[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Hear Mona and her family read ‘Turning the clock back’, and a second version of the poem edited by ChatGPT, ‘Healing earth together’, here:[\/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/MiMh–_UzLE”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
Look around, we see a tired and sickly blue orb,<\/p>\n
Have lost all hope.<\/p>\n
Green canopies vanishing, few are left to absorb [CO2<\/sub>],<\/p>\n Nature unable to cope.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Flora and fauna all but disappearing,<\/p>\n Smog and plastic smothering our pristine home.<\/p>\n Our species, is it enduring?<\/p>\n Leaving behind a cataclysmic dome.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n As we travel through the expanse of the Universe,<\/p>\n With hope of life.<\/p>\n Our planet, we must nurse,<\/p>\n Putting aside our strife.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Rome wasn’t built in a day!<\/p>\n We need to persevere.<\/p>\n Every step of sustainability will pay,<\/p>\n Our lifestyle will be all but austere.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Oh, let us preserve,<\/p>\n Sparse resources.<\/p>\n Future generations deserve,<\/p>\n Their hopes are our forces.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n To achieve 1.5 degree!<\/p>\n We have to turn the clock back.<\/p>\n That\u2019s going to be a squeeze,<\/p>\n [But] now is not the time to slack.<\/p>\n Mona also created a second version of the poem by asking ChatGPT to improve it:<\/em><\/p>\n In this weary, sickly state our planet lies,<\/p>\n But hope remains if we open our eyes.<\/p>\n United, we can heal the world,<\/p>\n A new era of care unfurled.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Forests lush and oceans clear,<\/p>\n Bearing witness to the shift we steer.<\/p>\n As humans realize the cost,<\/p>\n Striving to regain what’s lost.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Innovations, great and small,<\/p>\n To rise above, to heed the call.<\/p>\n Harnessing sun, wind, and tide,<\/p>\n A sustainable future we’ll provide.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Together, we’ll plant the seeds,<\/p>\n Of change, to meet Earth’s needs.<\/p>\n And as we journey through the stars,<\/p>\n We’ll heal the wounds and mend the scars.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n One step at a time, one heart at a beat,<\/p>\n The Earth’s revival, no small feat.<\/p>\n And as we strive for 1.5 degrees,<\/p>\n Our collective strength will bend the breeze.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For now is not the time to rest,<\/p>\n But rise and challenge, do our best.<\/p>\n To safeguard Earth for generations to come,<\/p>\n A challenge met, a battle won.<\/p>\n
\nHealing earth together <\/strong>(ChatGPT\u2019s version based on Mona Ashok\u2019s poem)<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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