The Environment

We are fortunate to be inhabitants of a wonderful planet, Earth. However, we are being extremely ungrateful and uncaring towards it. We are destroying our precious natural resources every day. The forests, for example, are being cut down to make space for more commercial space and renovation. We used to have thousands of acres of beautiful, lush green forests that symbolized America’s love of the great outdoors. However, the Earth’s surface is no longer decorated with this type of ecosystem. We are chopping down the forests to make room for more housing, factories, and even paper. Many people may not see the real problems this causes, since a forest is only a clump if trees. What they fail to see though is that by destroying the forest, we also cause a domino effect that traverses beyond simply cutting down trees. There are millions of animals that depend on the forests for food and shelter and as we cut down the forests, we are also driving these animals out of their homes. We are then putting them in danger because if the animals do not have a home, then they are in danger of extinction. If certain animals do go extinct and they happened to be the main food of other animals, then without their food supply, the other animals will also become extinct. Also, trees are beneficial to humans as they absorb large amounts of carbon monoxide from the air. They act, in a sense, as natural air purifiers. If there aren’t many trees, then there will be more carbon monoxide in the air which will damage our atmosphere and contribute to global warming. The forests are not merely a space that looks pretty on a post card; they are a vital part of nature and we must stop cutting them down and destroying them.