How to Save the Natural & Animal Environment

Saving the environment, which includes the natural and animal worlds that fascinate and sustain the human family, isn't as hard as you might think. In theory, at least. Scientist Barry Commoner, when speaking about the damaging effect of pollution on the natural world, said, "The difficulty lay not in scientific ignorance, but in willful greed." In other words, we know what needs to be done to save the environment. But inspiring others to action is another matter.

Instructions

1. Analyze your life. Make changes to reduce your negative impact on the environment. "Time" magazine published "The Global Warming Survival Guide," which details what individuals can do to reduce their carbon footprint, even within their homes. This includes using fluorescent bulbs, hanging laundry outside instead of using a dryer, buying less beef and steak, and paying bills online.
       
2. Analyze community actions. Granted, not all will welcome advice about how they can reduce their negative impact on the environment. But some will. Focus on businesses and larger corporations in your area, since they have a greater impact. Your own place of employment may even have an open-door policy that gives you an opportunity to show how the company you work for can help save the environment.

3. Raise awareness. In 2010, Public Radio International ran a story about endangered species and how individuals help protect them. The report showed how individual efforts led to the humpback whale population going from around just 5,000 to 80,000 in a few decades. The key, said National Wildlife Federation scientist Doug Inkley, was public attention.

4. Support environmental organizations. The Sierra Club and Greenpeace are two examples of organizations that advocate and educate about conserving the earth's resources. If you're politically sensitive, though, be aware of what political activity an organization is involved in. Greenpeace, for instance, doesn't accept funding from politicians but does put pressure on political groups to effect change.

5. Review individual and community progress. Look at how your efforts to reduce your negative impact on the environment have brought positive changes. Analyze how community efforts have done the same. Then make adjustments to bring further improvements. The organization Sustainable Environment for Quality of Life lists 100 things you can do to support life conservation.

6. Be realistic. Since environmental damage is a global problem, truly saving the natural and animal environment requires a global solution involving each community and person. Because of this overwhelming reality, some believe that the world population needs some kind of divine intervention to stop environmental destruction. For example, Jehovah's Witnesses, a Christian group, believe that Armageddon is God's war, not against the earth, but against those who destroy it.


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