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Here at Futures on Fire, we aim to educate the world on climate change in a colorful and creative way. We work hard to create and spread our messages through these engaging posters displayed around the Bay Area.

We encourage everyone to download, save, and share! Tag us on Instagram if you see them @futures_on_fire.

FIRE ON FRIDAYS: 9/29/2023

By Nigel Willacy

Climate change poses a grave threat to our planet's precious wildlife, endangering species such as turtles, penguins, polar bears, and countless others. Rising global temperatures are causing the melting of polar ice caps, disrupting the natural habitats of polar bears who rely on sea ice to hunt for seals. Penguins, reliant on stable sea ice conditions, are seeing their populations decline as their access to food becomes more precarious.

Pollution, particularly plastic waste and chemical contaminants, poses a significant threat to turtles and their fragile ecosystems. These gentle marine creatures, like sea turtles, often fall victim to our modern convenience-driven lifestyles.

These vulnerable creatures, along with countless others, are sounding the alarm on the urgent need to address climate change. As we work towards sustainable solutions and reduce our carbon footprint, we can help safeguard the habitats and futures of these remarkable animals, ensuring their continued presence on our planet for generations to come.

Climate change is taking a toll on so many parts of our world, including the animals that we are surrounded by every single day. As forests burn, waters rise, and various other habitats are destroyed those very animals lose a home, and therefore many of their lives. To protect our communities of different species we have to act against climate change now.

FIRE ON FRIDAYS: 9/22/2023

By Enna Gerking

FIRE ON FRIDAYS: 9/15/2023

By Julia Brimmer

It’s wildfire season in California: a time when we all recall that wildfires create an endless loop of perpetuating climate change and recurring because of it. Those of us who know fire know how much damage it can cause. When it comes to the environment, wildfires wipe out forests and trees, disturbing both natural ecosystems and the CO2 absorption process.

They dry out nearby vegetation, thus making those plants even easier to burn. Snow melts more quickly which causes flooding that kills trees and leaves more dead kindle to be burned.

Since we rely so heavily on trees to remove carbon from the atmosphere — the carbon we as humans put into it — it is extremely important to protect forests. According to theconversation.com, most forests are carbon sinks, which they define as forests that take in more carbon than they release. This is a great thing, but fires and other climate disturbances release that carbon over time, minimizing the positive effects that plants have on the planet as a whole.

Unfortunately, even though wildfires are wild for a reason, it is extremely important to understand their effects. However, methods such as controlled burning, a practice indigenous cultures have done for thousands of years, can encourage forest resiliency, which scientists are looking into further. In the meantime, stay educated and stay safe!