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Our Footprint
By Daniel Swain
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2020 - Division II (Grades 4-8)

` 1. Environmental element(s) displayed in your work related to the theme: Our Earth, Our Home because we all have a footprint. Good or bad we all have one and a lot of us need to realise it. We now need to use are footprint positively and that what the shoe represents. The dripping mountains represent how global warming is ruining icy mountains most thing in the cold habitats. On the left shoe, the recycling sign on the toe box means if we want to slow down climate change we need to recycle more. Near the back of the shoe, the check and X represent how a big part of climate change is vehicle gas and that we need to reduce the usage of car. The trees signify how we need to plant more trees to reduce climate change. The garbage fire signifies how our garbage is burning our Earth. 2. This environmental problem is important to me because I feel it is one of the most damaging environmental problems in recent years because it not only affect humans, it also affects the nature. For example climate change amplifying forest fire. A staggering 1 billion animals are now estimated dead in Australia's fires. Another example is that climate change is also amplifying heat waves. In July and August, an estimated 70,000 people across Europe died of heat-related causes. About 15,000 of those deaths occurred in France. 3. I used the artistic elements the trees, recycling logo, check and x and finally the mountains to communicate the message that we need to find a way to save the earth. Not just from climate change but from other problems too. Most likely we won't stop climate change but slow the process down. Most likely the generations after us will stop climate change but we can do are best to set them on the right track. 4. I see this Entry affecting people who view it by making them be more aware about the thing that they are doing things like driving. Also it will make them realise if we do not start being aware there will be no earth to be aware of. That’s how I see this Entry affecting people who view it.