Environmental protection сочинение

Очень часто в школах задают делать проекты на темы, связанные с окружающей средой. В английском нередко задают писать сочинения на тему «Envi­ron­men­tal Pro­tec­tion» или «Envi­ron­ment Problems».

В этой статье будет описано как правильно писать такие эссе про окружающую среду и экологию, будет представлена необходимая лексика и несколько примеров таких топиков с переводом.

Такие эссе редко задают писать начальным классам, а вот для средних и старших классов это обычная тема. Как и в любом другом сочинении, так и в топике про окружающую среду, в английском языке должно быть три части: вступление, основная часть и заключение.

• Первую часть необходимо начать с общей фразы, чтобы дать читателю понять, о чем будет написано в этом сочинении. Также можно высказать своё мнение по отношению к какому-либо вопросу. Последнее предложение вступления должно быть связующим звеном с основной частью.
• Основную часть эссе можно разделить на несколько параграфов. Например, в первом вы пишите о какой-либо проблеме и подробно её описываете, а во втором пишите о путях решения этой проблемы. А если вы ходите в эссе затронуть несколько экологических вопросов, тогда можно их также распределить по параграфам. Например, в первом о глобальном потеплении и о том, как его предотвратить, во втором о загрязнении воды и воздуха, в третьем о браконьерстве и т.п.
• Заключительная часть – это вывод, подведение итогов всего вышесказанного. Также можно завершить эссе общей фразой о том, что важно защищать окружающую среду и аргументировать это.

Лексика на тему «Environment»

Английская лексика на тему «Окружающая среда»:

Vocab­u­lary	Tran­scrip­tion	Trans­la­tion
Absorp­tion	|əbˈzɔːpʃ(ə)n|	Поглощение
Acid rain	|ˈæsɪd| |reɪn|	Кислотный дождь
Ani­mals	|ˈænɪməlz|	Животные
Atmos­phere	|ˈæt­məs­fɪə|	Атмосфера
Bios­phere	|ˈbaɪə(ʊ)sfɪə|	Биосфера
Car­bon dioxide	|ˈkɑːb(ə)n| |daɪˈɒk­saɪd|	Углекислый газ
Chem­i­cals	|ˈkemɪkəlz|	Химикаты
Con­di­tion	|kənˈdɪʃ(ə)n|	Условие
Con­ser­va­tion	|kɒnsəˈveɪʃ(ə)n|	Охрана окружающей среды
Con­se­quence	|ˈkɒnsɪkw(ə)ns|	Последствие
Dam­age	|ˈdæmɪdʒ|	Вред, урон, повреждение
Dam	|dæm|	Дамба, плотина
Defor­esta­tion	|ˌdiːfɒrɪˈsteɪʃ(ə)n|	Вырубка лесов
Deple­tion	|dɪˈ­pliːʃn|	Истощение
Deser­ti­fi­ca­tion	|deˌzɜːtɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n|	Опустынивание
Destruc­tion	|dɪˈstrʌkʃ(ə)n|	Уничтожение, разрушение
Dis­ap­pear­ance	|dɪsəˈpɪərəns|	Исчезновение
Dis­as­ter	|dɪˈzɑːstə|	Катастрофа
Drought	|draʊt|	Засуха
Dump	|dʌmp|	Свалка
Earth­quake	|ˈɜːθk­weɪk|	Землетрясение
Ecosys­tem	|ˈiːkəʊsɪstəm|	Экосистема
Efflu­ent	|ˈeflʊənt|	Сток, сточные воды
Emis­sion	|ɪˈmɪʃ(ə)n|	Выброс
Envi­ron­ment	|ɪnˈvaɪrənm(ə)nt|	Окружающая среда
Exhaust fumes	|ɪɡˈzɔːst| |fjuːmz|	Выхлопные газы
Fac­to­ry	|ˈfækt(ə)rɪ|	Завод, фабрика
Fer­til­iz­er	|ˈfɜːtɪlaɪzə|	Удобрения
Flood­ing	|ˈflʌdɪŋ|	Наводнение
For­est	|ˈfɒrɪst|	Лес, заповедник
Fume	|fjuːm|	Дым, пар
Green belt	|ɡriːn| |belt|	Полоса зеленых насаждений
Green­house effect	|ˈɡriːn­haʊs| |ɪˈfekt|	Парниковый эффект
Habi­tat	|ˈhæbɪtæt|	Среда обитания
Haz­ardous wastes	|ˈhæzədəs| |weɪsts|	Опасные отходы
Her­bi­cide	|ˈhɜːbɪsaɪd|	Гербицид
Hur­ri­cane	|ˈhʌrɪk(ə)n|	Ураган
Incin­er­a­tion	|ɪnsɪnəˈreɪʃ(ə)n|	Сжигание
Instal­la­tion	|ɪnstəˈleɪʃ(ə)n|	Установка
Mea­sure	|ˈmeʒə|	Мера
Oil slick	|ɔɪl| |slɪk|	Нефтяная пленка
Oxy­gen	|ˈɒksɪdʒ(ə)n|	Кислород
Ozone hole	|ˈəʊzəʊn| |həʊl|	Озоновая дыра
Ozone lay­er	|ˈəʊzəʊn| |ˈleɪə|	Озоновый слой
Per­mafrost	|ˈpɜːməfrɒst|	Вечная мерзлота
Pes­ti­cide	|ˈpestɪsaɪd|	Пестицид
Poach­ing	|ˈpəʊtʃɪŋ|	Браконьерство
Pol­lu­tion	|pəˈluːʃ(ə)n|	Загрязнение
Pre­serve	|prɪˈzɜːv|	Заповедник
Pro­tec­tion	|prəˈtekʃ(ə)n|	Защита, охрана
Pre­ven­tion	|prɪˈvenʃn|	Предупреждение
Radioac­tive wastes	|ˌreɪdɪəʊˈæk­tɪv| |weɪsts|	Радиоактивные отходы
Recy­cling	|ˌriːˈsaɪk­lɪŋ|	Переработка
Reduc­tion	|rɪˈdʌkʃ(ə)n|	Сокращение, уменьшение
Renew­able energy	|rɪˈn­juːəbəl| |ˈenədʒɪ|	Возобновляемая энергия
Reser­voir	|ˈrezəvwɑː|	Водохранилище
Resource	|rɪˈsɔːs|	Ресурс
Salin­i­ty	|səˈlɪnɪtɪ|	Соленость
Sanc­tu­ary	|ˈsæŋ(k)tjʊərɪ|	Заповедник
Sed­i­ment	|ˈsedɪm(ə)nt|	Осадки
Sewage	|ˈsuːɪdʒ|	Сточные воды, нечистоты
Soil	|sɔɪl|	Почва
Source	|sɔːs|	Источник
Species	|ˈspiːʃiːz|	Виды
Sur­round­ing	|səˈraʊndɪŋ|	Окружение
Tim­ber	|ˈtɪm­bə|	Лесоматериалы
Tree	|triː|	Дерево
Under the threat	|ˈʌndə| |θret|	Под угрозой
Wastes	|weɪsts|	Отходы
Wildlife	|ˈwaɪl(d)laɪf|	Живая природа

Рекомендуем: животные на английском для детей

Пример топика №1

Проблемы окружающей среды на английском:

It is gen­er­al­ly known that today there exist big prob­lems with the envi­ron­ment which must be solved.  Per­son­al­ly, I am sure that we, as inhab­i­tants of plan­et Earth, must respect and pro­tect the sur­round­ing nature. Let me intro­duce you some envi­ron­men­tal prob­lems and mea­sures to pre­vent them.

First­ly, one of the main prob­lems of mankind is the pol­lu­tion of water, air and soil from fac­to­ries. Every day, they release a huge amount of harm­ful chem­i­cals that enter the air, water and soil, and then into our body. To avoid dis­eases caused by these chem­i­cals, we must take action. For exam­ple, in fac­to­ries, fil­ters must be installed to sep­a­rate harm­ful substances.

Sec­ond­ly, defor­esta­tion is a prob­lem of great impor­tance. Trees absorb car­bon diox­ide and release oxy­gen, thus giv­ing us clean air to breathe. In addi­tion, trees are home to many ani­mals, and by cut­ting them down, we deprive them of their homes. In order not to dis­turb the eco­log­i­cal bal­ance, only old dry trees should be cut down, but at the same time new ones should be plant­ed instead.

Then, anoth­er sig­nif­i­cant prob­lem is poach­ing. Many species of ani­mals have long been destroyed because of the com­po­sure and cru­el­ty of man, and in fact they are the same liv­ing beings like man him­self. This prob­lem can only be solved by huge fines and pun­ish­ments, or by the sug­ges­tion that it is wrong.

In con­clu­sion, I would like to say that the state of the sur­round­ing depends only on man and his actions, there­fore we must try to pro­tect our nature in order to pre­vent its destruction.

Перевод:

Общеизвестно, что сегодня есть большие проблемы с окружающей средой, которые необходимо решать. Лично я уверен, что мы, жители планеты Земля, должны уважать и беречь окружающую природу. Позвольте мне представить вам несколько экологических проблем и меры по их предотвращению.

