article on save our environment of about 500
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Environment commonly refers to the surroundings in which all living and non-living things reside and establish a sense of attraction with one another. These include air, water, soil, human beings, animals, etc. However being a part of the city, town or village, we observe that the environment around us was originally a natural landscape, for instance, a desert, a forest, or even a river that has been shovelled by humans for buildings, roads and factories.
But even the people belonging to the metropolitan cities get their food, fish, fuel wood and fodder supplied from rural areas, which are eventually extracted from the natural landscapes. Hence, our dependence on natural resources has made it essential for us to take considerable measures to prevent the destruction and depletion of our natural environment.
No generation has a freehold on this earth. All we have is a life tenancy– with a full repairing lease.” These words have been very aptly quoted by Margaret Thatcher and define our temporary relationship with the natural environment. Despite various gifts that we have been provided by nature to make our life seemingly easy and this planet worth living, such as air, sunlight, water, animals and minerals, we have for our own selfish gains overtly exploited them.
To meet our present day needs due to increasing population levels, we have been persistently without any check consuming the natural resources. We are not concerned for our future generations. Thus, the need of the hour is to conserve both the renewable and non-renewable resources, provided by nature if we really need to save mother Earth.
Effects of Pollution on Environment
During the last few decades, water, air and land have been contaminated for achieving short term gains at the cost of long term ecological losses to the environment. These undesirable changes have had disastrous effects not only on plants and wildlife, but also on humans which have been discussed as follows:
Air Pollution: The development of transportation system and large-scale use of petrol and diesel has accelerated the production of both undesirable solid and gaseous particles in the air, in quantities that are harmful for the environment. With the increase in the levels of carbon monoxide, chloro-fluoro-carbons, sulphur oxides, hydrocarbons and even lead, the ozone layer responsible for protection from ultra violet rays has started depleting. This has also resulted in increase in temperatures, commonly known as ‘global warming’.
Water Pollution: Untreated human and animal wastes, suspension of water soluble inorganic chemicals from industries such as mercury and lead and draining of organic chemicals including detergent and oils in the fresh water ponds and rivers has made their water unfit for any use. This has adversely affected aquatic life, reduced crop yields and also made the water unsafe for consumption by both humans and animals.
Soil Pollution: Due to the excessive spraying of fertilizers and pesticides like DDT, use of irrigation water that is high in salts for the purpose of increasing crop yields, in the long run renders land useless. This is known as soil pollution which is also accelerated by soil erosion caused due to human activities such as construction, deforestation, etc.
Noise Pollution: Noise emanating from vehicles, factories and specially the bursting of crackers during Diwali in India contributes to noise pollution. This adversely affects the animals as they are not able to adapt to such noises and in turn undergo hearing loss.
Conclusion
Every individual must solely contribute towards conserving the environment and not majorly depend on the government itself. Knowingly or unknowingly we contribute towards pollution on daily basis. Hence, as the consumers of the gifts of nature it is our responsibility to promote rain water harvesting, take part both individually and collectively in the process of recycling products, avoiding wastage of resources such as electricity and fresh water, etc. It is by taking little steps that we can effectively improve the health of our ailing planet.
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