In class today it the avocado problem was brought up today. The avocado problem, in general, is that the fruit can be very profitable due to consumer trends but can be very devastating for environments who are forced to take on mass avocado plantations/orchards. Avocados are an issue of hurting local economies and devastating environments making them inhabitant due to the large demand for water that avocado trees require to sustain its life. The demand for water in the world is already too high to fulfil the needs.
Going to the mostly EU funded dam that's a short distance from the village, you can see first hand how water scarcity and water supplies have depleted. Mismanagement and capitalistic endeavours are posing and expediting the rate of the threat of water insecurity.
Its an issue of both greed and climate change, and the issues will de address one way or another: People changing their behaviour/slowing their impact or having to leave their communities because they can not sustain life anymore.
The program has successfully stressed these global concerns and more specifically the local concerns in Crete.
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