Во-первых, одна из главных проблем человечества – это загрязнение воды, воздуха и почвы заводами. Каждый день они выделяют огромное количество вредных химических веществ, которые попадают в воздух, воду и почву, а затем в наш организм. Чтобы избежать болезней, вызываемых этими химическими веществами, мы должны принять меры. Например, на заводах необходимо устанавливать фильтры для отделения вредных веществ.

Во-вторых, большое значение имеет вырубка лесов. Деревья поглощают углекислый газ и выделяют кислород, давая нам возможность дышать чистым воздухом. Кроме того, деревья являются домом для многих животных, и, вырубая их, мы лишаем их жилища. Чтобы не нарушать экологический баланс, нужно вырубать только старые засохшие деревья, но при этом вместо них высаживать новые.

Далее, еще одна важная проблема – браконьерство. Многие виды животных давно были уничтожены из-за хладнокровия и жестокости человека, и на самом деле они такие же живые существа, как и сам человек. Решить эту проблему можно только огромными штрафами и наказаниями или внушением, что это неправильно.

В заключение хочу сказать, что состояние окружающей среды зависит только от человека и его действий, поэтому мы должны постараться защитить свою природу, чтобы не допустить ее разрушения.

Пример топика №2

Сочинение про окружающую среду на английском языке:

Let me begin my essay by say­ing that the state of our health direct­ly depends on the state of our nature and of our envi­ron­ment. Per­son­al­ly, I think that we need to keep the sur­round­ing clean because this is our home and we must to have care about it. Let me present you some ideas in con­nec­tion with recent cli­mate changes, espe­cial­ly glob­al warm­ing, its con­se­quences and its conditions.

First­ly, glob­al warm­ing is a long-term increase of the aver­age tem­per­a­ture of the Earth’s cli­mate. The rea­son of this phe­nom­e­non is human activ­i­ties, name­ly the exhaust gas­es of cars and fac­to­ries and burn­ing chem­i­cals. This can be fatal to the whole world, for exam­ple, this appear­ance can destroy a favourable habi­tat for ani­mals and they can die. It caus­es dis­eases in ani­mals and peo­ple and anni­hi­late our health.

Sec­ond­ly, it is our respon­si­bil­i­ty to pre­vent destruc­tion of cli­mate and nature and to pro­tect the envi­ron­ment. For instance, it is nec­es­sary to stop burn­ing fuel or to switch on bio­fu­el. We must seed the oceans with algae because they con­tribute to the great­est absorp­tion of car­bon diox­ide and realise of oxy­gen. More­over, we should have care about Moth­er Nature because she helps us to exist longer and happier.

Tak­ing every­thing into account, I would like to say that if we want to live our lives as hap­py as pos­si­ble, we need to keep our sur­round­ing clean and care­ful­ly mon­i­tor its condition.

Перевод:

Позвольте мне начать свое эссе с того, что состояние нашего здоровья напрямую зависит от состояния нашей природы и окружающей среды. Лично я считаю, что нам нужно поддерживать чистоту вокруг, потому что это наш дом, и мы должны заботиться о нем. Позвольте мне представить вам некоторые идеи в связи с недавними изменениями климата, особенно с глобальным потеплением, его последствиями и условиями.

Во-первых, глобальное потепление — это долгосрочное повышение средней температуры климата Земли. Причина этого явления — деятельность человека, а именно выхлопные газы машин и заводов и сжигание химикатов. Это может быть пагубным для всего мира, например, такое появление может разрушить благоприятную среду обитания для животных, и они могут погибнуть. Оно вызывает болезни у животных и людей и разрушает наше здоровье.

Во-вторых, мы обязаны предотвращать разрушение климата и природы и защищать окружающую среду. Например, необходимо прекратить сжигание топлива или перейти на биотопливо. Мы должны засеять океаны водорослями, потому что они способствуют наибольшему поглощению углекислого газа и выделению кислорода. Более того, мы должны заботиться о Матери-природе, потому что она помогает нам существовать дольше и счастливее.

Принимая все во внимание, хочу сказать, что, если мы хотим прожить свою жизнь как можно более счастливыми, нам необходимо содержать в чистоте свое окружение и внимательно следить за его состоянием.

Изучая английский язык, нужно уметь писать сочинения на любую тему, так как это может быть полезно на экзаменах и даже в повседневной жизни. Написать топик на тему «Envi­ron­men­tal Pro­tec­tion» («Защита окружающей среды») достаточно легко, если знать структуру написания эссе и иметь достаточный словарный запас.

При написании своего эссе, вы можете воспользоваться идеями, представленными в примерах, либо придумать самостоятельно.

Environmental protection

Сочинение на тему «Защита окружающей среды» на английском языке с переводом на русский язык

Environmental protection

Защита окружающей среды

The Earth is our home. We must protect it. People are the part of nature. Unfortunately, often we forget about it. People with their technologic progress are often accused of environmental pollution. However, for example, some scientists believe that the first air pollution happened when the ancient people controlled fire. Anyway, human activities are the main source of pollution.

Земля – наш дом. Мы должны защищать его. Люди – часть природы. К сожалению, часто мы забываем об этом. Технологический прогресс человечества часто считается основной причиной загрязнения окружающей среды. Однако, например, некоторые ученые считают, что первое загряз нение воздуха связано с добычей огня древними людьми. Во всяком случае, жизнедеятельность человека является основным источником загрязнения.

Fortunately, many people understand the importance of the improvement of the state of the environment. So, nowadays people often speak about the environmental protection. What is the environmental protection? It is the set of measures aimed to improve the environment. They are realesed at different levels. They are state, local and even individual levels.

К счастью, большинство людей осознают важность улучшения состояния окружающей среды. Итак, в наши дни люди часто говорят о защите окружающей среды. Что представляет собой защита окружающей среды? Это комплекс мер, направленных на улучшение окружающей среды. Они реализуются на разных уровнях. Выделяют государственный, местный и даже индивидуальный уровни.

State measures include resolutions and agreements, for example, on using or restriction of chemicals, on emissions and so on. Government regulates and controls it. If a company breaks these resolutions or agreements, it may be even closed. Local measures include the same things but at the local level. They are controled by local authorities.

Государственные меры включают резолюции и соглашения, например, об использовании или ограничении химических веществ, о выбросах и т. д. Государство регулирует и контролирует его. Если какая-либо компания нарушает эти резолюции или соглашения, она может быть даже закрыта. Локальные меры включают то же самое, но осуществляются на местном уровне. Они контролируются местными властями.

Individual measures, maybe, are even more effective in the particular fields than others. They mean that each person does not pollute the environment and keep it. For example, it means that one must put out the fire in the woods when he or she leaves it or must not throw the rubbish in the inappropriate places.

Индивидуальные меры, возможно, еще более эффективны в определенных сферах. Они означают, что каждый человек не загрязняет окружающую среду и бережет ее. Например, это означает, что человек должен тушить костер в лесу, когда покидает его, или не должен выбрасывать мусор в не предназначенных для этого местах.

The environmental protection is one of the most important problems. Many organizations are created to support the environment. People must solve the problems concerning it as soon as possible.

Защита окружающей среды является одной из наиболее важных проблем. Многие организации созданы для защиты окружающей среды. Люди должны решить проблемы, связанные с этим, как можно скорее.

Источник

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Environmental protection is a universal concern. Today the danger to our planet is increasing every day and in order to improve the situation both individuals and government should work together.

Government should take measures that will help to improve the environment. It should pass the laws that would make enterprises take measures for reducing of pollution. Very strict regulations should be implemented regarding industrial discharge. And the penalties for breaking rules must be painful.

There must be strict laws that protect endangered species. It would be a good idea to educate people about the dangers of extinction. As a result, more people might do voluntary work protecting endangered species.

Government should finance and support programs aimed at developing new technologies. So scientists and engineers will be able to find the ways to reduce pollution from enterprises and automobiles.

People must change their attitude towards the environment. There are a lot of simple things we all should do to stop the destruction of the environment.

First of all people must keep their cities and villages clean. That means they mustn’t drop litter in public places and on the street. They should put it in a bin. And the town council should provide more rubbish bins in all public places.

People should change their habits and behaviour. They should think before pouring something down the drain, dispose trash into the garbage bins and collect their garbage after picnics.

We must stop, or at least reduce, using aerosol sprays and other chemicals because they destroy the ozone layer.

People should help to plant trees and create parks, they should take care of birds and animals.

If people want to survive they must do their best to solve the environmental problems. If we do nothing we are heading for disaster. If we take the action now there might be a hope for the future. Our planet is our home and we need to protect it. In other words, think green – live better.

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ЗАЩИТА ОКРУЖАЮЩЕЙ СРЕДЫ

Защита окружающей среды – всеобщая забота. Сегодня опасность для нашей планеты растет с каждым днем и для того, чтобы улучшить ситуацию, отдельные люди и правительство должны действовать вместе.

