Στήλη: Social Issues

The patterns of society

By Andriana Aggelopoulou

Myrto Giannikopoulou

Georgia Kallitsi

(A’ class)

Young people of this age are in front of cosmopolitan changes that happen for the first time in World History. Over the past 100 years, such developments have taken place in the way of life, work and the structure of society that did not occur all the previous years of life on earth.

Through this innovative way of thinking and acting of society, young people are looking for people who can follow and satisfy their demands. These patterns are otherwise subversive to society. So someone who follows this way of thinking and acting becomes unconventional, revolutionary and wants to change everything. In the impulse of their youth, they take on choices that are tested in time, successful, but in the context of change everything is considered to be out of date and wrong.

On the other hand, they are still impassive, they do not participate in the community, they do not care about the social whole, their education is limited and they are denounced by the larger as semi-literate, and as it is said to be semi-literate is worse than illiterate.

The State must therefore ensure that education programs interfere with social structures so that cells, such as the family and the school, to acquire common accepted beliefs. These should be transferred to the young people who in turn should accept them in order to balance and proceed with values ​​that are tested in time and serve first and foremost man.

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The patterns of society

By Andriana Aggelopoulou

Myrto Giannikopoulou

Georgia Kallitsi

(A’ class)

Young people of this age are in front of cosmopolitan changes that happen for the first time in World History. Over the past 100 years, such developments have taken place in the way of life, work and the structure of society that did not occur all the previous years of life on earth.

Through this innovative way of thinking and acting of society, young people are looking for people who can follow and satisfy their demands. These patterns are otherwise subversive to society. So someone who follows this way of thinking and acting becomes unconventional, revolutionary and wants to change everything. In the impulse of their youth, they take on choices that are tested in time, successful, but in the context of change everything is considered to be out of date and wrong.

On the other hand, they are still impassive, they do not participate in the community, they do not care about the social whole, their education is limited and they are denounced by the larger as semi-literate, and as it is said to be semi-literate is worse than illiterate.

The State must therefore ensure that education programs interfere with social structures so that cells, such as the family and the school, to acquire common accepted beliefs. These should be transferred to the young people who in turn should accept them in order to balance and proceed with values ​​that are tested in time and serve first and foremost man.

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The patterns of society

By Andriana Aggelopoulou

Myrto Giannikopoulou

Georgia Kallitsi

Young people of this age are in front of cosmopolitan changes that happen for the first time in World History. Over the past 100 years, such developments have taken place in the way of life, work and the structure of society that did not occur all the previous years of life on earth.

Through this innovative way of thinking and acting of society, young people are looking for people who can follow and satisfy their demands. These patterns are otherwise subversive to society. So someone who follows this way of thinking and acting becomes unconventional, revolutionary and wants to change everything. In the impulse of their youth, they take on choices that are tested in time, successful, but in the context of change everything is considered to be out of date and wrong.

On the other hand, they are still impassive, they do not participate in the community, they do not care about the social whole, their education is limited and they are denounced by the larger as semi-literate, and as it is said to be semi-literate is worse than illiterate.

The State must therefore ensure that education programs interfere with social structures so that cells, such as the family and the school, to acquire common accepted beliefs. These should be transferred to the young people who in turn should accept them in order to balance and proceed with values ​​that are tested in time and serve first and foremost man.

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The patterns of society

 By Andriana Aggelopoulou

Myrto Giannikopoulou

Georgia Kallitsi

Young people of this age are in front of cosmopolitan changes that happen for the first time in World History. Over the past 100 years, such developments have taken place in the way of life, work and the structure of society that did not occur all the previous years of life on earth.

Through this innovative way of thinking and acting of society, young people are looking for people who can follow and satisfy their demands. These patterns are otherwise subversive to society. So someone who follows this way of thinking and acting becomes unconventional, revolutionary and wants to change everything. In the impulse of their youth, they take on choices that are tested in time, successful, but in the context of change everything is considered to be out of date and wrong.

