The Environment and its Problems

1. Environment is the place where we live, including the air, food, water, plants, animals and other.
2. We live in the 21^st century when there a lot of ecological problems because of human beings actions.
3. There are a lot of serious environmental problems such as air pollution, water pollution, nuclear pollution, litter, noise and many others.
4. There are many factories that throw waste and pollute rivers and seas. The most dangerous and unpleasant of them is the destruction of wildlife. A lot of wild animals die every day because of the pollution.
5. People use plenty of chemicals that destroy the ozone layer. All these facts have a bad influence on our health. More and more people suffer from allergies and breathing problems.
6. The protection of the environment is a universal concern. Some progress has been made in this direction.
7. Many people belong to Green organizations in countries all over the world. Groups like "Green Peace" have already helped to stop some animals hunting but there are so many things to be done on our planet.
8. Many countries have some programmes to reduce traffic such as tuk-tuks  - rickshaws , bikes, river taxis, electric cars.
9. Governments try to make our planet cleaner: to recycle waste materials, to protect rare animals and plants, to install antipollution equipment and so on.
10. But if people want to survive and have a future for their children they also must take care of nature and the environment.
11. Everyone can help.
12. Everyone can do many simple things to protect our home.
13. Don't throw away bottles, newspapers, etc. Take them to a bottle bank or newspaper bank, and then they can be recycled (used again).
14. We have to avoid using aerosol cans.
15. We need to plant more trees.
16. People must not waste (use badly) resources such as water, gas. We have to save them.
17. Either we stop killing the Earth or we kill ourselves.