Our Earth, Our Responsibility
Our
Earth is a special made place created by God for us to live in. He sent us here
to be its protectors. The last few decades have been time of dynamic changes in
our world, as we strive to evolve our society to technology. However, these
achievements and changes have come at a significant cost to the environment.
Increasing demand for energy, food, water, and other resources has resulted in
resource depletion, pollution, environmental degradation and climate change,
pushing the earth towards its environmental limits. All these problems are the
result of our own actions.
But
it is not too late to create change and help our planet. There are ways to
protect and care for our environment.
1. Planting
trees
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As we cut down trees, we should also plant
more to replace the chopped ones. This will bring back the greenery in our forests
and hold the land.
2. Conserving
water
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Water is a very crucial for us. Every drop
matters so we should learn to conserve and use water responsibly.
3. Choose
reusable over single use
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Example of these is choosing to use tumblers
instead of plastic bottles. All the single use plastics must eventually go somewhere,
and it has a devastating effect to our soil and marine life.
4. Switching
off/conserving energy
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Switching off computers, ac, lights that
are not in use and much more. It will help lessen the heat that causes global
warming in our planet.
5. Waste
segregation
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Make it a habit to separate our garbage in
their respective kind, it is useful in easily identifying which is can be
recycled, made into other products and so on.
It is our responsibility to protect
and care for our planet. With humans now consuming more resources than ever
before, the current patterns of development across the world are not
sustainable. It may be hard to restore our environment to what it once was, but
we cannot loose hope. We will slowly recover our beautiful home to its
greenery.
Resources:
12 Ways You Can Protect the Environment | Green Mountain Energy
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