On the other hand, they are still impassive, they do not participate in the community, they do not care about the social whole, their education is limited and they are denounced by the larger as semi-literate, and as it is said to be semi-literate is worse than illiterate.

The State must therefore ensure that education programs interfere with social structures so that cells, such as the family and the school, to acquire common accepted beliefs. These should be transferred to the young people who in turn should accept them in order to balance and proceed with values ​​that are tested in time and serve first and foremost man.

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The patterns of society

By Andriana Aggelopoulou
Myrto Giannikopoulou
Georgia Kallitsi

 Young people of this age are in front of cosmopolitan changes that happen for the first time in World History. Over the past 100 years, such developments have taken place in the way of life, work and the structure of society that did not occur all the previous years of life on earth.

Through this innovative way of thinking and acting of society, young people are looking for people who can follow and satisfy their demands. These patterns are otherwise subversive to society. So someone who follows this way of thinking and acting becomes unconventional, revolutionary and wants to change everything. In the impulse of their youth, they take on choices that are tested in time, successful, but in the context of change everything is considered to be out of date and wrong.

On the other hand, they are still impassive, they do not participate in the community, they do not care about the social whole, their education is limited and they are denounced by the larger as semi-literate, and as it is said to be semi-literate is worse than illiterate.

The State must therefore ensure that education programs interfere with social structures so that cells, such as the family and the school, to acquire common accepted beliefs. These should be transferred to the young people who in turn should accept them in order to balance and proceed with values ​​that are tested in time and serve first and foremost man.

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The patterns of society

By Andriana Aggelopoulou

Myrto Giannikopoulou

Georgia Kallitsi

Young people of this age are in front of cosmopolitan changes that happen for the first time in World History. Over the past 100 years, such developments have taken place in the way of life, work and the structure of society that did not occur all the previous years of life on earth.

Through this innovative way of thinking and acting of society, young people are looking for people who can follow and satisfy their demands. These patterns are otherwise subversive to society. So someone who follows this way of thinking and acting becomes unconventional, revolutionary and wants to change everything. In the impulse of their youth, they take on choices that are tested in time, successful, but in the context of change everything is considered to be out of date and wrong.

On the other hand, they are still impassive, they do not participate in the community, they do not care about the social whole, their education is limited and they are denounced by the larger as semi-literate, and as it is said to be semi-literate is worse than illiterate.

The State must therefore ensure that education programs interfere with social structures so that cells, such as the family and the school, to acquire common accepted beliefs. These should be transferred to the young people who in turn should accept them in order to balance and proceed with values ​​that are tested in time and serve first and foremost man.

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The patterns of society

By  Andriana Aggelopoulou

       Myrto Giannikopoulou

 Georgia Kallitsi

(A” class)

Young people of this age are in front of cosmopolitan changes that happen for the first time in World History. Over the past 100 years, such developments have taken place in the way of life, work and the structure of society that did not occur all the previous years of life on earth.

Through this innovative way of thinking and acting of society, young people are looking for people who can follow and satisfy their demands. These patterns are otherwise subversive to society. So someone who follows this way of thinking and acting becomes unconventional, revolutionary and wants to change everything. In the impulse of their youth, they take on choices that are tested in time, successful, but in the context of change everything is considered to be out of date and wrong.

On the other hand, they are still impassive, they do not participate in the community, they do not care about the social whole, their education is limited and they are denounced by the larger as semi-literate, and as it is said to be semi-literate is worse than illiterate.

The State must therefore ensure that education programs interfere with social structures so that cells, such as the family and the school, to acquire common accepted beliefs. These should be transferred to the young people who in turn should accept them in order to balance and proceed with values ​​that are tested in time and serve first and foremost man.

