Importance of Clean Environment : Keeping the environment clean is important to being healthy.
In place of enjoying the beauty of nature, benefiting from her bounties, man in his greed and selfishness is looting and emptying its resources mercilessly. In consequence, air pollution, water pollution and the pollution of atmosphere are threatening to destroy mankind. It has led to the depletion of ozone layer and has made a hole in the ozone layer reducing earth’s capacity to protect life from ultraviolet radiation.
Initially air pollution began with the burning of wood for warmth, cooking and to make a safety ring from savage animals. It was prehistoric days when population was less and the land was big and vast, without any shortage of greenery.
Gradually population increased, civilization developed, and with these two factors, came the different uses of wood. Trees were cut, houses were constructed. Not only trees, many forests were also cut down. Nature’s resources were depleted in many other ways also.
Industrialization and mining also took nature’s bounties to their limit.
The seas and oceans are a major factor in the ecological balance and the creatures living there play an important role in this. Leakage from oil tankers happens regularly. This is not only polluting water but also killing the fish and other sea animals. Land based animals are no better. They are also suffering from man’s unlimited greed and cruelty and many species are becoming extinct.
Mankind has become its own enemy, and thus the foremost enemy of our planet. Air pollution results from the smoke and gases emitted from various industries. This has resulted in Acid Rain. There is no need to tell, how dangerous it is.
Unfortunately, people remained uncaring in the beginning. Only when the depletion of ozone cover took place, we woke up. Many years were lost in meetings, formation of committees and conventions. Now fifteen to twenty years back, we seriously started planning and implementing those plans. Here are some of those efforts how our atmosphere can be saved from being more polluted. Most of the energy used and generated is produced from coal, oil natural gas and uranium.
These energy sources pollute the air and water. Adoption of Solar system is the best solution for this. Another way is recycling. Garbage can be recycled, and the left-over waste can be used to generate electric power. In rural areas, dung and agricultural waste can provide household energy like ‘Biogas’.
Next is the delicate balance of sea and ocean levels around the world. Melting of ice bergs can raise the sea level and countries like Holland and Mauritius can be submerged. For this also planting trees and protection of forests is needed.