Правительству следует принимать меры, которые помогут улучшить состояние окружающей среды. Правительство должно издавать законы, которые заставили бы предприятия принимать меры для уменьшения загрязнения. Должны быть введены строгие правила относительно промышленных выбросов. И наказание за их нарушение должно быть серьёзным.

Должны быть введены строгие законы в отношении защиты находящихся под угрозой исчезновения видов животного и растительного мира. Было бы неплохо просвещать людей об опасности исчезновения. В результате, большее количество людей могло бы выполнять добровольную работу по защите исчезающих видов животных и растений.

Правительство также должно финансировать и поддерживать программы, направленные на развитие новых технологий. Тогда ученые и инженеры смогут найти пути снижения загрязнения от предприятий и автомобилей.

Люди должны изменить своё отношение к окружающей среде. Есть много простых вещей, которые мы все должны делать, чтобы остановить разрушение окружающей среды.

Прежде всего, люди должны поддерживать чистоту в городах и сёлах. Это значит, что они не должны бросать мусор в общественных местах и на улице. Они должны положить его в мусорное ведро. А городской совет должен обеспечить достаточное количество мусорных баков во всех общественных местах.

Люди обязаны изменить свои привычки и поведение. Они должны думать перед тем, как сливать что – либо в канализацию, выбрасывать мусор только в баки для мусора, убирать за собой после пикников.

Мы должны прекратить или, по крайней мере уменьшить, использование аэрозолей и других химических препаратов, так как они разрушают озоновый слой.

Люди должны помогать сажать деревья и создавать парки, они должны заботиться о птицах и животных.

Если люди хотят выжить, они должны сделать всё возможное, чтобы решить экологические проблемы. Если мы ничего не будем делать – мы приблизимся к катастрофе. Если мы будем действовать сейчас, то возможно есть ещё надежда на будущее. Наша планета – наш дом, и нам нужно его сохранить. Другими словами, думайте по – экологически и живите лучше.

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Environmental protection — важный топик на английском

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Топик «Environmental protection» (защита окружающей среды) на английском языке познакомит вас с хорошими фразами и выражениями, которые впоследствии позволят вам высказываться по данной теме.

Our planet is in danger. It becomes more and more polluted every year. In addition, the ozone layer becomes thinner and this may lead to many phenomena, like acid rains, that may destroy our planet and our lives.

And we all know that the main reason why the Earth suffers is us. We pollute the air, the water; cause the extinction of animals and plants. However, we are still capable of saving our planet and species we share it with.

There are several measures we may implement. First of all, we should not throw any garbage and all countries must work the system of recycling garbage out. If we all get used to sorting it, we will simplify the process of recycling.

In addition, we may use modern technologies to invent a new kind of petrol to substitute oil with it. We can also try to use cars less and walk or ride a bicycle to move around the city.

In order to save animals, we must protect them better from poachers: build national parks, organize special groups and funds which will take care of animals and find investors to supply our wild neighbours with food. We should also breed animals not to let any species disappear.

Moreover, more trees, bushes, flowers must be planted. They clean the air and serve as a home for many animals, birds, and insects.

Summing up, we have the power to make the Earth a better place to live and we must use this power to prevent the damage we inflict by our modern activities.

Перевод:

Наша планета в опасности. Ежегодно она становятся все более загрязненной. Более того, озоновый слой истощается, что может привести ко многим явлениям, таким как кислотные дожди, способным разрушить нашу планету и наши жизни.

И мы все знаем, что мы главная причина, по которой страдает Земля. Мы загрязняем воздух, воду, провоцируем исчезновение животных и растений. Однако мы все еще можем спасти нашу планету и виды, с которыми мы на ней живем.

Существует ряд меры, которые мы могли бы предпринять. Прежде всего, мы не должны бросать мусор и все страны должны выработать систему его переработки. Если мы все приучимся сортировать мусор, мы упростим процесс переработки.

Более того, мы могли бы использовать современные технологии, чтобы создать топливо, которым бы мы заменили бензин. Также мы можем постараться меньше ездить на машинах, больше ходить или передвигаться по городу на велосипеде.

Для того, чтобы спасти животных, мы должны тщательнее их защищать от браконьеров: строить заповедники, организовывать специальные группы и фонды, которые бы ухаживали за животными и находили инвесторов, чтобы обеспечить наших диких «соседей» едой. Кроме того, нам следует разводить животных, чтобы не позволить исчезнуть ни одному виду.

Также должно быть посажено больше деревьев, кустов и цветов. Они очищают воздух и служат жилищем для многих животных, птиц и насекомых.

Подводя итоги, следует отметить, что мы обладаем силой для преобразования Земли в лучшее место для жизни, и мы должны использовать эту силу для предотвращения того вреда, что мы наносим за счет современной деятельности.

Полезные фразы и слова:

Acid rain – кислотный дождь

To suffer – страдать

Species – вид, особь

To implement measures – предпринять меры

To work out – выработать

To inflict damage – наносить вред/ущерб

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Сочинение Environmental protection на английском с переводом

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Человечество слишком долго ведет себя на планете как неразумный хозяин. Создавая удобства для комфортной жизни, мы напрочь забыли о том, что ресурсы природы вовсе не безграничны. Что жить в городах с грязным воздухом, придется нашим детям. Настало время вспомнить о том, что природа не прощает ошибок. Мы должны позаботиться о экологии и сохранить, вспомнить, что мы сами — часть этой природы. So, is it ok to bite the hand that feeds?

Essay on Environmental Protection

Our planet Earth is only a tiny part of the universe, and it is so far the only place where human beings can live.

We always polluted our surroundings. But until now pollution was not such a huge problem. People lived in the countryside and couldn’t produce such amount of pollution that would lead to a dangerous situation on a global scale.

With the development of industrial cities, which create huge amounts of pollutants, the problem has become real. Nowadays our planet is in serious danger. Global warming, acid rains, air and water pollution, overpopulation are the problems that threaten human lives on the Earth.

Every year world industry pollutes the air that we breathe with. A great number of cities suffer from smog. Rainforests are cut down. Their disappearance upsets the oxygen balance. As a result, some rare species of animals, birds, fish and plants are extinct. A lot of seas, rivers and lakes are filled with poison like industrial and nuclear wastes, chemical fertilizers and pesticides. The pollution of air and the world’s ocean, destruction of the ozone layer is the result of man’s careless interaction with nature, a sign of the ecological crisis.

People should consider their attitude to the environment. Some progress has already been made in this direction. Numerous conferences have been held by a lot of agencies to discuss problems facing ecologically poor regions including the Aral Sea, the South Urals, Kuzbass, Donbass and Chernobyl. Greenpeace is also doing much to preserve the environment.

What can we do to save our planet? First of all, people should switch to alternative forms of power, such as solar power or wind power. Secondly, the use of atomic power must be banned. Thirdly, we need to recycle. It’s the art of turning waste into new products. It would be a good idea if people started riding bicycles instead of driving cars. We are obliged to protect nature. If everybody cares, it will make a difference.

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Сочинение на тему Защита окружающей среды

Наша планета Земля — всего лишь крошечная часть вселенной, и на данный момент это единственное место, где могут жить люди.

Мы всегда загрязняли окружающую среду. Но до сих пор загрязнение не было такой огромной проблемой. Люди жили в сельской местности и не могли производить такое огромное количество загрязнения, которое могло бы привести к опасной ситуации в глобальном масштабе.

С развитием промышленных городов, которые производят огромное количество загрязняющих веществ, проблема стала реальной. В наши дни наша планета находится в серьезной опасности. Глобальное потепление, кислотные дожди, загрязнение воздуха и воды, перенаселенность — это проблемы, которые угрожают жизни людей на Земле.

Каждый год мировая промышленность загрязняет воздух, которым мы дышим. Огромное количество городов страдает от смога. Тропические леса вырубаются. Их исчезновение нарушает баланс кислорода. В результате исчезают редкие виды животных, птиц, рыб и растений. Много морей, рек и озер заполнены ядом: промышленными и ядерными отходами, химическими удобрениями и пестицидами. Загрязнение воздуха и мирового океана, разрушение озонового слоя является следствием небрежного взаимодействия человека с природой, признаком экологического кризиса.

Люди должны обдумать свое отношение к окружающей среде. В этом направлении уже достигнут определенный прогресс. Различные организации проводят многочисленные конференции для обсуждения проблем, с которыми сталкиваются экологически бедные регионы, включая Аральское море, Южный Урал, Кузбасс, Донбасс и Чернобыль. Организация «Гринпис» также делает много для сохранения окружающей среды.

Что мы можем сделать, чтобы спасти нашу планету? Прежде всего, люди должны переключиться на альтернативные формы энергии, такие как солнечная энергия или энергия ветра. Во–вторых, использование атомной энергии должно быть запрещено. В–третьих, нам нужно перерабатывать. Это искусство превращения отходов в новые продукты. Было бы неплохо, если бы люди начали кататься на велосипедах, а не водить автомобили. Мы обязаны защищать природу. Если все будут заботится, это изменит ситуацию.

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Рассказ на тему Окружающая среда – сочинение на английском языке, эссе + перевод

Небольшое сочинение о проблемах окружающей среды и её защите.

