The 10 Year Challenge: A Reflection of a Decade of Decline
The popular "10 Year Challenge" on social media serves as a reminder of how much worse off our planet is now compared to ten years ago due to increasing poverty levels, growing inequality and climate change-related disasters. It's time for us to take action if we want things to get better for future generations.
Jan. 03, 2023 5:39PM
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A photo collage featuring two images side by side; one image depicting a person smiling ten years ago and another image depicting them looking sad today with a caption reading "The 10 Year Challenge"
In recent weeks, social media users have been participating in the “10 Year Challenge”, where they post a picture of themselves from 10 years ago and one from today. While this challenge may appear to be an innocent trend, it is actually reflective of the decline that has taken place over the past decade. The world has seen an increase in global poverty, rising inequality, and climate change-related disasters. The number of people living in extreme poverty has increased by more than 20 million since 2010. Meanwhile, wealth inequality continues to grow with the richest 1% owning more than half of all global wealth. Climate change has caused sea levels to rise and temperatures to soar around the world leading to droughts, floods, hurricanes and other extreme weather events that have had devastating impacts on communities everywhere. It is no surprise then that when people compare pictures from 10 years ago with their current selves they are reminded of how much worse off we are now than we were back then. This challenge serves as a stark reminder that our planet is in trouble and we must take action if we want to make things better for future generations.