Everything around us that is not human-made is our natural environment. Human activity has had a negative impact on it and it needs to be conserved due to its importance for our survival.There are many ways that we can conserve the natural environment.
Over the years, World Environment Day has become a global platform for people to participate in campaigns to spread awareness about environmental protection. The day is celebrated every year according to a specific theme and slogan that addresses the major environmental concern of the time. This year the theme will focus on solutions towards plastic pollution under the campaign #BeatPlasticPollution. It is a reminder that people's actions on plastic pollution matters. Everything around us that is not human-made is our natural environment. Human activity has had a negative impact on it and it needs to be conserved due to its importance for our survival.There are many ways that we can conserve the natural environment. One way is to reduce our impact on it. We can do this by recycling, using less energy, and driving less. Another way for conservation is to protect it. We can do this by setting aside land as national parks or nature reserves. Since man has interfered a lot in the natural environment, one effective way to save endangered environment is to recycle. Environmentalist Aarna Wadhawan who has planted 7650 trees with her environmentalist army gave emphasis upon promoting the importance of eco bricks. An Eco brick is a plastic bottle packed to a set density with used plastic. It’s created by filling a plastic bottle with dry plastic until it’s packed tightly and can be used as a building block. Made of non-biodegradable plastics, Ecobricks will never break down and hence are the greenest solution to build permanent structures from buildings to furniture - which makes them a great way to reduce the plastic waste sent to landfills, extend the life of plastics manufactured for single use and build more affordable infrastructure from pre-existing materials. They have been called a great way to recycle plastic. Ecobricks formed by feeding plastic into used plastic bottles – are a durable and better alternative to bricks as they arrest the plastic and prevent it from polluting the environment for the next 100 years. Aarna Wadhawan with her
eco club friends are saving the environment by making eco bricks, collecting them and spreading awareness to different school students to make eco bricks from their daily used plastic items. We have only one earth and we need to take urgent actions to save it. Plastic pollution and its detrimental impacts on health, the economy and the environment cannot be ignored.
This year, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India envisages to celebrate the World Environment Day 2023 with a thrust on the Mission LiFE. The concept of LiFE, i.e., Lifestyle for Environment was introduced by the Prime Minister, at the World Leaders' Summit in Glasgow at the 2021 UNFCCC COP26, when he gave a clarion call to rekindle a global pursuit to adopt sustainable lifestyle and practices. This year’s World Environment Day2023 will be organised in Côte d'Ivoire supported by the Government of the Netherlands. It is hoped that these efforts will result in significant changes in people's behaviour and contribute to a sustainable future.
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