Environment is our home, that needs to be treat well or we risk loosing it.

What do we mean when we talk about environment?

First of all we pay attention to its problems.

Main environmental problems are air pollution, global warming, energy crisis, deforestation, endangered species etc.

Any of them concerns each of us because we live on the one planet.

Air pollution is a problem of big cities. It causes by increasing number of cars and waste of industrial plants and factories.

As result it turns into destroying ozone layer and global warming, having a bad effect on the climate of Earth.

Another big environmental problem is growth of Earth’s population. It causes energy crisis and lack of food and mineral recourses. In future the problem will grow worse if people do not find ways to use the alternative power like solar, for example, or learn how to stop Third World hunger.

One more of the actual problems are deforestation and illegal hunting. Both mean to leave our planet without its main recourses – flora and fauna.

These problems are global but we can help to save the planet taking care of our local environment.

Перевод сочинения об окружающей среде

Окружающая среда-это наш дом, о котором надо заботится, иначе мы рискуем его потерять.

Что мы подразумеваем, когда говорим об окружающей среде?

Прежде всего мы обратили внимание на ее проблемы.

Основными экологическими проблемами являются загрязнение воздуха, глобальное потепление, энергетический кризис, вырубка лесов, находящиеся под угрозой исчезновения виды и т. д.

Любой из них касается каждого из нас, потому что мы живем на одной планете.

Загрязнение воздуха является проблемой больших городов. Вызывается ростом количества автомобилей и отходами промышленных заводов и фабрик.

В результате уничтожается озоновый слой и идёт глобальное потепление, оказывается негативное влияние на климат Земли.

Еще один большой экологической проблемой является рост населения Земли. Это вызывает энергетический кризис, нехватку продовольствия и полезных ископаемых. В будущем эта проблема будет усугубляться, если люди не найдут способов использовать альтернативные источники энергии, такие как солнце, например, или узнать, как остановить голод в странах третьего мира.

Еще две актуальных проблемы – вырубка лесов и браконьерство. Эти факторы угрожают оставить нашу планету без главных ресурсов – флоры и фауны.

Эти проблемы являются глобальными, но мы можем помочь спасти планету, заботясь об окружающей среде.

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Environmental protection is improving, defending, and maintaining the quality of the environment. The main methods of environmental protection are recycling, reusing, and reducing; however, some other methods such as Green Energy production, green transportation development, and eco-friendly industrialization also exist. Not only residents but also businesses and industries should play their basic roles to improve the environment.

The History of Environmental Protection 

Humankind has always been concerned about the environment. The ancient Greeks were the first to develop environmental philosophy, and they were followed by other major civilizations such as India and China. In more recent times, the concern for the environment has increased because of growing awareness of the ecological crisis. The Club of Rome, a think tank, was among the first to warn the world about the dangers of overpopulation and pollution in its report «The Limits to Growth» (1972).

In the early days of environmentalism, people thought that the best way to protect nature was to set aside areas where humans would not disturb the environment. This approach, which is known as preservation, was given a major boost in the United States with the establishment of the National Park Service in 1916.

The modern environmental movement began in the 1960s when concerns about the negative impact of humans on the environment began to increase. In response to these concerns, governments around the world began to pass legislation to protect the environment. In the United States, for example, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was established in 1970.

The Principles of Environmental Protection

There are three fundamental principles of environmental protection:

1. The precautionary principle: This principle states that if an activity has the potential to cause harm to the environment, then steps should be taken to prevent that harm even if there is no clear evidence that the activity is damaging.

2. The polluter pays principle: This states that the party responsible for causing pollution should be held responsible for cleaning it up.

3. The public right to know the principle: This principle states that the public has a right to know about any potential threats to the environment and what is being done to address them.

The goals of Environmental Protection

There are three main goals of environmental protection:

1. To protect human health: This is the most important goal of environmental protection because humans cannot survive without a healthy environment.

2. To protect ecosystems: Ecosystems are the foundation of life on Earth, and they provide many benefits to humans, such as clean air and water, food, and fiber.

3. To promote sustainable development: Sustainable development is a development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

Essay on Environmental Protection

Environmental protection is a practice that aims to protect the natural environment from the hands of individuals, organizations, and governments. It is the need of the hour because the Earth’s environment is deteriorating every day, and the reasons are human beings. They are mishandling the Earth’s environment to fulfill their needs. If it goes like this, then it is difficult to say that the future generation will have a safer environment to live in. Through this essay, you will learn the importance of environmental protection.

A Long Essay on Environmental Protection

It is imperative to protect our natural environment from deteriorating, and the only way to do that is through environmental protection. This process should be adopted by every country as soon as possible before it is too late. The objective of this process is to conserve all the natural resources and try to repair some parts of the environment that are possible to get repaired. The biophysical environment is getting degraded permanently because of overconsumption, population growth, and the rapid development of technology. This can be stopped if the government plan strategies to restrict these activities to perform in a controlled way. This environmental protection essay can be a great help for the students to understand the environment they are living in.

Voluntary Environmental Agreements

Voluntary environmental agreements are getting popular in most industrial countries. Through this free essay on environmental protection, one will learn more about this type of agreement. These agreements provide the companies with a platform where they are recognized if they are moving beyond the minimum regulatory standards for protecting the environment. These agreements support the development of one of the best environmental practices. For example, the India Environment Improvement Trust (EIT) has been working in this environment field since the year 1998. Through this environmental protection essay, one is getting so much to learn.

Ecosystems Approach

An ecosystem approach to environmental protection aims to consider the complex interrelationships of the ecosystem as a whole to the process of decision making rather than just focusing on specific issues and challenges. The environmental protection essay writing will give a more precise overview of this approach. The ecosystems approach aims to support the better transferring of information, develop strategies that can resolve conflicts, and improve regional conservation. This approach has played a major role in protecting the environment. This approach also says that religions also play an important role in the conservation of the environment.

International Environmental Agreements

In the present scenario, many of the Earth’s natural resources have become vulnerable because of humans and their carelessness towards the environment across different countries. As a result of this, many countries and their governments have come into different agreements to reduce the human impact on the natural environment and protect it from getting deterioration. Through this environmental protection essay in English, one will get a much clearer view on this matter particularly.

The agreements made between different governments of various countries are known as International Environmental Agreements. This agreement includes factors such as climate, oceans, rivers, and air pollution. These agreements are sometimes legally bound, and in case they are not followed, it may lead to some legal implications. These agreements have a long history with some multinational agreements that were made in the year 1910 in Europe, America, and Africa. Some of the most well-known international agreements are the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement. Through this environmental protection essay, it is clear that governments are taking steps to solve the environmental issue, but it is not enough.

A Short Paragraph on Environmental Protection in English

Earth is a beautiful place to live in, with the most favorable environmental conditions for living beings. But we humans are making it vulnerable and are destroying our own homes with activities that are causing pollution at an increased rate. In this protecting the environment essay, 200 words will be explained properly on how to save the environment.

Environmental protection has become the need of the hour as it is getting destroyed each day. So, governments are making policies and are coming into agreements with other countries to come up with strategies that can protect the environment. Some companies also have the same aim of protecting the environment from the activities of humans.

In this short article on environmental protection, it is clear that if sudden steps are not taken then, our future generation will have to live in a polluted environment that is conserved very conserve difficult. Environmental protection is the key to a safe and secure future with a beautiful environment to live in. 

Conclusion

With pollution increasing each year and causing deterioration of the natural environment, it has become necessary to take steps to protect the natural environment. As we know that the reason for all these problems is humans, governments should make policies to restrict their activities that are causing harm to the environment. If they are not stopped urgently, then the world might see some catastrophic destruction in the coming years. For example, climate change has been a huge problem, and this is one of the causes of increased pollution. A secured future depends on the environment as a whole.

Топик «Environmental protection» (защита окружающей среды) на английском языке познакомит вас с хорошими фразами и выражениями, которые впоследствии позволят вам высказываться по данной теме.

Our planet is in danger. It becomes more and more polluted every year. In addition, the ozone layer becomes thinner and this may lead to many phenomena, like acid rains, that may destroy our planet and our lives.

And we all know that the main reason why the Earth suffers is us. We pollute the air, the water; cause the extinction of animals and plants. However, we are still capable of saving our planet and species we share it with.

There are several measures we may implement. First of all, we should not throw any garbage and all countries must work the system of recycling garbage out. If we all get used to sorting it, we will simplify the process of recycling.

In addition, we may use modern technologies to invent a new kind of petrol to substitute oil with it. We can also try to use cars less and walk or ride a bicycle to move around the city.

In order to save animals, we must protect them better from poachers: build national parks, organize special groups and funds which will take care of animals and find investors to supply our wild neighbours with food. We should also breed animals not to let any species disappear.

Moreover, more trees, bushes, flowers must be planted. They clean the air and serve as a home for many animals, birds, and insects.

Summing up, we have the power to make the Earth a better place to live and we must use this power to prevent the damage we inflict by our modern activities.

