We See Them Every Day But Did We Really Look?

Right now Everyone is talking about Net Zero 2050 and the Existential Crisis but do we really think about our existence here in Australia? 

During the lockdown I gained an appreciation for the plant life in my current surrounds but as I had previously worked on eucalyptus as a scent component in my work They Paved Paradise and Put Up A Parking Lot, I looked more into the relevance of this statement via a Myrtaceae species called Eucalyptus and boy are there a lot of them.

Eucalyptus trees are estimated to be over 70 Billion years old and existed in Australia back when Australia was a Rainforest. Yes I said that right, Australia used to have many Rainforests. Eventually as Australia became hotter and more prone to drought, Eucalyptus adapted to this Environment as well. They're strong oils act as gasoline when a fire starts up and although this sounds awful, they were not meant to burn the way we unfortunately saw back in 2019, thats why back burning and fire preparedness is so important.

Eucalypts are also home to many animals and insects. They not only help with our oxygen supply but Eucalypts are also essentially important to Australia's ecosystem and even before 2019 there were many species of Eucalypts becoming endangered which affects a lot of our wildlife and not just our beloved Koala's. There are roughly 198 out of 900 Eucalyptus species that are endangered and this is something that we have to think about when it comes to the future of Australia.

And yes they did pave paradise and put up a parking lot.  This happened near Bussleton, WA where they cut down many Eucalyptus phylacis in it's only habitat to build a parking lot and ended up making that particular Eucalyptus species endangered.

So how does this relate to Net Zero 2050? Because losing our precious Eucalyptus trees would mean our Australian Ecosystem would suffer greatly. Ecosystems suffering are a big part of the damage created by global warming. When many people witnessed the bush fire blazes in 2019 there were a lot of people realising that global warming would have had something to do with it. When I moved back to NSW, summers became hotter, as hot as they were in SA. Part of our fight against global warming is taking care of our ecosystems here. We need to save our endangered species in Australia and saving our Endangered Eucalypts will help in saving other endangered species such as the Koala. 

It's not just about scrapping coal and nuclear power for renewable energy sources. It's also about taking care of our country. This is what patriotism should be about, nurturing nature not celebrating tyrants from the past. All we have is the now, and we need to cherish it because we can't afford to lose it.