The environment is the most important thing for our life. The environment is the air we breathe, the water we drink, and is everything we need for our life. But now that the most important thing for our life is being polluted and in many different ways. This pollution affects the health of living things. Air is damaged by car and lorry fumes, and power stations create acid rain which destroys entire forests and lakes. When fossil fuels i.e. oil, gas, and coal are burned to provide energy for lighting, cooking, etc. they form polluting gases. Not only on land but also in the sea, oil spills pollute seawater and kill marine life; chemical waste from factories and sewage works, and artificial fertilizers from farmland, pollute river water, killing wildlife, and spreading disease. Everything is being caused by human’s existence. Humans create such a lot of rubbish! Each household produces about 1 tonne of rubbish every year! Most of this is taken away by dustmen and buried in enormous landfill sites or burned in incinerators – both of these actions can be dangerous for the environment.
But only we can change it and solve it. Pollution can be prevented by the thing we do every day. First, we can use recycled paper to help save trees. Second try to avoid buying plastic. It’s hard to recycle. One way to cut down on plastic is to refuse to use carrier bags. If we can’t avoid buying plastic bags, we should use re-use plastic bags over and over again, until they wear out. Finally, we should take your old clothes to charity shops, some are sold. To protect the environment we also have to save energy. Use less energy by switching off lights when rooms are not in use, not wasting water; don’t forget to switch off all electric things when they are not in use, use a bicycle or walk instead of using a car for short trips we can save energy, keep the clean atmosphere and keep healthy life. Lighting accounts for 10 percent to 15 percent of the electricity bill. However, this amount can be reduced by replacing an ordinary 100-watt light bulb with an energy-saving bulb, and we still trying to invent the new thing to save money as well as conserve the Earth’s resources.
Keep a clean environment isn’t only all ways are mentioned before but also to protect natural resources. That is the way to conserver wildlife. First, we need to conserve the old forest, rainforest, build more safari and national parks, and plant more trees to make a place to live for wild animals. Second we need to prohibit hunters who hunt animals too many out of the law allowance.
Finally, we now know that environment is the most important thing for life and we know how to protect and use it scientifically. Every day we invent and find more and more ways to protect the environment. I hope that in the future the earth will be cleaner.
