Living Green

The air we breathe, the water we drink, the security of all the living creatures on earth, the fertility of the land on which we grow our food, have all deteriorated in the past few years.’I'll go out for a breath of fresh air’ is an often-heard phrase. But how many of us realize that this has become irrelevant in today’s world, because the quality of air in our cities is anything but fresh. The moment you step out of the house and are on the road you can actually see the air getting polluted; a cloud of smoke from the exhaust of a bus, car, or a scooter; smoke billowing from a factory chimney, fly ash  generated by thermal power plants, and speeding cars causing dust to rise from the roads.

When the environment becomes less valuable or damaged, environmental degradation is said to occur. There are many forms of environmental degradation.  When habitats are destroyed, biodiversity is lost, or natural resources are depleted, the environment is hurt. .  The largest areas of concern at present are the loss of rain forests, pollution , ozone depletion, and the destruction of the marine environment. There are a number of serious issues that we, globally, have to deal with, for our own, our children’s and our grand children’s sake. Nature provides us with the very essence of life. However, the world is increasingly taking recourse to synthetic and toxic materials, which is polluting the atmosphere and curtailing human longevity.

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