The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge was designed to raise awareness and money for people who are suffering from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. This is a disease of the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control voluntary muscle movement. Anyone with any moral empathy wants to do something to contribute to the cause. In which this challenge has raised $100 million, on the latest recorded date. This sounds like a dream come true for those with ALS; the understanding and the treatment of this disease, right? However, most people had no clue what they were doing this for, how serious this disease is and how critical actual support is. Most people did this for social media acceptance and a short minute of fame and appear supportive.
The wealthy, the celebrities, and real donators of this challenge are what cause it to be a success, to an extent. For celebrities to use their sway over people is great for the awareness aspect of things, and creates a "community" of people talking about it and hopefully learning about it. What isn't acceptable is how all people (celebrities included) living in
There’s no doubt that this challenge is contributing to the drought. The Long Beach Post states, between 5 and 6 million gallons of water have been wasted thus far. The drought and the use of this challenge have gotten so out of hand that Governor Jerry Brown has set a $500 fine to wasteful water usages. Commercials about conserving energy and water have been circulating lately, which is amazing. We need people to be aware of how our repugnant actions have affected our state, in such a short amount of time. We need to be scared, with what little water we have can be gone; from our actions and climate change. We are shit out of luck. If we can’t save ourselves, who can?
For a clearer understanding of how serious this drought is head to LA Times, to see how it's escalated from 2011 to present.
Written by: Adam Sanchez
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