Save The Earth

We are Destroying The Earth 

On this Earth Day, awareness of our depleting natural resources is at an all-time high, and yet, so is their destruction. A new field of research hopes to explain why we continue to damage the environment even as we think we’re protecting it–and how we can stop.

In November 2000, nearly 80,000 people flocked to Seattle, Washington, to protest the disregard of the World Trade Organization (WTO) for environmental concerns. Impassioned demonstrators from San Diego to France inundated the streets of downtown Seattle for days, railing against the toll that free trade often exacts on endangered wildlife.

Unfortunately, the protestors’ admirable pilgrimage to save the environment actually hurt it more than they knew. Consider how many well-intentioned individuals who normally would have stayed home flew across the country, sapping tons of energy and releasing vast amounts of carbon dioxide into the air. According to the U.K.’s Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, aircraft emissions of carbon dioxide could triple over the next 50 years, highly exacerbating global warming. This is just one of the ways we destroy the environment even as we’re trying to protect it–a tragic irony.

Many people, based perhaps on well-publicized disasters like

For decades, environmental psychologists have struggled to understand the way we treat our surroundings, which ultimately harms our own well-being, since environmental assault can wreak havoc on our health, even leading to illnesses such as cancer. Over 100 studies conducted in the last two decades have examined the ways individuals influence the environment–from deciding to have another child to turning on the air conditioner–and why they make such decisions. We know that some people do refrain from overusing nonrenewable resources, from forests and fish to less tangible resources such as clean air and physical space. Environmental psychologists are now examining the mind-set of such individuals, hoping eventually to encourage others to consider our resources in the same way.

More and more people are environmentally aware these days–curbside recycling, insulated homes and Woodsy Owl’s slogan “Give a hoot, don’t pollute” are now ingrained in our cultural consciousness. You might think that awareness would lead to environmentally friendly behavior, but it does not: Well-educated, middle-class North Americans, the people most likely to have high environmental awareness, use far more energy than Third World residents–and other North Americans too.

Why the discrepancy between words and deeds? So far, scientists have identified at least 30 different personal, social or structural influences that affect whether a given person uses natural resources wisely or takes more than their share. There are four overriding ways that people, mostly unconsciously, hurt the environment every day:

o Energy use. Perhaps our biggest priority is to curb our heavy use of fossil fuel energy sources, like oil. Burning these fuels produces greenhouse gases and ground-level pollutants, leading to global warming, a planetary danger no longer questioned by experts. A 1998 study in the journal Bioscience showed that 40% of deaths worldwide are caused by pollution and other environmental factors. Furthermore, energy use is growing: Dutch researcher Linda Steg, Ph.D., reports that in the Netherlands, a region typical of developed nations, consumers now use 25% more energy than they did just 14 years ago.

o Convenience. Taking a plane is several times less fuel-efficient even than driving, but we often choose to fly to save time. In a typical recent year, U.S. commercial airliners carried 60 million passengers 158 billion miles, using 21 billion gallons of jet fuel in the process. Similarly, cars afford us speed and comfort compared to cycling or walking. But a Dutch study found that about 20% of car trips are for journeys of less than one mile. Is this truly necessary?

is there any other planet that support life ?

There is only one planet that we know of that can support life and that is Earth, as you may have guessed. Throughout hundreds of years, the humankind has made remarkable .but despite these progresses, there are still things that we know nothing about. Questions that we don’t have the answers to. One such question is: Are we or are we NOT alone in this universe? Do the planets beyond our solar system called exoplanets support human life as well? Astronomers are still finding the answers to these questions but through the help of NASA‘s Kepler mission, the answers don’t seem so far away. Through the Kepler, over the years we have found a lot of potentially habitable planets. Exoplanets that are orbiting their host star in just the perfect proximity not too close that they are too hot to live in, yet not too far that they are too cold. This is called the habitable or “goldilocks” zone.

NOTE: do you see what earth is going through right this moment . if we don’t act up , people we will destroy earth and our life we need to do something about it meaning of : 

1. Don’t throw plastic in the ocean .
2. Stop hurting animals by pulling up fires in the forest because you are hurting animals and plant , trees …
3. Reduce , reuse , and recycle . Cut down on what you throw away .
4. Volunteer , Volunteer for cleanups in your community …
5. Choose sustainable ..
6. Educate .
7. Conserve water .
8. Use long lasting light bulbs …
9. Shop wisely …
10. Plant a tree .

The stakes couldn’t be higher . if we follow the path that science shows us , we have the power to save nearly all habitat types across the world’s lands . That’s a huge win for wildlife birds , plants insects and the diversity of that makes our natural world such a treasure .

(112) The human impact on this Earth – YouTube

Many people, based perhaps on well-publicized disasters like the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, believe that environmental problems are most often caused–and best solved–by government or big business. Most environmental damage, however, begins not with government or large companies, but with the cumulative actions of individuals. If there is a solution to this global crisis, it is to understand–and remedy-of individual consumers of energy before nature pays the price.

o Overpopulation. In a classic 1968 article, biologist Garrett Hardin, Ph.D., theorized that environmental destruction stemmed from the fact that there are just too many mouths to feed, even with great agricultural improvements. The Population Reference Bureau reports that the 20th century began with 1.6 billion people on the planet and likely ended with 6 billion. This is the end result of every parent’s personal decision to have a child, whether they realize it or not.

Human Lives Are Lost During Wildfires

Often wildfires can kill people if they do not evacuate in time to avoid the fire since wildfires take very little time to spread. However, despite warnings to evacuate, some people hold on to their homes in the hope that the fire will not reach them. Many of these people lose their lives in the fire. For example, six people were killed in a wildfire as recently as July 2018 in northern California. The deadliest wildfire have accounted for over 1,000 lives lost.

Note: Fires in forested areas of the planet erodes the ground, leading to floods and landslides. The ashes produced by the fires destroy the earth’s own nutrients which do not regenerate again. Income and jobs are lost for workers in the agricultural field, whose field crops and animals were destroyed by forest fires. The massive loss of wildlife.

questions :

1.what are the things that we could do to change the earth ?

2.what happened in 1989?

3.what is the Human Impact on earth ?

4.what is the fires effects on the forests ?

5.could we save our earth? if we can then how? explain it .

6. why shouldn’t we throw plastic in the ocean ?

7.In November 2000, nearly 80,000 people flocked to Seattle,why do you think that happened ?

And that’s the ending of our book

I really hope you enjoyed reading it 

And also learned thing you didn’t know about our planet .

By Maya Haddad

pictures by Fady Haddad

video by waves of change (Youtube Channel)