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Remember the dinosaurs? They couldn’t survive the changes in the environment and are now existing only as stuffed dolls in museums. The good news is that we, humans have survived. But the bad news is that, the way we are going, it may not be long before we join the dinosaurs too! And we have no one else but us to blame.
All the stuff we use - plastic, paper, aerosol cans – has in one way or other either polluted the environment or has suffocated it. The result – we have floods in some parts of the world and famines in the other. We are slowly losing our beautiful earth to destruction. But we still can stop this destruction, if we want. Here’s how :
1) Plant lots of trees. Trees no only preserve the earth but also help ‘de-pollute’ the air. We should also stop deforestation and start planting at least two trees for each tree that we cut.
2) Use renewable energy. Resources like coal and oil are non-renewable and the more we use them, the less we will have. We should, in fact, concentrate on other forms of energy like solar energy and natural gas for our use.
3) Recycle waste products. The more paper we use, the more we’ll need and so more trees will be cut. Instead, try to cut wastage of paper and use recycled paper.
4) Use less plastic. In our world, it's hard to live without plastic – almost everything we use from carry bags to containers are made of plastic and its true that they are convenient. What we forget is that they are not convenient to destroy – so, they just cling to the earth’s surface and suffocate it. Even if its not possible to stop using plastic fully, we can start using less of it.
These simple steps may look small, but remember, there are billions on this earth and if we all do our bit, we’ll be saving our earth for many more billions of years.
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