Humanity has wiped out 60% of animals since 1970, major report finds
Human Population has more than doubled in the same timespan (from 3.7 billion to 7.7 billion today).<p>This is not sustainable. We only have one small planet to live on, and we are destroying it. We are overfishing the oceans, cutting down entire forests to make way for pastures, warming up the planet and acidifying the plastic-filled ocean.  Even insect populations are plummeting.<p>The consequences of this will not be felt by your grandchildren. They will be felt by me and you. They are starting to appear already.<p>What can we do to change this? This cannot be fixed by individual action. Buying an electric car and using recyclable shopping bags is not enough.<p>I implore you to be politically active, to consider support for candidates that at least <i>acknowledge</i> that there is a problem. Consider a carbon tax. Consider big, international efforts to clean up our oceans. Consider sexual education efforts in developing nations. Consider carbon re-capture efforts. There&#x27;s a ton of things we can do, but we have to <i>start doing</i>