Перевод:

Наша планета в опасности. Ежегодно она становятся все более загрязненной. Более того, озоновый слой истощается, что может привести ко многим явлениям, таким как кислотные дожди, способным разрушить нашу планету и наши жизни.

И мы все знаем, что мы главная причина, по которой страдает Земля. Мы загрязняем воздух, воду, провоцируем исчезновение животных и растений. Однако мы все еще можем спасти нашу планету и виды, с которыми мы на ней живем.

Существует ряд меры, которые мы могли бы предпринять. Прежде всего, мы не должны бросать мусор и все страны должны выработать систему его переработки. Если мы все приучимся сортировать мусор, мы упростим процесс переработки.

Более того, мы могли бы использовать современные технологии, чтобы создать топливо, которым бы мы заменили бензин. Также мы можем постараться меньше ездить на машинах, больше ходить или передвигаться по городу на велосипеде.

Для того, чтобы спасти животных, мы должны тщательнее их защищать от браконьеров: строить заповедники, организовывать специальные группы и фонды, которые бы ухаживали за животными и находили инвесторов, чтобы обеспечить наших диких «соседей» едой. Кроме того, нам следует разводить животных, чтобы не позволить исчезнуть ни одному виду.

Также должно быть посажено больше деревьев, кустов и цветов. Они очищают воздух и служат жилищем для многих животных, птиц и насекомых.

Подводя итоги, следует отметить, что мы обладаем силой для преобразования Земли в лучшее место для жизни, и мы должны использовать эту силу для предотвращения того вреда, что мы наносим за счет современной деятельности.

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Полезные фразы и слова:

Acid rain – кислотный дождь

To suffer – страдать

Extinction – вымирание

Species – вид, особь

To implement measures – предпринять меры

To work out – выработать

Petrol – топливо

Poacher – браконьер

To inflict damage – наносить вред/ущерб

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Introduction. 2

Air pollution. 4

Deforestation. 5

Acid rain. 8

The “Green House Effect”. 9

Water pollution. 11

Toxic waste pollution. 14

Environmental movements. 16

Conclusion. 21

Appendix. 23

#1. Rates of deforestation. 23

#2. Carbon Dioxide Emissions per Units of Economic Output 23

# 3 Increase of global surface temperature. 24

References. 25

Introduction

Pollution is probably the most important problem in the world today. One of the reasons it is so important to human beings is that we know that we brought about pollution. Unlike most of the other problems in the world, such as AIDS, pollution is a human creation. Since the beginning of time, whenever human beings changed their environment, they were greatly affected. Areas where pollution is extremely high encounter death rates and disease rates that are sometimes 15 or 20 times more than areas without pollution. Greedy corporations are pushing these problems to areas not ready to encounter this high level of pollution, and if something isn’t done soon to curtail these problems, we will all surely feel the longstanding effects they bring.

During the 1960’s, which I call the “Throwaway” era, Plastics and Styrofoam[1] were thrown away without a care, and now we are finally seeing what that kind of stupidity can cause. At first, children began to understand the drastic changes that the entire world was facing. The planet was changing, and adults were doing nothing to save it. Yet, the polluted planet was being handed to the younger generations, who, while more educated on the topic, were not sufficiently knowledgeable to control earth’s problems. Nowadays, children are leading the environmental revolution. More educated and smarter on the issues that the world is facing, children are changing the planet. Still, all the education in the world cannot counter the pressure that Big Business is putting on the globe. Chemicals, human wastes, toxic wastes, and other kinds of pollution are beyond repair in some cases. Corporations do not care about the planet; they are willing to trade off small environmental risks for jobs and success in individual communities. Of course, most people in those communities don’t realize that them taking a job with these companies is detrimental to their survival.

Whenever I think of pollution’s effect on the world, I think of its effect on innocent human beings. When someone becomes sick or dies of some kind of sickness brought about by pollution, their human rights come into question. I think human rights, although usually reserved for genocide or other acts of evil, can encompass pollution as well. Our human right is simply the right we have to live our lives as we please, to live our lives without being hurt or affected unless we want to, and the basic needs we as human beings have. Pollution brought about by other people on us is not our choice. Therefore, whenever an area where humans live is polluted, it is a violation of that person’s human rights.

Nowadays, in an age where people are starting to fight back against corruption, the average Joe is winning the battle with Big Business. Pollution is being taken on with a vengeance, and people are beginning to notice how nice it is to rid the place they live in of pollution. Laws are being passed day in and day out in order to help the average person in their battle with pollution.

In order to talk about the problems we face today, we must go back hundreds of years to take a look at the effects pollution had on human beings in the past. The Industrial Revolution in both America and Europe let factories pollute the air without regulation. Because of that, the air pollution in certain areas of the world is causing death to this day. Certain cities in the Northeast United States have air that sometimes has 5 or 10 times more soot in it than the International Standard. The English “Black Country” is aptly named that because of the color of the air. For years, people there have lived in an area with the lowest quality of life in Western Europe. “The average live expectancy in “Black Country”, England, is 10 years less than the rest of the country.”[2] The reason not much has been done to change that is because it has been that way for more than 100 years. One of the problems with pollution is that if it becomes common, then people stop caring.
Another problem stemming from years ago is waste disposal. For many years, human waste was just let out into rivers and streams, spreading disease and sickness. A prime example of that is London, England. “By the 1850’s, the Thames River was so polluted that it was portrayed in cartoons with Death rowing along it.”[3] A public outcry then prompted the city to develop a proper sewage system, but years of damage had been done, and the river is still not clean to this day. Another problem dealing with waste disposal is the fact that human waste is still dumped into rivers, lakes, and oceans without the proper treatment. Although the oceans aren’t greatly affected by a small amount of waste, over time it could definitely begin to hurt human interests in them, such as the fishing industry. In rivers and lakes though, there is usually no way for the waste to find its way out of the water. Because of the water systems we use on earth, this could be highly dangerous. “Using dirty water can make everyday activities like washing clothes and bathing dangerous, due to the infection that lies within the bacteria that live on human waste.” (Johnstone, 9) If people continue to use dirty water, that disease will spread to unimaginable levels.

Air pollution

Pollution itself is a very broad category, and there are many different kinds of pollution. One of those is air pollution. Air pollution is probably the longest lasting type of pollution there is. Because of the Industrial Revolution, factories spewed out smoke and chemicals that had never been in contact with human lungs before. To this day the same problem remains. Air pollution, although regulated, cannot be contained in many cases. In certain areas of the world, air pollution is out of control.

Air pollution occurs when wastes dirty the make the air dirty. People produce most of the waste that cause air pollution. Such waste can be in the form of gases or be particulates (particles of solid or liquid manner). These substance result chiefly from burning fuel to power motor vehicles and to heat buildings. industrial processes and the burning of garbage also contribute to air pollution. Natural pollutants include ,pollen,soil particulates, dust, and naturally occuring gases. Also more causes of air pollution are forms of transportation such as automobiles,airplanes,ships, and trains.

It is the immediate effect of air pollution on urban atmospheres that is most noticeable and causes the strongest public reaction. The city of Los Angeles has been noted for both the extent of its air pollution and the actions undertaken for control. Los Angeles lies in a coastal plain, surrounded by mountains that restrict the inward sweep of air and that separate a desert from the coastal climate. Fog moving in from the ocean is normal to the city. Temperature inversions characterized by the establishment of a layer of warm air on top of a layer of cooler air prevent the air near the ground from rising.

Air Pollution has a negative impact on water quality. For the past 30 years, scientists have collected a considerable amount of convincing information demonstrating that air pollutants can be deposited on land and water, sometimes at great distances from their original sources, and can be an important contributor to declining water quality. These air pollutants can have undesirable health and environmental impacts, such as contaminated fish, harmful algal blooms, and unsafe drinking water. Researchers had found the sources of these air pollutants. They have worked diligently to improve the environment.

Factory and business owners have the ability to prevent air pollution. The government should take action, requiring equipment to cut down on hydrocarbons in the atmosphere. The little spent regulating equipment used in factories can go a long way saving billions on health problems and other related issues. Background Over 150 million people in the United States live in areas where the Environmental Protection Agency considers the air to be unhealthy. Air pollution is the presence in the atmosphere of harmful gases, liquids, or solids. Smog has been a problem in coal-burning areas for several centuries

Deforestation

At the present rate of tropical deforestation, the world’s remaining tropical rainforests will vanish in just 30 years[4] .

Deforestation in the tropical areas of the world is following a course similar to the earlier clearing of the forests in Europe and North America, only advancing more rapidly.

Since just 1950, the world’s population has more than doubled to more than 6 billion people, with the fastest population growth being in the tropics. Today, more than 3 billion people live in the tropics alone, more than lived in the entire world in 1950. To provide food, wood, fuel and resources for the world’s rapidly growing population, and to make room for the exploding tropical population, the world’s tropical rainforests are literally disappearing.

Even with tropical deforestation at an all-time high, tropical hardwood prices continue to climb as world demand for tropical hardwoods continues to grow. A single teak log for example can now bring as much as $20,000. Annual world consumption of tropical hardwoods is now more than 250 million cubic meters, or over 100 billion board feet, per year.

