Environmental protection

Now industrially developed states can't ignore the problem of environmental protection. The world is a fine place and worth fighting for.

The relationship between man and nature has become one of the most vital problems facing civilization today. Every day air, soil and water are polluted with garbage, fume, soot and with industrial waste. Pollution of the environment is one of the problems millions of people are concerned about today. It affects harmfully, we can see dead soil, dead lands. Once we have polluted water, soil and air, but it is very difficult to clean them.

It isn’t only factories, big ships and cars that pollute. It's you and me as well. If you drop litter, you pollute. That's why you shouldn't drop paper, bottles, cigarettes, boxes. A lot of little litterers make big problems. People start pollution and only people themselves can slop it.

As you know the danger of industrial pollution of water is very real today. If nature dies, a man will die too. A man is a part of nature.

Gone are the days when it seemed to a man that nature's resources could not be exhausted. People interfere in the environment. Most big cities pour their waste into seas and rivers and release harmful substances into the air. A lot of big plants poison air in the towns with smoke. Some factories release poisonous substances into the atmosphere. Many forests and fields are destroyed as the result of people's activity. Fish, birds and different animals disappear every day. A lot of children are born unhealthy. That’s why mass media draw our attention to ecological problems so often.

The protection of the environment is a task of millions of people all over the world. Civilization of mankind has taken thousand of years but we can destroy it all during some years. And it is responsibility to preserve this planet for future generations. So we must cooperate our efforts in solving ecological problems. As you know practical steps are being undertaken for protecting our environment.

Popular movements that try to protect nature are common all over the world now. An international movement Greenpeace has united thousands of people and has achieved much success. But there are a lot of problems to solve. The factories and plants must be removed from cities. Green zones must be created, the greenery must be protected and increased. Pollution control systems must be introduced. Purifying systems for cleaning and trapping harmful substances must be widely used. The amount of the waste into the air must be reduced. Measures to reduce the noise in big cities should be taken. Man's survival depends on the way he treats environment. Our task is not to pollute and then to stop it, but to prevent pollution. As you know scientists all over the world improve technologies that will stop pollution. People look for the ways to use waste as raw material.

The law obliges people to protect nature but people break the law. They drop litter, pick flowers and destroy nests, so they treat environment carelessly. We must preserve nature and we must begin with place where we live. People can plant trees and flowers, clean streets and yards, make troughs and feed birds. They mustn’t drop paper, boxes and bottles. They must to do their best to preserve nature.

The industrial development has become so great now and the influence on the nature so harmful, that the problem of protecting nature is becoming vital. If people do not find the way to do it, life itself can soon come to an end.

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