Honestly, why doesn’t everyone just try their best to take care of this environment that we are stuck with until we die? I have been called a hippie and a tree hugger on several occasions just for asking a person to recycle. Our planet is so fragile that we need to be making it better not worse.
I’ve been brought up with an undeniablerespect for what I have. Earth is no exception. I believe that if everyone would do their simple duty of taking care of what little part they claim to the earth would be in better shape. I know that I am not entirely an environmentalist, but I still put in the effort to give back to the world we are a part of. I recycle religiously and try not to waste energy. There is something about teenagers that automatically refuses the idea of them recycling. Some even take pleasure in watching me squirm when they purposefully throw paper away that I politely asked them to recycle. Paper isn’t the only byproduct that needs to be disposed more creatively. My sister is buying utensils for her wedding made out of plants that look like plastic that don’t take four hundred years to start to disintegrate. Instead of using up another plastic bag every time we go shopping, my familyuses reusable bags. Have you noticed how many school lunches use Styrofoam plates? I don’t even want to get started on how bad those are for the environment. I believe that every little thing counts.
I feel like global warming is on my peers and myself to fix, and I can’t do it all on my own. I believe that everyone should get to see a polar bear in their lifetime and because their pole is melting, that might not happen for your grandchildren or maybe even your children. As much as critics say global warming is not happening, it is. I have an uncle that lives in Alaska that has been witnessing it first hand by the glacier in his back yard melting more and more every year. We can’t undo the years past but we can try to change what is to come. We are the future of the world and we must keep it around for many more years to come. “We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.” -Chief Sealth This I believe.