Southeast Asia until recently has been the largest source of supply for tropical hardwoods, but that area will largely be depleted within the next five years. All of the primary forests in India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh are gone. Ivory Coast’s forests are essentially non-existent. Nigeria’s forests have been decimated as well. As Asia’s and Africa’s tropical forests are depleted, consuming countries are turning increasing attention to Latin America and the Amazon, whose own rapidly growing population is also a source of pressure on the rainforests. Also, trillions of dollars worth of oil, gas, uranium, gold, iron, bauxite and other minerals, and millions of acres of potential farm land, lie under the Amazon, the largest area of rainforest remaining on Earth.

Amazon rainforests are being cleared on a vast scale for settlements, logging, gold mining, petroleum, cattle ranching, sugar cane (for gasohol), large hydro dams, and charcoal for smelting ore. Peasant farmers also clear the rainforest to have land for planting, by cutting the forest, and then in the dry season burning what they have cut.

During one month in 1995 for example, NASA satellite surveys of Brazil recorded 39,889 individual fires, up 370 percent from the same month of the prior year. In neighboring Bolivia the smoke is sometimes so thick that schools have to close and flights have to be delayed or canceled.

Scientists estimate that until as recently as 10,000 years ago, the world had 6 billion acres of tropical rainforests. By 1950, we had a little less than 2.8 billion acres of rainforest. It was then being cut down at the rate of about 10 to 15 million acres per year. Today we have less than 1.5 billion acres left, and we are clearing this remaining rainforest at the rate of 30 to 50 million acres per year, two to three times as rapidly as just a few decades ago.

If the present rate of tropical deforestation continues, there will be nearly no tropical rainforests left in just 30 years. Instead of holding steady however, the rate of deforestation is actually predicted to increase even further .

Scientists project that the rate of tropical deforestation will continue to increase for the next 10 to 15 years until there simply will not be enough forest left to sustain the rate of cutting.

The chart (see appendix #1) dramatically illustrates the fate of the world’s rainforests.
As the world’s population increases, and therefore the competition for land, food and resources also increase, it appears that the world’s rainforests will continue to fall at an increasingly accelerating rate. The newest data dramatically confirms that:

· tropical deforestation is a very serious and growing problem. Scientists may disagree on the details, but they all agree that the implications for mankind are huge — in terms of possible global warming, increasing desertification (the world’s deserts are now growing 27,000 square miles per year), and loss of biodiversity, to name a few

· we must do everything reasonable we can to protect the world’s remaining rainforests

· one important way to help is to plant tropical hardwood trees for harvests, to produce tropical hardwoods that aren’t taken from the natural rainforest

· as individuals, we may at times feel insignificant, but by working together, we can indeed make a difference

· and by being an example for others, we can multiply the result

The latest statistics also dramatically underscore the benefits of planting tropical hardwood plantations:

· as the world’s population continues to increase in numbers and prosperity, the demand for beautiful tropical hardwoods will continue to grow rapidly

· as country after country in the tropics depletes its own supply of tropical forest and passes from being an exporter of tropical hardwoods to having to import wood to fulfill its domestic needs, international demand for tropical hardwoods will continue to grow dramatically

· as the world loses more and more rainforest, there will be a rising imperative to protect the small amount of rainforest remaining

· as international demand for tropical hardwoods increases and the availability of the natural rainforests as a source of supply of these hardwoods decreases, both because of continued harvesting and because the dwindling remaining forests will be increasingly protected, the prices of all tropical hardwoods will likely soar

· there is substantial opportunity in planting nearly any species of tropical hardwoods — and even more opportunity in planting tropical hardwoods that are sought after for their beauty or unique properties.

Acid rain

A further result of air pollution is acid rain. Acid rain basically appears when factories release high levels of sulfur into the air. The sulfur then combines with rainwater to form a weak sulfuric acid. Acid rain itself cannot harm humans, but it can harm our environment and our quality of life. Over time, the acid rain will kill plants, weaken structures and homes used by humans, and can even kill life in entire lakes and rivers. And since studies have yet to be completely conclusive, nobody knows how it affects us physically in the long run. One of the reasons it is such a threat is because it travels in the air and may fall on areas that did not produce it. Since acid rain can be prevented by government regulation, stopping the release of sulfur into the air is a definite first step to curbing acid rain.

In early 1974, scientists warned governments across the globe that the release of certain industrial chemicals, such as CFCs and Halons, could result in a thinning of our ozone layer. The ozone layer is a part of our atmosphere that prevents most Ultraviolet rays from entering the earth’s surface layer. It allows only enough high-energy radiation to enter so that Vitamin D in humans can become active. Too much radiation, and certain human mutations begin to occur. In 1985, a hole in the ozone layer was discovered over Antarctica. Over the past 10 years, more and more holes were discovered over different parts of the world. Since then, skin cancer rates have skyrocketed, as well as levels of radiation among human beings. “Almost 4% of the world population will encounter some type of skin cancer within the next five years.”[5] Contrary to popular belief, skin cancer can be deadly if not treated properly. All of these problems stem from air pollution created by factories and plants. If we can reduce air pollution, the air may be clean within the next 100 or 150 years.

The “Green House Effect”

The greenhouse effect is a benign feature of the ecosystem. Certain gases in the atmosphere, such as CO2, CH4, N2O, O3, CFC, allow the sunlight reach the earth but prevent the heat from escaping and thus the temperature of the earth remains stable. These five different gases have different influence on the «greenhouse.» If CO2 can have twice as much effect, then CH4 can have ten times as much, N2O a hundred times and CFC ten thousand times. Besides, the steam of water can also lead to the greenhouse effect. The sensitivity of the climatic system to greenhouse gases is such that the equivalent of a doubling of CO2 could ultimately increase the average global temperature by somewhere between 1°C and 5°C.

But nowadays the greenhouse gases absorb sunlight and infrared radiation which produces heat and it increases continuously. In principle, the temperature of the earth also increases. And this is so-called «Green House Effect».

At present, the concentration of carbon dioxide doubles that before the Industrial Revolution. And the global temperature has increased about 1.5~3.5¢J. Human beings have altered the composition of the atmosphere. Coal-burning factories and motorcycles release more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than oceans and forests can absorb. Consequently, the carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere could double the present level within the next fifty years.

People may ask: «Is it a serious problem? » My answer is: «Yes!» The global warming can effect us in many aspects, first of all, the level of the oceans has risen. A rise of sea level may accompany global warming, possibly in the range of 0 to 60 cm. The part of some land will be covered. Strictly speaking, some islands may disappear quietly and without leaving a trace. In addition, the global warming causes crisis to the ecosystem and agriculture. Some animals and plants suffer a lot of difficulties due to the global warming. To sum up, the greenhouse effect not only affects human lives but also causes pecuniary loss.

The global warming affects our human daily lives. And we must find the strategies to decrease the effect, which are caused by global warming. Indeed, human being have caused a lot of harm to nature, but the final victims who will be badly hurt will also be humans themselves.

The centrally «planned» economies produce the most greenhouse gases per unit of economic output. The United States-with the largest transportation needs of any nation-produces approximately one-third, or 1.0 metric ton/$1,000 GNP, of the centrally planned output of CO2. All of the nations that produce less than the United States are smaller geographically. Japan, often cited for its efficiency, is second from the bottom of the table, but almost all its citizens live near each other, and the country is highly nuclear. France, the cleanest of all, is also the most nuclear and emits .34 metric ton of CO2 /$1,000 GNP[6].

Water pollution

Water pollution occurs mostly when people overload the water environment with wastes. It’s defined as contamination of streams, lakes, underground water, bays or oceans by substances harmful to living things.

Water is necessary to life on earth. All organisms contain it, some drink it, some live in it. Plants and animals require water that is moderately pure, and they cannot survive if their water is loaded with toxic chemicals or harmful microorganisms. If severe, water pollution can kill large numbers of fish, birds, and other animals, in some cases killing all members of a species in an affected area.

Pollution makes streams, lakes, and coastal waters unpleasant to look at, to smell, and to swim in. Fish and shellfish harvested from polluted waters may be unsafe to eat. People who ingest polluted water can become ill and if they’re exposed for a long time, may develop cancers, or have children with birth defects.

There are two types of water pollution; point source and nonpoint source. Point sources of pollution occur when harmful substances are put directly into a body of water (such as an oil spill). A nonpoint source is when pollutants enter the water indirectly through environmental changes (like when fertilizer is carried into a stream by rain)

The major water pollutants are chemical, biological, and physical materials that lessen the water quality. Pollutants can be separated into eight different classes:

1. Petroleum Products — oil and chemicals from oil are used for fuel, lubrication, plastics manufacturing, and many other purposes. The petroleum products get into water by accidental spills from ships, tanker trucks, and leaky underground storage tanks. Many petroleum products are poisonous if ingested by animals and spilled oil damages the feathers of birds and the fur of animals, often causing death.

2. Pesticides and Herbicides — chemicals used to kill unwanted animals and plants may be carried into streams by rainwater. The chemicals in these that are not biodegradable can remain dangerous for a long time.

