Being Environmentally Friendly
By: Cesar S. Gabriel
Introduction
Every day environment is being harmed from pollution and waste caused by our increasing need for energy and materials, but there are ways we can clean up the ecosystem to make it better for the future.
Pollution
Land Pollution
With the increasing population, we are seeing a lot more trash in landfills, a lot of the trash we throw in these landfills can be reused or be made into more useful things.
Water Pollution
When landfills don't have space or are too costly, companies and people decide to dump a lot of their trash into lakes, rivers, beaches, and ponds.
Air Pollution
In this age of major industrialization, more and more factories are being built to keep up with product demands, while the factories are being regulated, they still do harm to our atmosphere.
Cleaning up Land Pollution
Landfills are one of the largest types of pollution right now in the world, affecting not only the air quality but also leaving behinds hazardous materials that can severely harm animals scavenging for food, But with a lot of effort many landfill locations can be turned into a beautiful park.
"Valley Of Ashes"
During the early 1920s in New York, a local dumping ground filled with ash piles and furnaces was widely known at that time, it was even mentioned in the F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, called the "Valley of Fire".
Flushing Meadows park
After the world fair of 1939, the old dumping ground turned into a very popular local park filled with large fountains, ponds, gardens, large buildings for events, and even a lake where visitors can pay to row in the lake.
Cleaning up water pollution
A majority of people rely on the water brought from lakes, streams, rivers, and oceans. Yet there are still a large number of places being polluted by illegal trash dumping, this not only affects the quality of the water but also affects the quality of life to many animals living near the polluted area.
Sunset Beach Milnerton
On September 21, 2013, over 100 students from Sinenjongo High School decided to clean up their local beach that has been polluted by years of trash dumping for coastal clean-up day. Now, the beach is a popular location for visitors and tourists, braving the cold weather and frigid rain, these students were able to make a trash dump into a beautiful beach once again.
Cleaning up air pollution
Air pollution is one of the most prominent pollution issues right now because of how it affects so many places and so many people. This type of pollution is also the most harmful because people living in cities with dangerous levels of pollution are breathing in these harmfully contaminated air.
Beijing Pollution Crisis
Beijing is the most well known polluted cities in the world, the level of pollution has gotten so bad that people seen wearing face masks are a common sight. A person's life span in Beijing is shorter than from people living in the countryside of china. Beijing has spent £75.8 billion to improve the air quality.
Doing your part
Recycling
One way people can help with cleaning the environment is recycling, many of the items that people throw away can be reused to make something else.
Community Service
Another way we can help make the world cleaner is by helping with community services like picking up trash or landscaping. Just spending some time helping can mean a world of difference not just for the community but for the future of the community.
Starting a Garden
Starting a garden can provide a lot of benefits to your life and for the environment. A Garden not only can provide fresh natural food but can also help clean the air around your home.
Making a cleaner world
If we work together, we can change the current image of this world, everyone from every corner of this world can do something to make things better. If we are going to live on this earth then we have to take care of it.