Ecology for My Life

Nowadays, we can live comfortable lives because of recent technological advance, while the global environment gets worse and worse. It may be said that these problems which are global warming, acid rain, ozone depletion, deforestation and ocean pollution caused the results that we demand for convenient of lives. We have to know about the global environment and improve our lifestyle.

First, air pollution is caused to be the global warming, acid rain and deforestation. Various chemical substances affect those phenomena and they are made by the exhaust gas from cars, factories. Moreover, smoking can be caused air pollution.

Second, water pollution is serious problem in the world. Children die one in eight seconds because of disease of the water problem. Filthy water can be the cause disease of 80 percent in developing countries. Sharply increasing population and industrialization occurred these conditions. In addition, 20 percent of the freshwater fish of species are threatened by extinction. Moreover, home drainage connects water pollution. Leftovers are bad effect for environment.

Next, garbage problem is serious. Many mountains and tourist attractions become like dump. In Japan, the annual discharge of garbage is said 52,020,000tons. That is the second highest amount to be next to America. Because of these conditions, we live in system of mass production, mass consumption and large quantities disposal. For example, disposable lighter, paper cup, towel and camera …etc. Although 1,000,000tons clothes are dumped in a year, recycled clothes don’t reach 10 percent. In addition, the amount of scrap is 70,000,000tons in a year. This data equals the calorie that an adult man uses one year.

Finally, to solve these problems, we have to improve our lives. For instance, using the car only when it is really necessary, reusing water which was used for a bath for doing washing and when we go shopping, bring “Eco bag” and buy refillable goods. These actions may be small things, however continuing making an effort leads to one step for being good environment.