When an animal eats a plant that’s been treated with certain non-degradable chemicals, the chemicals are absorbed into the tissues or the organs of the animals. When other animals feed on a contaminated animal, the chemicals are passed up to them. As it goes up through the food chain, the chemical becomes more harmful, so animals at the top of the food chains may suffer cancers, reproductive problems, and death.

More than 14 million Americans drink water contaminated by pesticides, and the EPA estimates that ten percent of wells contain pesticides. Nitrates can cause a lethal form of anemia called blue baby syndrome in infants.

3. Heavy Metals — heavy metals, such as copper, lead, mercury, and selenium, get into the water from industries, automovile exhaust, mines, and natural soil. Heavy metals also become more harmful as they follow the food chain. When they reach high levels in the body, they can be immediately poisonous, or can result in long-term health problems. They can sometimes cause diarrhea and, over time, liver and kidney damage. Children exposed to lead in water can suffer mental retardation.

4. Hazardous Wastes — chemical wastes that are either toxic, reactive, corrosive, or ignitable. If not treated or stored properly, they can pollute water supplies. They can reach toxic levels when animals eat one another.

5. Excess Organic Matter — fertilizers and other nutrients used to promote plant growth on farms and in gardens may fine their way into water. At first the nutrients will help the plants and algae in the water grow, but when they die and settle underwater, microorganisms decompose them, while decomposing them the microorganisms take in oxygen that is dissolved in the water. The oxygen levels in the water may drop so low that fish and other oxygen-dependent animals in the water suffocate, and die.

6. Sediment — soil particles carried to a stream bed, lake, or ocean, if in large amounts, can also be a pollutant. Soil erosion can damage a stream or lake by adding too much nutrient matter. Sedimentation can also cover stream bed gravel where many fish lay their eggs.

7. Infectious Organisms — many disease causing organisms that are present in small numbers in most natural waters are considered pollutants when found in drinking water. These parasites can cause illness, especially in people who are very young or very old, and in people who are already suffering from other diseases.

8. Thermal Pollution — water is often taken from rivers, lakes, or the ocean to be used in factories and power plants. The water is usually returned to the source warmer than when it was taken. Even a small temperature change in a body of water can drive away the fish and other species that were originally there, and attract other species in place of them. Thermal pollution can speed up the biological processes in plants and animals or lower the oxygen level in the water. Fish and other wildlife near the discharge source, may die.

Another cause of pollution, pathogens (bacteria, viruses, and protozoan) can cause many illnesses from typhoid and dysentery to minor repiratory and skin diseases. They enter waterways through untreated sewage, storm drains, septic tanks, runoff from farms, and boats that dump sewage.

To help, we need to learn about ways for disposing harmful household wastes so they don’t end up in sewage treatment plants or landfills. In our yards, we should determine whether or not we need to add nutrients before fertilizers are applied, and look for alternatives where fertilizers may run off into surface waters. We need to preserve existing trees and plant new trees and shrubs to help prevent soil erosion. Around the house we should we need to keep litter, pet waste, leaves, and grass clippings out of gutters and storm drains, and buy as many heavily packaged foods, certain boxes, cartons, bottles, etc that are made with polluting dyes.

Toxic waste pollution

Another type of pollution that is definitely a threat to human safety is toxic waste pollution. This type of contamination is caused when the byproducts of chemical reactions are basically just dumped anywhere the company that produced them so pleases. Although there are supposedly safe ways of disposing of these wastes, there is no natural way of ridding the planet of them. Therefore, most toxic waste is just left out to seep into water sources and into areas of human development. Usually, the outcome is very serious. Toxic waste dumpsites near Toms River, NJ have been under fire in recent years due to the unusually high cancer rates in that town. According to John Whitestone, since these toxic waste disposal sites have been abandoned, cancer among 12 to 16 year olds has almost quadrupled. (196) Serious diseases have become a huge debate on the issue of toxic waste disposal, and many people think there needs to be a safer way of disposing this kind of waste or that alternatives to the chemical processes that produce these chemicals need to be established.

Further areas of environmental contamination are nuclear waste, nuclear disaster, and nuclear war. All three of these are directly related to each other in that all can result in immediate death and death well after contamination. Nuclear wastes are the byproducts of nuclear reactions in power plants. There is a very safe way to dispose of nuclear waste, but it has been proven in the past that many of these techniques can be harmful to human beings if they are not properly completed. Nuclear waste contains high levels of radiation. Radiation, in levels of that height, can kill a person within hours. At lower levels, such as levels of radiation that someone would encounter over long periods of time, radiation can cause cancer and leukemia. Radiation is used advantageously in X-rays and cancer treatment, but it has not truly been proven if these tactics are actually safe, due to the short period of time of their use.

Nuclear disaster is just that: a disaster. This can occur at any nuclear power plant, and it is usually due to a system error in the plant’s computer. A nuclear disaster will release radioactive gas into the air, threatening the lives of the people living in that area. The most notable nuclear disaster occurred in Chernobyl, Ukraine, in April 1986. An error in the nuclear reactor’s core released radioactive gas into the air, immediately killing 30 people and raising the radiation levels of areas as far away as 31 miles to 148 times higher than normal. “Radiation released by this accident is expected to cause about 1000 deaths in Europe over the next 40 years.” (Whitestone, 320) Nuclear disaster can be avoided if a different energy source is found, but since nuclear energy is a big money maker, some companies are reluctant to research cheaper and safer ways to receive energy.

Nuclear weaponry is not necessarily a form of pollution, but it is definitely a wasteful, contaminating threat to our environment and well being. Nuclear weapons use the same type of energy as nuclear power plants, but that energy is used for mass destruction. Although many countries in the world have nuclear arsenals, only two atomic bombs have actually been dropped on human beings, both during World War II on Japanese soil. The first one was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, the second on Nagasaki almost a month later. Obviously, these bombs were meant to kill people, but it is not clear if anyone knew the long-lasting effects of their damage.

One reason nuclear weapons are so useless is that their sheer power can be detrimental for years afterwards, and cannot bring peace, only death. “Besides the actual number of people killed by the immediate impact of the two atomic bombs, it is estimated that almost 100,000 people a year feel the effects of these bombs through cancer and other radiation-linked diseases.”[7] Nuclear weaponry is just as damaging to advancement in human development as any other type of pollution.
This paper should have made it obvious that human beings are directly responsible for violating their own human rights. Since most people have no say in the pollution that is silently killing them, there is no way for them to know how to change that. Only education and power taken from Big Business can result in a turnaround for the people of the world. If everyone becomes more involved in curbing pollution, one day we will live in a pollution free society. There are many ways to begin that. Children should learn more and more about recycling and pollution from an early age, and adults should learn how to prevent pollution in their community. Research needs to be done to come up with less dangerous ways of disposing of waste and even producing less waste in the first place. If alternatives to artificial processes are used, pollution may no longer be a problem in the future; we will live in a pollution free society, filled with healthy, happy people. Of course, if we keep polluting like this, then there may not be a future. Our rights as humans are simply that: our rights. If we keep polluting, then we will no longer have a choice in how healthy our lives are. These rights are ours to lose, and we have to push our governments to create laws that will enable us to keep those rights forever.

Environmental movements

Environmental movement is a term used for any social or political movement directed towards the preservation, restoration, or enhancement of the natural environment. Most environmental movements have similar value systems and moral codes, although they often diverge in details such as emphasis, priorities, means of action, and specific goals. They often share the notion that the perception of one’s environment is strongly connected with that of one’s self. In this regard, some environmentalists distinguish themselves from conservationists. Environmental movements often interact or are linked with other social movements with similar moral view.

The earliest major environmental issue in New Zealand was the raising of Lake Manapouri[8] for a hydro-electricity scheme. The campaign was successful in preventing the lake level from being raised. Other major issues were nuclear energy, preventing native forest logging on the West Coast and halting the growing of GE[9] food crops.

In North America the early environmentalists encouraged emulation of indigenous peoples and enriching the natural ecology with slow patient effort. For example, Chapman, also known as “Johnny Appleseed” alone planted millions of apple trees throughout the United States. The movement had little or no explicit political character. It was mostly aesthetic. It had no central doctrine. Most of its proponents did not know each other, but created a powerful discourse that influenced people strongly at the time.

The Conservation movement was an American invention of John Audubon and others who invoked Christian reverence for the Creation to protect natural habitat from man in the 19th century. They lobbied consistently for parks and human exclusion from «the wild». They saw humans as apart from nature, in line with Judeo-Christian ethics of the time, and believed that an awe of biodiversity (as we call it today), would inspire religious piety.

By contrast with the Conservation movement, early enviromentalists did not lobby for parks or human exclusion from «the wild». They did not see humans as apart from nature.

The harshest critic of the environmental movement in the 20th century was probably Ayn Rand, who considered it to be the opponent of human morality, creativity and industry.

Largely due to the political critique and confusion, and a growing concern with the environmental health problems caused by pesticides, some serious biologists and ecologists created the scientific ecology movement which would not confuse empirical data with visions of a desirable future world.

