Kathleen grew up on a family farm where her family used to rely on predictable rainy seasons and mild temperatures. However, the climate has changed - the rains are no longer reliable, the fields are dry, and super typhoons often ruin crops. The farm now loses money running irrigation pumps and the heat is too extreme for family gatherings. Kathleen's family has had to adapt by installing flood gates, learning rainwater management, switching to organic farming and vermicomposting to preserve soil quality. As a nursing student from a farming background, Kathleen believes individuals must support green products and initiatives to help address climate change through activities like tree planting, recycling, reducing plastic and choosing earth-friendly products.
Kathleen grew up on a family farm where her family used to rely on predictable rainy seasons and mild temperatures. However, the climate has changed - the rains are no longer reliable, the fields are dry, and super typhoons often ruin crops. The farm now loses money running irrigation pumps and the heat is too extreme for family gatherings. Kathleen's family has had to adapt by installing flood gates, learning rainwater management, switching to organic farming and vermicomposting to preserve soil quality. As a nursing student from a farming background, Kathleen believes individuals must support green products and initiatives to help address climate change through activities like tree planting, recycling, reducing plastic and choosing earth-friendly products.
Kathleen grew up on a family farm where her family used to rely on predictable rainy seasons and mild temperatures. However, the climate has changed - the rains are no longer reliable, the fields are dry, and super typhoons often ruin crops. The farm now loses money running irrigation pumps and the heat is too extreme for family gatherings. Kathleen's family has had to adapt by installing flood gates, learning rainwater management, switching to organic farming and vermicomposting to preserve soil quality. As a nursing student from a farming background, Kathleen believes individuals must support green products and initiatives to help address climate change through activities like tree planting, recycling, reducing plastic and choosing earth-friendly products.
I grew up in a family of farmer, from my great grandmother to my
current titos and titas, when I was little, we would always spend Sundays in our farm playing in a muddy unplanted fields and would bathe in the “patubig” all afternoon. Back then my family would not worry about the rain because it is certain that on the rainy season, the rain would come, so they would plant vegetables suitable for the weather. In addition, the weather is not that hot during those days, the heat is tolerable even in the middle of the day, and we used to go out of the house often to get some sun. During the present times, everything has changed, my titos and titas never get rain on the day that they expected it, our fields look really dry, and often times super typhoons would ruin our farm, to the point that we wont even benefit from anything. My family spends more for gasoline to run the patubig that the money they get from selling our farm produce. Our family do not spend weekends together anymore, because the heat during the day is unbearable and can even cause skin diseases. As of now, me along with my family learned to adjust especially on how things run in our farm, before my family always loves heavy rains, but due to abnormal amount of rainwater, every time that there is a heavy rain, it always floods in the farm, so we installed flood gates around the farm to prevent water from flooding the field. The family also made sure that they are educated regarding rainwater system so that they can prepare accordingly. Now, we prefer to eat from the vegetables that we have in the farm rather than buying prepared meals, we also start in vermicomposting and switch to organic farming to reduce chemical use in the farm, thus preserving the quality of the soil. As a nursing student, and a person how grew up in farming, I think it is very important that we start changing our ways when it comes to how we buy and consume processed products. Let us aways choose those products who support the green movement to at least help in climate change. The recent news regarding the scientist who protested touched the heart of many, and I saw a number of videos of influencers promoting a much greening type of living to reduce our damage in the earth. As students we can help in stopping climate change by planting more trees, recycling, using less plastic and using more earth friendly products. It is our duty to work hand-in-hand with each other to save the earth, because we cannot deny that humans play a vital role when it comes to the continuous destruction of earth, and just as we are the one who destroys it, we also have the voice and capability to work together to salvage anything that we can save. Time is ticking, and we are slowly losing time, so let us use our voice to advocate for a greener tomorrow.