Environmental Injustice

Let's think for a moment What was the problem? Who caused it? Why did he cause it? How is the Myth connnected with the idea of Injustice?

But Erisychton didn't care about the people who needed and loved the forests and knew how precious for their life was. Nor did he care about the animals, the birds or the trees that would die. So he cut every single tree, even the oldest and most sacred tree in the wood!

E-waste in poor countries

6. Fast Fashion

Globally, 80 billion pieces of new clothes are bought each year. The majority of these products are made in China and Bangladesh while the United States consumes more clothing and textiles than any other nation in the world. At the same time we throw away approximately 85 % of our clothing since it hasn't cost us much to get it.

5. The world's most toxic and dangerous landfills...

become children's playground

This book was created by the students of the 6th grade of the 13th Primary School of Rethymno on the framework of the Erasmus+ project "2050 Not Far Away, Tomorrow"

Extremely angry, the Goddess Demetra ordered the Goddess Hunger to punish Erysichton. Goddess Hunger made the king feel constantly hungry no matter how much he ate. Erysichton sold all his gold, his palace and even his daughter to buy himself food but nothing could make him stop feeling extremely hungry. At the end, starving and having lost everything, the ever-hungry Erysichton ate himself!

Environmental Injustice

Global temperatures are expected to rise between 2 and 5 degrees by the end of this century; something that could further increase the migration flows. It is estimated that between 25 million to one billion people could be displaced by climate change over the next 40 years.

4. Climate change

Sadly, many of us cannot fully understand how serious the problem is and that is because we are not so much affected by its consequences.

About 60% to 80% of the electrical devices that are collected to be recycled are sent to South East Asia. Pieces of old computers, ovens, fridges and airconditioners that are thrown there, pollute the water and the soil with extremely toxic substances that poison every form of life.

The people begged King Erysischton not to destroy the forests. For ancient Greeks, trees were sacred and they believed that inside trees devine creatures lived. That's why they didn't cut trees unless it was necessary. They also protected forests because they provided them with food and other products.

The most polluted places in the world are: The Niger Delta in Nigeria The River Matanja in Argentina Calimadan in Indonesia Hazaribah in Bagladesh Citarum River in Indonesia Aboglogjhl in Gnahna

Clearly, none of these countries belong to the "rich and developed" countries. On the contrary, they are so poor that their cannot cause serious pollution.

2. What is environmental Injustice Climate justice means to talk about how climate change affects people not only the environment. And how it affects some people more than others. And it is unfair because people who did the least are suffering the most! Watch the video "Climate Justice according to a kid"

3.Water Contamination

These numbers will add to people who are political or war refugees. It is very sad for people to leave their hometowns and properties, their history and culture and to be forced to move to other countries where they will always feel like "strangers" and "unwelcomed" And for the host countries as well, the increase in population places huge pressure on natural resources, facilities and services.

Contents 1. The ancient myth of Erysichton 2. What is environmental injustice 3. Water Contamination 4. Climate Change 5. World's landfills 6. Fast Fashion 7. Migration 8. Conclusion

Millions of&nbsp;people in Malawi, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe have been affected by the worst natural disasters to hit southern Africa in at least two decades. Hundreds of thousands people became homeless. Many people lost family members and friends and saw their communities devastated. Hunger, diseases and deaths increased due to poor living conditions.

There is now little doubt that parts of the earth are becoming less habitable due to factors such as climate change, rise of the sea level, water shortage, and water pollution. The number of natural disasters has more than doubled over the last two decades, and more than 20 million people were displaced by sudden natural disasters in 2008.

Cyclone Idai reveals the fundamental injustice at the heart of climate change

Lack of rainfalls turns whole countries into deserts

7. 21st century: The century of climate migration

Nevertheless, inequalities and injustices among countries and people cannot promote social harmony, peace or well being. Unfair environmental practices encourage racism, poverty, pain and anger. And we should never forget that in a twist of fate, it could be us...

The River Niger is the most contaminated river in the world. The international oil companies not only cause deadly oil spills but they also burn their toxic wastes in the same area. They take advantage of the non- existent safety environmental rules of the poor countries which cannot fight the international interests nor negotiate the cost of such a disaster!

However we should know that ""fast fashion industry" (cheap and trendy clothes) is responsible for the 10% of carbon dioxide emission while thousands of kids work in the factories day and night for almost no money!

1. The Ancient Myth of Erysichton

Erysichton was an ancient king in Thessaly, Greeece. He was greedy, cruel and disrespectful towards his people and towards the gods. Erysichton once decided he wanted a new bigger and more luxurious palace and for that reason he ordered his people to cut down all the trees from the nearby forest so he could build his palace there.

While in many countries the actions of recycling and reduction of waste is thought to be of major importance many other countries export their wastes in the countries of South East Asia. Countries such as the Philipinnes, Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand receive tons of wastes from western countries rendering them the "world's dumping grounds" and causing their environmetal destruction.

8. Conclusion Climate change is one of the most imortant global issues and impacts everyone but obviously not equally. Marginalized communities face greater risks although they are least-responsible for the pollution of the environment and the climate change. They suffer from unjust practices and laws only because they don't have the money to stop this injustice.

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