Protect our environment

The cascading waterfalls, the roaring rivers, the calm lakes, the enchanting forests, the lofty mountains, the green valleys and the wild savannas all belong to the environment. Everything around us is part of the environment.

We take every single thing we want in our life from the environment. From the air we breathe to the clothes we wear, everything is from the environment. Without the environment, human beings cannot survive for human beings themselves are a part of the environment.
Unfortunately, some people deliberately cause harm to the environment to sate their greedy desires. These traitors cut down majestic trees and sell them as timber. It is as if these criminals didn’t know that all our lives depend on these givers of oxygen. Others pump chemical waste into lakes and other waterways destroying many aquatic creatures and polluting precious water. This polluted water can spread diseases among humans too. The smoke from factories and automobiles pollutes the air and this too can lead to some diseases. It also increases the threat of global warming which in turn leads to the disturbance of Mother Nature’s equilibrium.

Steps must be taken to prevent the destruction of the environment or humans themselves will be destroyed. Rules must be laid down and enforced in order to prevent the destruction of forests. Proper methods for the disposal of chemical waste must be established to protect the waterways without which life, both human and animal, is impossible. New technology like the fuel cell technology should be used to power the automobiles instead of the internal combustion engine. The usage of environmental-friendly sources of energy like solar and wind power should be encouraged in order to keep the atmosphere clean and healthy.

Unless these measures are taken the environment would be completely destroyed and all life obliterated in Earth. Let us protect the environment as best as we can both individually and together as a society for our very existence depends on the environment.

Thilina Rajapakshe (DOB 12/23/1993)
Grade 11-E
Dharmaraja College Kandy

Date: 5/28/2009