What did environment did to us that we have to harm and kill it? All that the environment did was provide natural resources for us to live. Environment is the way that the world was made from the beginning. However, these days, the environment started to disappear because of us. People knew that they could use environment for their own benefits and that was when people started harming or killing the environment. Environment is worth fighting for.
Environment is very important for us as it provides us what we need. The linear system of wasting, consuming and trashing should stop because it hurts environment and earth does not have infinite amount of natural resources to keep providing 'stuff' for us. Even today, natural resources are running out. Some countries are even buying them to support their own country. People began to chop down all the trees in the forest, wipe out animals, pollute the air along with water, and use nature in all sorts of ways for their own benefits. Scientists estimated that environment can provide people about 33 trillion dollars a year and that amount is almost twice of all GDPs of countries around the world combined.Eventually, the environment will vanish and we will not be able to live in a clean world like now. During the video 'The Story of Stuff', Annie Leonard, the filmmaker, mentions that less people are using more resources. America is one of the examples how just 5% of the entire population is using 30% of all the natural resources that exist in the world. As a result, 80% of the original force is gone. However, it is not only America that is facing this problem. Scientists around the world say that at this rate, the world will run out of natural resources by 2050 or else we will need to cope it with resource demand. These days, the environment is getting hurt more as people are not caring so much about the environment and do not know how important the environment is for us. People should start realizing that we cannot live without it and we should stand up to protect it.
One another example why environment is worth fighting for is because environment is our home. Nobody wants to live in a dirty home, which means that we are the ones who are responsible for keeping the world clean. However, the environment is getting polluted and dirty due to the humans’ activities recently. In the end, there will be no clean water, no clean air and no living things. Instead, it is going to be filled with factories, cars and other machines that let out polluted air that harms us and the world. However, it is not only America that is facing this problem. A few years ago, Korea, as one of the members of OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) countries, had the most amounts of trash and unrecyclable items produced. Before, people used to get rid of the trash by burying them in a hole or burn them. After the report, people realized that those ways could damage the environment a lot, and they started to become more aware of the importance of recycling including reducing the amount of trash. These days, the environment is getting hurt more as people are not caring so much about the environment and do not know how important the environment is for us. People should start realizing that we cannot live without it and we should stand up to protect it. After the report, people realized that those ways could damage the environment a lot, and they started to become more aware of the importance of recycling and reducing the amount of trash. As we are responsible for it, we should help keep our home clean at least a little. And as we all know, every little helps.
Lastly, environment is worth fighting for because Earth is the only habitation that we can live in. It is the only planet that let us breath, drink, eat and live. The book 'Knife of Never Letting Go' gives readers the message that we should start really thinking about conserving the environment. The story is generally about a boy called Todd revealing all the truths that was hidden until he was mature enough. However in the book, a new world/planet is introduced and the reason why the settlers came to the New World was because the Old World was impossible to live in. All the natural resources were gone and it was already all polluted as there was no nature protecting the Earth. I think that Patrick Ness, as the author of the book, was trying to send the message of how important the environment is for the world, for us as well, to the readers. Unless we want to live in a New World where we have nothing to start with , just like in the book 'Knife of Never Letting Go', we should better start thinking about the what environment is doing for us and how it is the only planet that allows us humans to live.
People are not really acknowledging the environment for what it is doing for us. Earth is a finite planet that supports us with never-ending amount of natural resources. It is obvious that they will soon run out and people will struggle to find other natural resources that can replace. If Earth is our home, a place where we live everyday, why do we have to harm it? If we just left the way it was before, Earth still could have been a healthy planet. Earth is the only planet that let us live. Other planets can't because Earth is coincidentally made in a way for us, humans to live. Environment is worth fighting for.
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