 

The Protection of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: focusing on the right of accessibility

By Andriana Aggelopoulou (A class)

 

People with disabilities are one of the most marginalized groups of any society. Although the international human rights regime has greatly improved people’s lives around the world, people with disabilities have not benefited fully from this protection. In general, these people are the last on the list of protection of fundamental rights and freedoms, irrespective of the level of protection and economic situation in each country. The United Nations Convention ensures that the «largest minority of the world» enjoys the same opportunities and enjoys the same rights as any other person. It covers most of the areas in which people with disabilities have suffered discrimination, including access to justice, participation in political and public life, education, work, freedom from torture, exploitation and violence, as well as freedom of movement. The Convention also recognizes that some categories of people are subject to discrimination, not only on the basis of their disability but also on the basis of gender, age, or other reasons. Thus, it includes two articles devoted to specific people: women with disabilities and children with disabilities. At the same time, the Convention marks the exemplary change in the prevailing disability approaches.

The focus of the problem is no longer identified in the individual, with disability being treated as a «defect», but in the structure of society because of its failure to incorporate human diversity. In particular, according to UNICEF’s annual report on the situation of children in the world today, children with disabilities are less likely to receive health care or go to school while being among the most vulnerable to violence, abuse, exploitation and neglect, especially if they are placed in institutions, because of the financial cost of their upbringing. The final result is that children with disabilities are among the most marginalized people in the world. Children living in poverty are less likely to go to school or have medical care, but those who, besides poverty, have a disability are even more at risk. Gender is also a basic parameter as girls with disabilities are less likely than boys to receive food and care. As the above report indicates, focusing on the abilities of children with disabilities will create benefits for society as a whole. When these children are fully involved in society, they all benefit. For example, inclusive education widens the horizons of all children while offering opportunities for children with disabilities to fulfill their ambitions. Increasing efforts to integrate these children will make a significant contribution to combating discrimination, which leads them to marginalization.

Flashback

Approximately 20 years ago, the size of the global marginalization of the people with disabilities was large. People with disabilities usually lived in miserable conditions because of the existence of physical and social obstacles; as a result, millions of those people were separated from society, deprived of almost all their rights and lead a pathetic, marginalized life. Prior to the presentation of the UN Convention, the international protection regime emerged from the need to safeguard marginalized abusive and exploitative practices similar to those that occurred in the years before and during the Second World War. Despite the fact that people with disabilities were accused of being subjected to brutal persecution and extermination during this period of time, there was little mention of them.

In 1971, the UN General Assembly adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Persons with Mental Disabilities. This Declaration has signaled a growing awareness of the need to protect the rights of people with disabilities by predicting that people with intellectual disabilities enjoy the same rights as any other person. However, there were no detailed instructions for achieving objectives, and the existence of phrases such as «as much as possible», in the provisions of the Declaration potentially allowed a lower level of protection.

Then, in 1975, the General Assembly proclaimed the Declaration of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The primary objective was to confirm that people with disabilities enjoy the same rights as others, presenting the first explicit UN recognition of the rights of people with disabilities as a group. The Declaration provided for measures that would promote the autonomy of the Disabled.

A few years later, in 1982, the GA adopted the World Action Program on Disabled Persons, the aim of which was to promote full participation and equality in social life and development, addressed to all states, regardless of their level of development.

At the same time, the General Assembly declared the 1983-92 decade as the «UN Decade for People with Disabilities», encouraging Member States to implement the objectives of the Global Program of Action. During this decade, the GA adopted two important texts. The first seeks to encourage states to promote the participation of people with disabilities in society by removing natural and communicational obstacles, securing opportunities for education, training and work, and by raising awareness of the needs and potential of these people. As regards the second text, it establishes standards of medical care and procedural safeguards to protect people with mental illnesses from the most serious human-rights violations that can take place at institutional level such as bad or unfair use of restraint methods, sterilization, surgical procedures and other irritating and irreversible approaches for the treatment of mental disability. Despite the innovation of the authorities at the time of their adoption, their value today is being questioned.

