The Environment

You’ve heard all about pollution, seen the dead, broken animals at the side of the road, and our constant taking of trees and forests, but have you ever thought that the more trees we take down for our need, the more homes of animals we destroy? When people build houses or buildings they chop down trees and wood for land. All this is very cruel to the lives of many animals that live in the forests that provide them food, shelter, and everything they need, who have to find a new cover of shelter every time we take down their homes. In addition to this there is still more horrifying facts about our environment problem.

As you can see all around you now, trees are being cut down to create land for our now over populating urbanization. Before our sudden growth in population, forests covered 46% of the Earth’s surface, rainforests, 4%. Now both have decreased by twice their original size. Also as we kill trees, we are spearing animals by taking away all their needs and speeding up their extinction rate by almost 1000 times with 137 species dying out almost everyday. Pollution has clouded up our world with factories pumping out intoxicating gases even more now that the trees that used to filter our air clean aren’t there anymore. This pollution could kill many things and animals such as polar bears as they die from global warming. However, there are many ways to solve our fiasco.

The environment is really going to take a trip to the dumps if we don’t try and stop it. There are many organizations and programs in order to help the environment. You can start by saving resources and recycling, doing some local planting, or joining fundraisers. IT’S TIME TO WAKE UP PEOPLE!! Start noticing that our green surroundings are disappearing!!! I’ve heard all about pollution, seen the dead, broken animals at the side of the road, and our constant taking of trees and wood. It’s time to make a change!

Jessica F.