Lyrissa Anderson
Identity
I use she/her pronouns
I was born in Indonesia, my dad is Indonesian but lived in Germany for like 20 years and my mom is from Brookline, and I'm half Asian and half White
Indonesian was my first language, Balinese was my second, and English was my third, but now I only speak English
I moved to Brookline when I was 5, but lived in Indonesia on the islands of Bali and Java before (the picture of me is on the ferry from Java to Bali this past summer)
I really want to visit Morocco and Gibraltar, just seems so interesting
I feel like I like to talk and discuss in group/class discussions a lot
Interests and Favorites
BHSCFJC, SWS, Rugby
I like photography, playing soccer, and ice skating, I work at the rink in the winter
I love Nasi Goreng, Ceramics, Taylor Swift, and listening to music
Global Leadership Profile
I am really interested in combatting Climate Change, especially whe it comes to Riparian zones, oceans, and bodies of water. This is really important to me because where I'm from in Indonesia has some of the most beautiful coral reefs in the world, but are being destroyed. The ocean is really important in Indonesia, especially for communities that depend on the ocean for food and resources. I also really love surfing and sailing and swimming.
I want to learn about what I can do to combat this issue. I want to study Environemntal Science in college, and hopefully be able to do cool things in the field that help people and the environment. I think that working in the field in Marine Biology or Environmental Science in some way would be my ideal career because I enjoy it so much since it's sp interesting, and i could be making a real change.
State of The World
Like I mentioned earlier, I'm super interested in Marine biology, especially the ocean. Overfishing is still a huge issue in the world today because large commercial fishing companies take far too many resources and creatures from the ocean unsustainably, especially overfishing small fish to feed larger fish in fish farms. The proportion of unsustainable illegal fishing has reached 35% of all largscale fishing in the world. Some countries are making progress on managing marine areas based on existing ecosystems as of 2021, but very fews countries have taken that step in protecting important marine wildlife. This goal to protect marine wildlife was set for 2020, and has not yet been accomplished. Another portion of this SDG goal is to reduce ocean acidification by 2030 so it does not have detrimental impacts on wildlife and natural ecosystems, but from the graph of average ocean Ph in Hawaii over the last couple years, ocean acidity has actually gone up with levels dipping below 8.04. As afore mentioned, combatting illegal fishing is a huge step in restoring balanced ecosystems and wildlife, and from the graph at the very bottom, you can see that very few countries have implemented services that combat international illegal fishing schemes. A tiny portion of countries have implemented strong systems, and a small amount have implemented any at all, with the majority of countries not having anything whatsoever combatting illegal overfishing. I think that this below water SDG goal is tough because the countries that are disspraportionately affected by climate change in marine ecosystems are often poorer countries that are spending most of their time and money for developing economies.
