Article on the Environment

Article on the Environment

Environmental defense, much more than an ecological issue

Normally, when we talk about the environment, we tend to think of conservationism, green militancy and other tendencies that, traditionally, we tend to oppose economic activity, profitability and progress. But nothing could be further from the truth.

Let's start by understanding what the environment is. Life, in its many and diverse forms, always exists in close connection with its environment, be it the ocean floor, the jungle Amazon or the bloodstream of a creature millions of times larger.

No form of life is autonomous, indifferent to what surrounds it, but rather exists in a continuous exercise of consumption and liberation of resources: what is necessary to live is taken and what is not needed is discarded, which in turn is used By others. To be alive is to be in continuous exchange with the environment.

That means that our very existence depends, to a great extent, on the state of the environment. An enabling environment is a diverse environment, rich in

means, while an empty, impoverished and monotonous one will put life in danger.

That is why in nature living beings they are forced to take part in a cycle: born, grow, reproduce, die, each stage determined by the consumption and delivery of matter Y Energy, under the continuous siege of the other creatures that aspire to the same. No species consumes more than is required to occupy its temporary link in the chain. None except the human being.

Our relationship with the environment has become more problematic as our species he has understood and conquered the laws of nature. Our goal as a species is no longer just to preserve our existence, to spread our genes, but also to build the future knowledge, lengthen our individual lives, find a system that guarantees us happiness during our existence. These aspirations have irreversibly transformed the world, hand in hand with industry, consumption, manufacturing materials new and often dangerous.

contamination, destruction of ecosystems and the loss of biodiversity they are the price that the environment pays for the satisfaction of our desires, and that in the future will have to be charged in our own quality of life.

This is a trap we have fallen into as a species: we impoverish the lives of other species and future generations of our own in exchange for immediate resources to undertake economic activities that, to make matters worse, do not really make us happy, nor do they bring with them the solution of the ills global. They are not even really sustainable over time because the price we pay for them is very high.

That is why the preservation of the environment must be a human priority. It must be one of the guidelines that guide our future, both individually and collectively. The States, the private organizations and the citizens themselves share the need, whether they know it or not, to establish a harmonious relationship with the environment, which guarantees us permanence over time, without taking it away from the rest of the species. Only by recovering a place in the concert of the world's species will we be able to guarantee our descendants a habitable, amazing world, in which living is worth living.

References:

• "Natural environment"in Wikipedia.
• “The right to enjoy a healthy environment is related to the responsibility to protect our natural resources” in the Government of Mexico.
• “What is the environment and why is it key to life?” in BBVA.

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