to save the world and it may not be just adults. If you think you can change somthing that you worry about, you can stop it for with the right eduction many people can have a chance of changing somthing not just the adults. If you put your mind to it you can do what you want to save your house, street, school and many more places. All of us have a chance to save the worls and not just us but everyone!!

YES DEFFINATLY U COULD TUN OFF LIGHTS OR COMPUTERS OR ANY THING

I think that kids and adults can share dutys on saving the world the kids can pick up rubbish and the adults by saving paper and turning off switches.

The idealism of the innocent youth is refreshing, even to the most cynical of realists. But idealism, no matter how noble cannot alter the truth.
People, adults and children both, are too trapped in their own beliefs and opinions to offer any insight that is not uselessly biased.
Do you all think you are all the first to consider yourselves able and wise enough to "save the world"?
Do you think that the billions before you lacked the desire to do what you wish to do?

Neither do I think that the world needs "saving". The world is as it is and will be as it will be, just as it was as it was.
The Universe has a way of keeping itself in balance (the beauty of science).
Population increases, food decreases, population decreases.

YOu cannot change the world, it can only change you.

Sanjay Wrote:

YOu cannot change the world, it can only change
you.

how does that work?
Nenagh

people are able to save the world. if they try.

YES!!
I beleive that when humans stop being so selfish and look at how they are slowly destroying the world, they will put more efort into saving our planet.
Children and adults cannot change what has already been done, but they could help to prevent more of this happening. With the right education and knowledge i beleive people can have the power to help save the world.

I strongly believe that anybody can help save the world if they wanted to.

I Think everyone put there ideas in they could think of something!@!!!

Yeah I agree with you I reckon we should find other solutions for transport like you could ride a bike or run. We should stop this before it gets worse. And don’t use petrol use gas. By the way we are the ones and our children that are going to suffer.

I believe that every one of us has the potential to save the world. The insights of people, adult or child, are all unique and differing from others, however for us to make any real difference to the world we must learn to cast away our differences first and work in harmony towards achieving a common goal of saving the environment and thus ensuring our survival in a sustainable manner. Yes, we all have the potential to change the world, the insight to let us do so, but we lack the unity that will see us through to the end. The message is: Before we try to make a difference, we must set aside our differences.

I reckon we can save the world if we really try. If you believe you can do something you can!!!!!
We should just try to make a difference and change our ways of living like this. In the end it is our planet, our home. If you want the world to be like this I don’t know what I should say but a little difference can mean a lot. If we make lots of little differences we’ll make a huge difference. This doesn’t go for just the people who always make a difference it goes for everyone. Don’t you realise what you are doing to the planet? So please everyone make a difference.

There is a lot of bad stuff in the world and a lot of people have the insight to make a difference, but saving the problem altogether is a different matter. it depends on how determined the person is, if they are that determined, they would be able to, but not every person has this determination.

Our ancestors made some bad decisions in their time, although they did not know better so they are not to blame in some ways. They burned a lot of coal which produced Co2, and wasted alot of the other fossil fuels in their attempts to prove other scientific methods.

We have continued their lead and also burn fossil fuels unnecessarily, this is damaging our planet further. We now realise what damage we are causing and are trying to change our ways but unless everybody joins in and helps out our children and our children's children will suffer horribly for our ignorance.

Debra Wrote:
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> This thread is for discussion of the topic 'Do
> adults and/or children have the insight to save
> the world?'
>
> Debra Brydon,
> Online conference manager

Definatly, some people argue that we cannot help save rescources due to religious beliefs and culture, however, this is not true as we can all do something to help save rescources for example. My house has energy saving lightbulbs and when i looked at how much energy normal lightbulbs waste, I WAS APPAULED! I mean seriously dont people care? I automatically turn the taps off after having enough water to wash my self. I occasionly leave the water running while getting a drink but thats about how much water i waste. And recycling paper and other recorces is so easy, all i have to do is put it in a green bag and even people who dont have recylcing bags can store their recyclable rubbish somewhere and then later empty it out at the correct place. That was what my mum did when i was little. And bearing all this in mind, why cant other people make the same effort? its not hard, its not really time consuming and its good for the enviroment. I remember one of my dads friends burnt a polystyrine cup (they were messing around), and it had black dangerous fumes coming off it and i was also reading about nuclear energy which no one could get rid of and again nuclear energy is very dangerous my dad was litterally scared when he saw it being broadcast on the news however the government say that people "want energy on demand" therefore to save "money" (which isnt really worth anything to be honest as its just a currency) the government decide to build nuclear stations in 2014 in order to power Britan and THE government say that windmills arent powerfull enough, and cost too much to set up even though nuclear energy cannot be disposed and is unhealthy, while wind power doesnt harm anything and is extremely efficiant, you also dont have to worry about "sitting on a nuclear bomb" which of course if theres a meltdown we all DIE THATS RIGHT WE DIE. "This is all so delightfull" and all so the government can have a little more pocket money to buy some new toys.