Je m'appelle Megan. J’ai seize ans. Mon anniversaire est le premier septembre. J’habite a bundoran en Irelande. J’adore lire et ma série de lovers préferee est “Heroes of Olympus” le Rick Riordan. Je n'aime pas le yaourt.

 J’habite le ma mére Patricia, mon chiens Stella, Ollie, junior and Freddie et mon oiseau jakey.

Theory - Finland doesn’t exist.

Explain the theory-

 Some people believe Finland simply does not exist. The idea started circling around on reddit a few years back. Those who find truth in it  believe that people who claim to be from Finland are really from either western Russia, eastern Sweden or northern Estonia and are just led to believe they are in Finland. They believe there is just water where we are told Finland is. 

 The story goes that Russia and Japan made the country up in the year 1918. According to Vice “ the notion goes that the two nations created Finland so that Japan could fish the sea that exists there without environmental complaints or repercussions” and then the caught fish would be shipped via the Trans- Siberian railway from the eastern Russian coast to Japan under the disguise of Nokia products. 

 And of course you’re probably thinking, what about other countries and scientists? Would they not notice that it isn’t there, well The belief is that they decided it’s best to keep the secret and keep Finland as an example of a better world, as Finland is known for being a very successful and equal country. 

What evidence is there?

 The non-Finland-believers believe Finland is just too good to be true. The theory says “no real country could be so consistently placed first in education, healthcare, gender equality, literacy rates, national stability, the least corrupt government in the world, freedom of the press”. It just shows our lack of faith in our own species that it is hard to believe we can be decent to each other and organise ourselves well.

 Finland is also not a very popular tourist destination so there is not all that many people who can say for a fact they have been there and it exists. And it doesn't have a terribly large population although many people claiming to be from finland took great offence at the notion that it wasn't real. But hey they could be paid actors for all I know.

  For my climate action project i interviewed a resident in Oznam house where my mother works. I asked him questions relating to weather, food and transport and how they have changed since he was young,  to see how the climate has been affected and to see what changes in food and transport there have been that are a huge contributing factor to climate change .

Weather:

  I started by asking him how the weather in general has changed. He explained that it was a lot wetter but definitely not as cold as it was when he was young. I then asked how the seasons seem to have changed and he said “ Summers were an awful lot drier then, winters now are much warmer “.

  

Food:

I then got onto the topic of food and started by asking him if he feels he ate very differently in his youth. He said that they mainly ate seasonal and home grown foods or local produce. He then went on to say that his family grew lots of vegetables such as lettuce, carrots and for christmas they grew sprouts. Nowadays most food is bought from chain super markets but then, they bought from local shops.  Little to no imports, oranges were a christmas treat. 

Transport:

  Finally we spoke about transport. He explained that now almost everyone has a car or access to a car whenever they want and people use planes and trains way more often. He might have gotten to go on the train on very special occasions as a boy. Roads are much busier and that means a lot more harmful gasses put out into our atmosphere. He said that the train that used to be in bundoran is badly missed. The bus routes around bundoran aren't great as it's hard to get to certain places nearby. I think a train system again in bundoran would be much better for the environment as there would be less need for people to drive everywhere. Back when he was a child only business people had cars.

How can we improve things?

  In my opinion we need much better public transport systems in place in bundoran and the surrounding areas. Less cars on the road means less emissions which would have a positive effect on the environment .

  Another solution would be to buy locally more often and only buy what is seasonally available.

And finally i think growing more of our own food would be helpful.