World's Biggest Problems (and Solutions!)

This world is surrounded by problems that could plague our growth as a society. This post is to help share with you all what I believe to be the 10 most important problems we must fix and provide some ways we can implement to help change them.

1. The single greatest problem our world is facing is the fact that millions are dying every year because of a lack of clean drinking water. Some studies show that over 2 billion people suffer from not having adequate sanitation. One solution that is feasible is that people and even nations could partner with an organization called Filters of Hope. This organization has created a filtration system that can give any family clean water for ten years. The cost of these systems is only 40$ and I am confident that people and entire nations would support this cause in order to supply filtration systems to people that don't have adequate sources of clean, drinking water.

2. With the emergence of ISIS and Al Qaeda over the last fifteen years, I believe a large problem that we must address is terrorism and how to help create a more peaceful environment. As we continue to fight a war on terrorism in the Middle East, we are creating a culture for terrorism growth in that area, where they will eventually attack the rest of the world. One way to help decrease terror attack levels is to train soldiers and officers on how to communicate with different cultures in order to limit any sort of disagreement or hostility that may create radical, terror attacks.

3. Throughout history, we have seen a steady decrease in coal use because of how limited it is and now we are worried we will start to see lower quantities of natural gas and petroleum around the world. This specifically worries countries that manufacture large automobiles or equipment such as Italy and Germany. One way that we can begin to lower our consumption of natural resources is by getting global commitment to using renewable resources at all costs instead of non-renewable's and by teaching people early how to consume less.

4. Naturally, we as humans try to be a head of another person. We can see this so clearly in how countries have competed to have the greatest armed forces, the Arms Race. The issue now is that we have figured out how to develop nuclear weapons and countries are competing to have the largest weapons in order to be able to protect themselves in case of a massive attack. Our world must take a stand against nuclear development. One way that I think we do this is by learning to compromise in trade and be willing to take loses and gains during particular seasons, in order for our entire humanity to be appeased. One way we could do this is by introducing a leaders peace conference where we promote compromise and the importance of human life and continue to not submit to nuclear weapons.

5. Americans specifically, but much of the world has been affected by the plague of income disparity. The top 1% of income earners have 48% of the worldwide wealth in their possession, including nearly any person working full-time in America. We have opportunities to bridge the gap from the top 1% to the bottom feeders by cutting down on consuming. One particular way we can cut our consumption is by choosing to limit portions in food and to decrease the abuse of items we do own, so that we can use them for longer. An example of this is how people abuse their phones. We can have an iPhone 6 and drop it and immediately we are in need of a new phone and cannot live without this. The issue of this philosophy is that we waste our disposable income on our carelessness, instead of helping people in need. 

6. As we continue to grow in population worldwide and people get busier, we are choosing to feed our children things that can be prepared quickly or that are cheap. This issue with these things are that they usually don't contain the necessary nutrition that humans need. With this in mind, we have seen a dramatic increase in obesity among our global population. One way in which we can help to change this is by forcing companies that supply food to go through nutrition testing in order to sell their food product. For example, if a specific type of food doesn't meet the needs of its consumers based on its caloric output, then it would not be allowed to be produced until meeting the criteria. 

7. Something that has risen concern over the last fifty years has been climate change that has occurred due to our uses of resources that deplete the O-zone. One way to help slow this climate change is by using hydroflourocarbons (HCFCs) instead of chlorofourocarbons (CFCs) in our refrigerators, freezers, air conditioning systems, and automobiles. These HCFCs are much less harmful to the O-zone and can help to slow its depletion. 

8. Medical abilities have grown in developed countries, but have yet to reach other parts of the world and people are dying of diseases all the time that could be cured with proper medication and treatment. One way that we can solve this problem is by doing collection days to collect all unused prescription and over the counter medication and shipping it to countries that are in need. 

9. One of the fastest growing industries in the world, unfortunately, is the pornography industry. What happens in this industry is a large problem and that is sex trafficking. Sex trafficking takes women and men without their permission and uses them for pornography because they won't survive without it. We can make a change in this problem by globally working to end the pornography industry. If we make this industry illegal, we can help end a large quantity of the sex trafficking that occurs. 

10. Along with the lack of clean, drinking water, many people are forced to malnutrition because their communities don't have the resources to provide for the residents in certain areas of the world. We can help with this by consuming less of the worldwide food products by reducing portions of foods that we consume in develop countries.