In just the last fifty years, humans, namely Americans have virtually remodeled the Earth and everything on it. We have changed its landscapes, wind patterns, migration routes, and weather; diminished its greenery and killed its animals. Nature did not seem a force that could be controlled and yet it has been. We are conducting an inadvertent global experiment by changing the face of the entire planet. We are destroying the ozone layer, which allows life to exist on the Earth's surface, clearing the majority of the earth’s forests, and disrupting countless ecosyst

The most influential factor in education is not necessarily schools but the media. If there was enough coverage of the environmental hazards of a product, people wouldn’t buy it. If the New York Times wrote enough about what scientists fear may happen to the planet, the people would listen. If the imagery of a whale drowning in oil after a careless spill was published on the front page of all newspapers, the people would care. But there isn’t enough coverage of any of these things, there isn’t enough information for the average person. There is not enough research being conducted on alternative washing detergents, or food containers, or cars. It’s impossible and unrealistic to ask the makers of these alternatives to make them less expensive as capitalism is alive and well but it is possible to make average wasteful person, give up just one of life’s indulgences for the sake of the future.

Living in a jungle of concrete it’s hard to appreciate what nature and the environment is and hard to understand what it’s disappearance means. Beyond the possible consequences of global warming and our polluted air, there should be more done to help the environment for beauty’s sake, for the sake of the animals that are being most affected right now. There is nothing more permanent that extinction and 500 species of birds are being threatened by it. Perhaps in twenty years, the arched green back will no longer swoop through Brazil’s air.

The majority of people are not willing to make any drastic changes in their lives. Energy-efficient refrigerators and electric cars are available but they are different; beyond a simple trip to an appliance store or the car dealer, there are more steps involved in ac

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