ENVIRONMENT

The environment refers to our surroundings which includes both the living and non living things which provide conditions for development and growth as well as dangers and damages.

Per the definition, the environment can either sustain life or destroy life depending on how we relate to it. In recent times, the world has awakened to the rampant environmental crises such as droughts, desertification, floods, sea level rise, global warming just to mention but a few. These recent occurrences clearly indicate that there is something wrong with the environment. The reason why the world is now experiencing more of the harsher side of this beautiful environment created by God lies in the way humankind now irresponsibly relates to the environment.

To avert or mitigate the impacts of the environmental crises is for us to change our attitude toward the environment. Saving the environment is not reserved for people with environmental science background because these negative impacts are not respecter of persons or locations. It should be a collective attempt by all and sundry to start doing the basic things right. Few of the basic things are garbage disposal, tree planting and protection of forest, wildlife protection, watershed management, etc.

Let us begin something today that saves life tomorrow.