The end of the Decade of the Disabled People was sealed with the adoption by the GA of the non-binding «Standards of Equal Opportunities for People with Disabilities» in 1993. The Standard Rules, 22 in number, are divided into three major groups: the first focuses on the conditions for (such as rehabilitation and medical services); the second on specific areas where participation and access should be ensured (for example, in the urban environment, work, education); and the third group on the issue of implementation rules, by including and involving the organizations of the Disabled. The Standard Rules, although making quite clear statements about the rights of the Disabled and promoting the creation of an environment accessible to everyone, continue to focus on medical care and prevention as a prerequisite for equal participation. This has been the subject of strong criticism by the supporters of the rights of people with disabilities due to the failure of the rules to link disability to human diversity and respect for the inherent dignity of people with disabilities. The Standard Rules were the basic tool in the hands of the UN that regulated the action of states on human rights in the area of ​​disability while at the same time they were an important point of reference for identifying the obligations of the states. Indeed, many states have used the Standard Rules as the basis for their internal legislation. However, notwithstanding the provision for a special referee responsible for monitoring the application of these rules at national level, the latter did not have binding force for the Member States, with the result that their effect is generally limited.

The Right to Participation-Accessibility of People with Disabilities

The principle of accessibility aims to remove the obstacles that society puts in place and prevent the enjoyment of human rights by the Disabled. The principle refers not only to physical access to premises but also to access to information, technologies such as the Internet, communications, and economic and social life. Provision of ramps, large corridors, doors and handles for disabled people, the provision of Braille or sign language information but also other readable forms, the existence of interpreters and the provision of assistance and support can provide access for disabled people to workplace, entertainment, transportation, courts etc. Indeed, the inability to access information and freedom of movement necessarily leads to the restriction of other rights of people with disabilities, namely:

  • The right to individual autonomy: a person with a physical disability should be equipped with the necessary mechanisms to facilitate his movement in order to enjoy the greatest possible independence.
  • The right to equal opportunities: For example, if a polling station is remote from the place of residence or there are no ramps in it, a wheelchair person may be prevented from exercising his or her electoral right. Also, in the case of a blind person, voting material should also be printed in Braille. However, most of the time the implementation of the above principle requires special intervention by the state.

Respect for diversity implies accepting others in the light of mutual understanding. It includes accepting disability as a part of human diversity. All people enjoy the same rights and have the same dignity, despite their differences. Solutions should be specific for each person and may include changing practices, spending money on additional equipment, supporting or improving access facilities. With regard to movement, for example, the driver of a bus, before leaving the station, must give a person with a physical disability the appropriate time to board it, but also to get to it. Not only should the bus driver ensure the highest quality and safety of transport for all, but also the bus routes should take into account the various factors, including the needs of the disabled. As far as the workplace is concerned, and in the event that, for example, a worker suffers an accident, inside or outside the workplace, resulting in a physical disability, which then implies the use of a wheelchair, the employer bears responsibility for the ramp installation, the construction of a toilet for the disabled, the creation of clear passageways, as well as any other adaptation and modification, so that the person can continue to work as an active worker.

The United Nations Convention

The Convention covers all the individual, political, economic, social and cultural rights. The Convention does not guarantee new rights but analyzes what these rights mean in the case of the Disabled and clarifies the obligations of States to protect and promote their rights. Indeed, in order to ensure a favorable environment for their achievement, the Convention contains provisions on social awakening, accessibility, risk situations and humanitarian crises, access to justice, individual mobility, empowerment and rehabilitation. Article 5 (par.2) of the Convention provides for the prohibition of discrimination on grounds of disability by the Member States, while Article 2 defines discrimination on the grounds of disability as «any discrimination, exclusion, or restriction which has as its object or effect the prevention or annulment recognition, enjoyment, or practice on equal terms of all rights and fundamental freedoms in a political, economic, social, cultural, individual, or any other field. It includes all forms of discrimination, including denial of reasonable accommodation».

