I recently watched the Leonardo DiCaprio documentary Before the Flood in which he talks about his involvement with the [United Nations and was appointed the official Messenger of Peace for his involvement with the issues of global warming. There was a lot of criticism from the media because he is a Hollywood actor with little scientific knowledge and yet he is advocating for a change in the environment due to global warming.

Watching this documentary made me think a lot about global warming and how people don’t want to realize it’s a real issue mainly because they don’t see it or live in it every day. Yet. We live in a world where global warming is a myth and only scientists are interested in researching it and making it into an actual issue. Governments don’t want to get involved specially because it means spending money they rather spend on other things. There are some countries like China who are already seeing their citizens becoming sick due to the high pollution and they want to do something.

Leonardo DiCaprio talks about his interest at a young age for extinct animals and in the 90’s he became involved with global warming initiatives because he thought it was important to bring awareness and create change. He has been criticized a lot over the years for being involved without having a lot of scientific knowledge, but that hasn’t stop me. Instead he advocates for the wild life and the issues global warming is causing.

This made me think how important it is to think that global warming is a serious issue and try to get involved in any way we can. We shouldn’t ignore this because sooner or later it’s going to affect us and there will be nothing we can do.