It's time to save the Environment

“Our environment is in danger and most Filipinos don’t care,” DENR-CAR Regional Director Samuel Peńafel said.

It is true that our environment continuously deteriorates. Massive soil erosions and landslides occur destroying establishments and burying the people alive. Flash floods rush through the lands drowning the people. The air that we breathe becomes more polluted. Our different wastes are scattered making our surrounding unclean and affecting our health as well especially the health of the children. Our mountains ceaselessly become bald because numerous trees are being cut down. The ozone layer becomes thinner and thinner each day effecting to global warming.

With these phenomena, we must do something. We need to act to protect our environment. We should not just sit there and watch our Mother Nature as she cries for help. We should save her and we must do it now.

Peńafel said, “If we do not act with urgency, our quality of life will suffer in the long run.”

We should look after our environment. There are a lot of ways in protecting it. Simple ways such as throwing your garbage in proper place and segregating them properly can make Mother Nature smile. Another thing that we could do is planting trees. In this way, we could add more trees that will help us make the air we breathe clean and safe. These trees could also prevent soil erosions, landslides and flash floods. We could also prevent the ozone layer from becoming thin. We can do this by avoiding the utilization of chemicals that makes the layer irritated. Those with vehicles should avoid smoke belching as well as those with factories. And lastly, we should participate and cooperate with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in their projects that help the environment maintain its beauty and cleanliness.