For the most part, the Convention imposes an obligation to identify obstacles to the enjoyment of human rights by the Disabled and to take appropriate measures to remove them. The emphasis is on the particular person with a disability rather than on a group. The Convention explicitly recognizes the rights of people with disabilities in political life, through, for example, the right to vote in parliamentary elections, but also in cultural life, through supporting participation in cultural, sporting and other recreational activities.

The Case of Greece

Greek Legislation for People with Disabilities

The Greek Constitution states in Article 4 that Greeks are equal before the law and that Greeks have equal rights and obligations. This article establishes the principle of equal treatment of people with disabilities in relation to the law, as well as the principle of gender equality. This constitutional enshrinement of the principle of equality before the law is the cornerstone of the regulatory framework for people with disabilities and their treatment by the state, while the principle of gender equality ensures that women with disabilities are equal members of society and protected from the state as well as men with disabilities. According to Article 21 (par. 2) of the Constitution, families of many generations, war and peace-loving peoples, war victims, widows and orphans who have fallen into war, as well as those suffering from incurable physical or mental illness are entitled to a special treatment and in accordance with paragraph 3, the state ensures the health of citizens and takes special measures to protect youth, old age, disability and take the care of the most deprived. Article 21 (par. 6) also explicitly refers to the rights of persons with disabilities, stating: «Persons with disabilities have the right to enjoy measures that guarantee their autonomy, integration and participation in the social, economic and political life of the Country».

Accessibility of people with disabilities in Greece

Greece is not considered a fully accessible country, as this does not allow in many cases to shape its territory. Despite the large number of visitors with special needs, its cities and villages do not have full accessibility and adequate infrastructure. Of course, this is not the case with all its regions. There are infrastructures designed to meet the needs and desires of every visitor who will definitely want to visit again in the future. As far as Greece is concerned, there are (even a few) infrastructures and organized cities, beaches, activities and businesses for people with disabilities, but they are not known to the target audience.

In our city of Patras, people with disabilities are facilitated by pedestrian walkways with appropriate inclination, disabled parking spaces, the accessible Patras Museum, the accessible exhibition center of the Rio-Antirion Bridge and selected accessible dining areas.

The city of Komotini has made excellent progress and is the standard city of accessibility, where many wheelchair users move permanently from elsewhere in Greece to improve their quality of life. The sidewalks have been formed with the right width and ramps with the right slope. Some places of mass catering have a suitable ramp at the entrance, while most public services provide access to everyone and all of them are accompanied by appropriate disabled parking spaces.

In Kos, good work has been done as well, as there are suitable bicycle lanes where trolleys can be driven, an accessible beach with suitable facilities and a total of five hotels with suitably designed wheelchair rooms. Also in certain tourist attractions there is easy access. Several other cities like Loutraki, Thessaloniki and Chania are similarly good examples.

Loutraki

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Chania

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Thessaloniki

For daily excursions to nature and for those who are in Thessaloniki, the mountain shelter «Chortiatis» is offered. Through specially designed holiday and recreation programs for people in need of increased care for people with disabilities, the necessary tools are provided (electric or manual trolleys), equipment for activities, transportation, as well as 24-hour health care.

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The Case of the United Kingdom

Let us see the extent to which the UK is putting the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) into effect.

The UK and devolved governments are expected to adopt action Plans that identify barriers to accessibility for disabled people; set time frames with specific accountable deadlines; and provide both human and material resources In light of plans to exit the EU, the UK Government should pass parallel legislation on accessibility, setting standards in goods and services, in accordance with Article 9 and drawing on EU models.

London is one of the wealthiest cities in the world. Yet many transport services remain out of bounds for its Disabled and older citizens. Physical barriers like flights of stairs, gaps and obstacles combined with the way transport services are run prevent many of us from getting out and about and living their lives. They want to live, work and enjoy their lives in a capital that is accessible to all. Access to transport is vital in making this happen.

