Before doing extensive research on the global water crisis, I found to my surprise a lot of people don’t have safe drinking water in many countries. I always knew Mexico had unsafe tap water, if you aren’t native to Mexico drinking tap water is a danger to your body. Native Mexicans are able to drink this tap water without being affected because their body built immunity to the bacteria in the water. Learning that Mexico is suffering a drought left me to wonder what would they do when there’s no water in a couple of years? how does the government plan to fix this? The government has a plan to create ” artificial rain ” to increase rainfall but this has effects on the biosphere and increases ocean acidification so is it really a solution? With that being said I believe that yes, the global water crisis is an environmental justice issue. I can argue this because low-income countries and people don’t have access to safe drinking water and it’s a human necessity. The government of these countries isn’t doing enough to ensure these people have water. We only heard about this issue in poor countries and neighborhoods, the rich never have to worry about unsafe water or having water period. Change is needed and, it starts with us. we are the change.

How do the earth systems affect each other? Earth systems affect each other because they all work together. Earth systems affect each other if something happens to the geosphere the biosphere will feel it. That’s an example of the earth systems interacting with each other. 2. How can an understanding of environmental science aid in handling natural disasters? I believe knowledge is power so having knowledge on how we are affecting the earth and how each system works allows us to better understand our earth. this also allows us to prepare for storms and how to make the impact on humans less dangerous. 3. What efforts can we make to create a sustainable future? we can learn how our way of living isn’t the best. We can try to find better ways to do everyday things in an eco-friendly way. We can try to do our best every day.