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Saving the Environment is E veryone’s Business

“Save the environment!”

Nowadays slogans like this are being cited on different media frequently. What is happening to our environment? Why does environmental protection become such an urgent affair?

As far as I’m concerned a number of reasons contribute to this phenomenon. Above all, one of the most serious problems is the seriously polluted air. As is known to all, Beijing as well as most of the northeastern China is suffering from heavy haze. As a result, citizens have to ware respirators when going out. In the second place, plastic pollution has become a serious problem. As a kind of useful oil product they can’t decompose in a short time. Once discarded into earth they will pollute the surrounding soil and water in a long term. Moreover, during the last thirty years, the temperature of the world has increased sharply. Global warming has become a serious problem we must face ahead of anything.

Taking all these factors into consideration we may safely come to the conclusion that saving the environment is everyone’s business. In fact we can play a very important role in saving the environment by doing the following things.

Be “green commuters”!

Green commuting is an unreplaceable part of reducing pollution in the air. We should ride bikes more often instead of driving cars. As we all know, automobile exhaust is the direct source of the greenhouse gases. By riding a bike, we can exercise our body while protecting our environment. Also, we can choose not to use the elevator but to climb stairs instead which can save the electricity.

Wipe off the “white”!

Do you often use the plastic bags? People all around the world use a massive number of plastic bags every year. People should pay for the plastic bags in shops and supermarkets. This encourages people to use their cloth bags and baskets. It’s good for our environment. As for students, we should not only stop using plastic bags but also lead the people around us to follow our steps.

More “green” means less green gas.

An increasing amount of carbon dioxide is discharged into the air from burning the coal and oil every year which eventually lead to the gobble warming. Thus, more trees should be planted.

I t’s a common sense that trees can provide us with oxygen and observe the noxious gas in our atmosphere. Since an increasing number of trees are being cutting down we should plant threes regularly so as to maintain the natural environmental self-cleaning capability.

Saving the environment is e veryone’s business. From all that has been discussed above we can see clearly that even the simplest things we can do every day can have a positive effect on improving the environment. Therefor I believe with the joint effort of every one of us the world is sure to become a better place for you and me. Now, let’s join hands to save the environment!