The UK and devolved governments should:

  • Introduce national targets to ensure that new housing is increasingly accessible or adaptable for disabled people, and ensure the built environment is accessible and allows disabled people to live independently, reviewing and revising the planning framework where necessary.
  • Review the current planning framework in England to ascertain whether it facilitates compliance with the CRPD obligation to ensure accessibility in relation to housing particularly in older housing stock.
  • Encourage local authorities in England to follow the example of London and use optional Building Regulations to increase the provision of accessible and adaptable housing.
  • Monitor the impact of housing standards in providing appropriate, accessible housing for disabled people.
  • Ensure that all transport and transport infrastructure is accessible to disabled people.
  • Ensure that personnel of all public transport providers are equipped with the skills and knowledge to assist disabled passengers.
  • Ensure that all new buses and trains provide accessible real time travel information.
  • Set a target date by which all rail stations in the network should be accessible, focusing on the accessibility of journeys, not just of stations.
  • Ensure that all communications (including online forms) of public authorities or those of their contracted providers are accessible to disabled people.
  • Take all appropriate steps to ensure barriers to accessing the Internet for disabled people are removed.
  • Remove barriers in communication between Deaf / deaf-blind people and their families, careers, education & healthcare staff and public-service providers.
  • Support to undertake courses for Deaf / deaf-blind communication skills

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Instead of conclusion

With full membership, disabled people are recognized and valued as equal members. Their needs are perceived as an integral part of the community and are not classified as «special». The above principle therefore aims to involve people with disabilities in the wider society and to make decisions about them, by encouraging them to define their own lives.

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OVERPOPULATION

By Georgia Velli (A Class)

How much do you really know about one of the most pressing global issues the world is currently facing?

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Today I am going to share with you some important information about one of the most pressing global issues widely-known as the phenomenon of Overpopulation.

On October 31, 2011 the arrival of seven billion humans was marked on planet Earth. From then on, we are averaged to grow by approximately a billion every 12 years, even to reach 9 billion by 2050.

In a more scientific approach, overpopulation is the undesirable condition where the number of existing human population exceeds the carrying capacity of Earth. People continue wanting infinite growth on a finite planet.

Needless to say, the world is currently in the midst of the greatest demographic upheaval of our history, with the increase of population concentrated in the developing parts of the world. In the history of our species, the birth and death rate have always been able to balance and maintained a population growth rate that is sustainable.

Since the 1400’s, when the Bubonic Plague occurred, our population has been on a constant increase. Although more than 6 centuries and hundreds and thousands of wars, diseases, natural calamities and man-made hazards have befallen, none of these has made a dent on the population. Developing nations face the problem more than developed countries, but it affects most of the Earth as now.

But when we talk about overpopulation, we ought to first understand its causes.

 

CAUSES

So, moving on, I am going to talk comprehensively about the most common ones:

  • Firstly, the root of this problem is the difference between the overall birth and mortality rate. Many children are born every day but because of bigger life expectancy, less people die daily, which causes an imbalance. If these numbers ever equal, our population will hopefully stabilize.
  • Moreover, the growing advances made in technology after the Industrial Revolution  resulted in better medical treatment and the ability to save more lives in comparison with earlier times.
  • Technological advancements however also occurred in fertility treatments. This led to safer pregnancies and creation of new medicines and treatment methods increasing the number of births.

 

The aforementioned are the starting points of the phenomenon of overpopulation.

 

  • Researchers also mention the increase in immigration as a cause, although it does not really affect all countries at the same level and the population remains the same.
  • Last but surely not least, we have the lack of family planning, mostly affecting the developing nations which consist of many illiterate people who live below poverty and have little or no knowledge about contraception and reproduction. To add on in various countries girls tend to marry at a young age and that results in more kids being brought in the world.

 

I am not going to get into detail as it would require a lot of time for me to make every point clear.

