“Everyone can identify with a fragrant garden, with beauty of sunset, with the quiet of nature, with a warm cozy cottage” (Thomas kincade). This comment sums up the feelings that many people have about a beautiful, healthy environment. However, can we say we love our environment if we don’t protect it?
One of the main thrills of travelling is getting to enjoy the many breathtaking scenery that each destination has to offer. The infrastructure which ranges from elaborate skyscrapers to overhead highways, are some of the main things that make our environment beautiful. As human beings we are sometimes severely and quite understandably caught up by the aesthetic beauty of our environment. So much so that we sometimes neglect to consider the factors that can damage the environment. Because of some environmental changes like building cities and depleting interior locations, our beautiful environment is becoming damaged.
In many major cities in the United States, we see enormous buildings, cemented pavements and decorated streets. One thing that is hardly evident is trees and plant life. The absence of these in our surroundings has proven to be damaging to our environment. According to the National Geographic “Trees also play a critical role in absorbing the greenhouse gases that fuel global warming. Fewer forests means larger amounts of greenhouse gases entering the atmosphere—and increased speed and severity of global warming” (nationalgeographic.com, 2018). This statement emphasizes the importance of trees to preventing global warming in the environment. Preventing global warming is a serious concern that demands the efforts of all humans.
Ever so often plants and animals are displaced from their forested homes because of humans need for space and human desire to transform the environment. This often results in wiping out of animal species and loss of nature. The damaging effects this action causes are tremendous. Current environmental problems make us vulnerable to disasters and tragedies, now and in the future…Balance of natural processes like pollination is crucial to the survival of the eco-system and human activity threatens the same. Another example is the destruction of coral reefs in the various oceans, which support the rich marine life. (conserveenergyfuture.com).
We all can agree that living in a scenic, spacious environment is important to us. Also, the need to build factories are necessary. However, refusing to deliberate on the amount of damages these desires cause on our environment puts all of us in harms way. Like many environmentalists reiterate, our habits are negatively affecting our environment. We may not in future be able to enjoy all that a healthy environment has to offer if we don’t implement good practices to preserve it.
Nationalgeographic.com. (2018). Deforestation and Its Effect on the Planet. [online] Available at: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/deforestation/#close [Accessed 5 Feb. 2018].
Conserve Energy Future. (2018). 15 Current Environmental Problems That Our World is Facing – Conserve Energy Future. [online] Available at: https://www.conserve-energy-future.com/15-current-environmental-problems.php [Accessed 6 Feb. 2018].
Can we say we love our environment if we don’t protect it?
Unfortunately, we live in a “right-now” type of society. People seem to only be concerned with issues that impact their lives at this very moment. For most, the environment is not one of those pressing issues. Although climate change and global warming are real issues the human race must deal with. The average person is not worried about what may or may not happen thousands of years away.
It’s sad that majority of people will not aid in establishing policies and protocols to protect Earth. However, when the threat of running out of drinking water nears closer for majority of the world, everyone will turn to environmentalists and ask what happened. The warnings, backed by data, have been given. I only pray the human race doesn’t take too long before we finally start paying attention to Mother Earth.