Should we stop DESTROYing it and start PROTECTing it instead?
Is it worth saving?
What are the biggest threats to the environment?
Can it ever be saved?
These are the few quetions that we have to ask ourselves as we go on living in this ever changing world.As every country strive to be better then the other, more and more resources are being used in the process,more land becoming scarce and not arable and pollution just continues.This is Globalization.So,can we stop all this process once and for all and save the
Earth?Why does we need to save it?Is it worth all the trouble?
Earth is definitely worth saving,mainly because its Earth we are talking about.Can you stay anywhere else in the galaxy except Earth?Earth is unique in the Solar System as being the only planet which is able to support life in all its forms: from basic living micro-organisms to highly sophisticated and intelligent human beings.Earth has a breathable atmosphere meaning we,human beings, animals and plants can have no problem in existing here.Earth is also the only planet to have a suitable climate for evrything to take place especially photosynthesis.The temperature and the amount of sunlight receives is just right for us to live in.Lastly it is the only planet that has water; a necessity for all living things.Unlike other planets which just contains harmful elements all over.
If we dont save it,who will?How would generations after us live here?How are they going to get their natural resources if all of them are gone?Where are they going to stay when all land become not arable anymore?Where are they going to get their food when all the food are contaminated?Where are they going to get water when all are polluted?Therefore Earth is definitely worth saving,not only for us,but for more generations to come.
So what are the biggest threats we are facing rite now?The main one is definitely pollution.Harmful gasses like carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), and nitrogen oxides are constantly produced by industry and motor vehicles. All these causes air pollution and might lead to other major causes like acid rain.Then there is water pollution via surface runoff and leaching to groundwater.These does not only affect ground plants and animals,but also marine life when these polltants are realeased into the sea.And the list just go on with soil contamination,radioactive contamination,noise pollution,light pollution,visual pollution and thermal pollution.
Then theres the threat of using too much natural resources too.Countries are continously using resources without realising what is left.These includes mining,oil extraction,fishing,hunting and forestry.These are non-renewable resources and by the way that these people are using just make these resources closed to "extinction".These resources are usefull for humans in terms of getting food and electricity,but cant we reduced the use of them and use other renewable resources instead?
There is also technology.Due to our world being more and more advanced,alot more of everyday are related activities are related to technology.Without technology, we can hardly function, or get the world going.With the use of technology, we are able to push our boundaries and achieve a lot of things.Without technology we won’t be where we are today. Since born till we die we can’t do away with technology. From giving birth to the transport we take now is all technology.Technoloy can be as simple as the invention of pencil to sophisticated ones like the notebooks we are using in school now. Yes problems are surfacing up because of over reliance on technology like pollutions and spread of deaseases.Technology also are the ones that cause people to be more lazy and have the lag of patients.More people now take transport even in the shortest distance and seconds of waiting for something to being load in the computer irritates us.Although being a big threat, technology too that can help us in overcoming these problems. For example technology in chemical plants causes water pollution and doesn’t the technology of wastewater treatment that treat the polluted water?
These are the 3 biggest threats that i can find but what is bigger than them?Who is to blame?I have to say us;Human Beings.We are the one that causes these problems.Our negligence towards the saving the environment are the ones that causes us to suffer,if not now,in the future.
So,can the Earth ever be saved and protected for years to come?
Personally,I think that it is already too late for us to start thinking about saving the Earth.Many people have thought about this issue and saying that slowly we can save the Earth.But does it ever happened?No.This issue have long been discussed way since i even existed in this world and nothing have been done.This is due to people and countries wanting to put Globalization first instead of the environment.What people think about nowdays is just being No1 and making high profit.Due to technology too,it causes people to always think about comfortablity and doing things at a fast pace just like computers do.Businessmen and economists would rather die than concur with the grand plan to save the Earth.When these happens,all environment issues would just be ignored.People might say that individuals for example farmers and miners have to play a role by reducing usage of pesticides and mine conservatively.But does these people really want to conserve the environment and loose out in the market they are doing in?
People would continue use natural resources to have a better life recreationally and land scarcity would just grow as buildings are build for economic,educational and housing purposes.In the future,people would just overfish and overhunt to satisfy themselves with the fod that they want.Fish like sharks would definitely extinct because of the rate of people having shark fins delicacy.Human health would detoriate because of all the contaminated food we eat and the air we breathe in.And only one positive thing that we get out of all this;Economic Growth.
At the rate of pollution and usage of resources,we can definitely say that it is the end for the Earth.Already we know that many plants and animals already extinct.Because of pollution,the ozone layer are already depleting.These causes the polar ice caps to melt and sink parts of the world.Many lifes have been killed due to natural disaster that are believe to be cause by these problems too.Drought occuring in parts of the world,hail storm and recently tsunami that killed thousand of people.Some people might say that it isnt related to the harm that we are causing to the environment.But in fact,indirectly it does.For example in a chain reaction;air pollution-acid clouds-hail storm.
To conclude from all the 15 problems I have discussed,there are ways that we can save the environment.But overall its just a little too late to think about saving it.Instead we should look forward and find other alternatives to continue living in this galaxy.Ideas like living in Mars might be dumb,but it is the only way out of these chaostic Earth that is slowly dying right in front of our eyes.
Of course these isnt what we and scientist dream of.But due to our ego,selfishness and the reluctance to let go of material possesions would only lead to the downfall of EARTH.