 

EFFECTS

To continue, I am going to mention epigrammatically some of the most pressing environmental, economic and social repercussions originated from human overpopulation, like:

 

  • Depletion of natural resources such as loss of fresh water
  • Degradation of the environment, species extinction and phenomena like global warming or climate change
  • High cost of living
  • Rise in unemployment
  • Starvation and poverty in more and more regions around the world
  • Increased emergence of new epidemics and pandemics which occur in combination with environmental degradation
  • Unsustainable debt-based Economies
  • Conflicts and an elevation in crime rate as people are in desperate need of food to feed their families

 

Also I would like to add that according to a Harvard study there will be lower life expectancy in the fastest growing countries, as mentioned in the study over the next 40 years, nearly all 97% of the 2.3 billion-projected increase will be in the less developed regions with nearly half in Africa.

 

SOLUTIONS

 

So far I have talked about the effects and causes, so it is high time I gave some solutions too. In this case though, solution really means maintenance of our current population.

I would like to make clear that I am referring to humanely possible remedial actions only.

  • First of all, we ought to make people aware of the problem and then help them realize that it is solvable.
  • After all, everything grows out of education. That is the reason why on the top of my list of solutions I have education and empowerment. We shall educate people with programmes aimed at spreading awareness in order to curb ignorance mostly to the poorer parts of the world. Educating the masses helps them understand the need to have 1 or 2 children at the most.
  • Another great alternative is to have governments come with various policies revolving around: poverty, environmental concerns, access to reproductive health and agriculture, or even tax concessions such as waiving of income tax for married couples with 1-2 children or ending all policies that reward parents financially based on their number of kids.
  • Some more efficient explications could be allowing universal access to safe and effective contraceptive options which would be vital to the cause and educate people about family planning and efficient birth control in order to reduce births below an average of 2 per family.

 

In conclusion, if we want to overcome some of our major problems as a planet we have to solve the problem of increased human growth. Overpopulation raises many compelling concerns about social, economical and environmental problems in an ecosystem that is complex and appears to be increasingly delicate. In other words, we shall bear in our minds that the first step towards a compromise between population and earth needs to be taken soon. Time is running out as we talk.

 

Unlike plagues of the dark ages or contemporary diseases we do not yet understand, the modern plague of overpopulation is soluble by means we have discovered and with resources we possess.”

                                                                                   Martin Luther King

 

Sources:

 

  • http://www.care2.com/greenliving/overpopulation-the-facts-and-solutions.html

 

WHY DO PEOPLE JOIN GROUPS?

(By Andriana Giannikopoulou, A Class)

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As we have probably already understood, most people’s lives are related to others’ and many times people have no choice but to join various groups. This participation in several groups has a significant impact on people.

In my opinion, people join groups for several reasons. First of all, sometimes it is mandatory, for example, when we have classes and the teacher obliges students to work in groups. This also happens in business and the equivalent projects. Regardless of their disagreement and their different opinions and ideas, quite often people are obliged to participate and co-operate in groups. Another reason is that people try to improve their relationship with others and solve their problems. This way they do not only become stronger, but they also have the opportunity to meet new personalities and create new friendships. Do not forget that people’s lives depend on communication.

Groups are very important for people’s everyday life. One major reason is to increase our feelings for others and show sensitivity for their problems. This way everyone of us would also increase our self-confidence and manage to respect ourselves. While we join a group, we get information and this way we improve our knowledge in many fields. Do not forget that humans take part in groups from their young age until they die. Furthermore, groups would lead people to take action or achieve their goals by being helped by others. This way they will increase team work and realise the importance of coming into contact with others.

All in all, groups are an integral part of people’s lives. From their young age they participate in them. Groups can help them as they increase team work and cooperation. If groups did not exist, people would only deal with themselves, something which could not help them develop their personality. So, all of you who have just now finished reading this article, remember to be sociable and active.

 

 

 

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