Today it is the science of ecology, rather than any aesthetic goals, that provide the basis of unity to most environmentalists. All would accept some level of scientific input into decisions about biodiversity or forest use. Most would generally deny that there is such a thing as “enviromentalism” and consider that phrase an invention of enemies.

The environmental movement today persists in many smaller local groups, usually within ecoregions. Some resemble the U.S. conservation movement — whose modern expression is the Sierra Club, National Geographic Society and other American organizations with a worldwide influence.

These «politically neutral» groups tend to avoid global conflicts and view the settlement of inter-human conflict as separate from regard for nature — in direct contradiction to the ecology movement and peace movement which have increasingly close links: While Greenpeace, and other Green Parties for example, regard ecology, biodiversity and an end to non-human extinction as absolutely basic to peace, the local groups may not, and may see a high degree of global competition and conflict as justifiable if it lets them preserve their own local uniqueness.

There are different types of environmental organizations. Four of them, I want to mention in my paper. They are:

· Government Organizations

· Intergovernmental Organizations

· Private Organizations (Environmental NGO[10] )

· International Organizations

The government organizations are the government departments or agencies devoted to monitoring and protecting the environment. In Canada, the most known federal environmental agency is the Environment Canada. It is responsible for weather forecasting, managing and administration of National and conservation parks, water and forest protection and so on. The English Heritage is a United Kingdom government body with a broad remit of managing the historic environment of England. Its major responsibilities are the conservation, advising, registering and protecting the historic environment. The mission of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is to protect human health and to safeguard the natural environment: water, air, land.

Intergovernmental organizations, such as the European Environment Agency, are devoted to establishing a monitoring network for monitoring the European environment.

The Environmental NGO include only social and cultural groups, whose primary goal is not commercial. These organizations are involved in lobbying, advocacy, or conservation efforts.

The international organizations, like Greenpeace, Green Cross International and Friends of Earth, use direct actions to stop the destruction of the natural environment. At this part I would like to describe the Greenpeace organization and its action.

Greenpeace is an independent, campaigning organization which uses non-violent, creative confrontation to expose global environmental problems, and to force solutions for a green and peaceful future. Greenpeace’s goal is to ensure the ability of the earth to nurture life in all its diversity. Greenpeace has national and regional offices in 41 countries worldwide.

The origins of Greenpeace lie in the formation of the Don’t Make A Wave Committee. Taking its name from a slogan used during protests against United States nuclear testing in late 1969, the Committee came together with the objective of stopping a second underground nuclear bomb test codnamed «Cannikin» by the United States military beneath the island of Amchitka, Alaska. In September 1971, a fishing vessel skippered by John Cormack. was named the Greenpeace, and set sail for the island of Amchitka with the intention of disrupting the scheduled second nuclear test. Upon their return to Alaska, the crew learned that protests had taken place in all major Canadian cities, and that the United States had postponed the second underground test until November. Although attempts to sail into the test zone using a second chartered vessel also failed, no further nuclear tests took place at Amchitka. Following Stowe’s departure from the chairmanship of the Don’t Make A Wave Committee, the fledgling environmental group officially changed its name to the «Greenpeace Foundation».

By the late 1970s, spurred by the global reach of what Robert Hunter called «mind bombs”, more than 20 groups across North America, Europe, New Zealand and Australia had adopted the name „Greenpeace“.

In 1979, however, the original Vancouver-based Greenpeace Foundation had encountered financial difficulties, and disputes between offices over fundraising and organisational direction split the global movement. David McTaggart lobbied the Canadian Greenpeace Foundation to accept a new structure which would bring the scattered Greenpeace offices under the auspices of a single global organisation, and on October 14, 1979, Greenpeace International came into existence. Greenpeace’s transformation from a loose international network — united by style more than by focus — to a global organisation able to apply the full force of its resources to a small number of environmental issues deemed of global significance.

In 1978, Greenpeace launched the Rainbow Warrior, a 40-metre, former fishing trawler named for the Creek legend that inspired early activist Robert Hunter on the first voyage to Amchitka. Greenpeace purchased the Rainbow Warrior (originally launched as the Sir William Hardy in 1955) at a cost of £40,000, and volunteers restored and refitted her over a period of four months.

The Rainbow Warrior would quickly become a mainstay of Greenpeace campaigns. Between 1978 to 1985, crew members also engaged in non-violent direct action against the ocean-dumping of toxic and radioactive waste, the Grey Seal hunt in the Orkneys and nuclear testing in the Pacific.

Greenpeace’s continued protest against nuclear testing at Moruroa atoll prompted the government of France to order the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior, in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1985.

The Warrior had sailed from the North Pacific, where it assisted the evacuation of the inhabitants of Rongelap in the Marshall Islands, who continued to suffer health effects attributed to the fallout from American nuclear testing during the 1950s and 1960s.

The organization currently actively addresses many environmental issues, with primary focus on efforts to stop global warming and to preserve the biodiversity of the world’s oceans and ancient forests. In addition to the more conventional environmental organization methods, such as lobbying politicians and attendance at international conferences, Greenpeace has a stated methodology of engaging in nonviolent direct action.

Greenpeace uses direct action to attract attention to particular environmental causes, whether by placing themselves between the whaler’s harpoon and their prey, or by invading nuclear facilities dressed as barrels of radioactive waste.

Some of Greenpeace’s most notable successes include the ending of atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons, a permanent moratorium on international commercial whaling, and the declaration by treaty of Antarctica as a global park, forbidding possession by individual nations or commercial interests. To back up this latter point, World Park Base was established in Antarctica.

Despite its founding in North America, Greenpeace achieved much more success in Europe, where it has more members and gets most of its money. The vast majority of Greenpeace’s donations come from private individual members.

During its history, Greenpeace has weathered criticism from government and industry, and on occasion, from other environmental groups. While critics have often focused on undermining the scientific or factual basis of particular campaigns, the organisation’s system of governance and its use of nonviolent direct action have also been sources of controversy.

Conclusion

So, pollution is one of the most burning problems of nowadays. Now millions of chimneys, cars, buses, trucks all over the world exhaust fumes and harmful substances into the atmosphere. These poisoned substances pollute everything: air, land, water, birds and animals. So, it is usually hard to breathe in the large cities where there are lots of plants. Everything there is covered with soot and dirt. All these affect harmfully. Every year the atmosphere is polluted by about 1000 tons of industrial dust and other harmful substances. Big cities suffer from smog. Cars with their engine have become the main source of pollution in industrial countries. Vast forests are being cut down for the need of industries in Europe and USA. The loss of the forests upsets the oxygen balance of the new wastelands. As the result some species of animals, birds, fish and plants have disappeared and keep disappearing. To slow down the rate of pollution many environmental organizations engage in nonviolent actions. But it is surely not enough to stop the processes that have already began in nature, and that had been caused by the way we all live. To protect our environment we all should care and do everything possible to save the nature for our kids.

Appendix

#1. Rates of deforestation

#2. Carbon Dioxide Emissions per Units of Economic Output

Country	Emissions (metric tons CO2 /year	GNP (billions of $/year)	Emissions/GNP Ratio (metric tons CO2 /year)
China	2,236.3	372.3a	6.01b
South Africa	284.2	79.0	3.60
Romania	220.7	79.8a	2.77b
Poland	459.4	172.4	2.66
India	600.6	237.9	2.52
East Germany	327.4	159.5a	2.05a
Czechoslovakia	233.6	123.2a	1.90b
Mexico	306.9	176.7	1.74
U.S.S.R.	3,982.0	2,659.5a	1.50b
South Korea	204.6	171.3	1.19
Canada	437.8	435.9	1.00
United States	4,804.1	4,880.1	.98
Australia	241.3	246.0	.98
United Kingdom	559.2	702.4	.80
Brazil	202.4	323.6	.63
West Germany	669.9	1,201.8	.56
Spain	187.7	340.3	.55
Italy	359.7	828.9	.43
Japan	989.3	2,843.7	.35
France	320.1	949.4	.34
a Estimates of GNP for centrally planned economies are subject to large margins of error. These estimates are as much 100 times larger than those from other sources that correct for availability of goods or use free-market exchange rates. b The emissions/GNP is also likely to be underestimated for centrally planned economies. Source: National Academy of Sciences, Policy Implications of Global Warming (Washington, D.C.: 1991).

# 3 Increase of global surface temperature

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[1] Styrofoam — пенопласт

[2] Advances in Environmental Research www.elsevier.com

[3] Advances in Environmental Research www.elsevier.com

[4] А.Д. Яншин “Научные проблемы охраны природы и экологии” Экология и жизнь, № 3, 1999 г.

[5] Валерий Павлович Алексеев “ПРИРОДА И ОБЩЕСТВО: ЭТАПЫ ВЗАИМОДЕЙСТВИЯ” Экология и жизнь,№ 2, 2002г.

[6] National Academy of Sciences, Policy Implications of Global Warming (Washington, D.C.: 1991)

[7] Валерий Павлович Алексеев “ПРИРОДА И ОБЩЕСТВО: ЭТАПЫ ВЗАИМОДЕЙСТВИЯ” Экология и жизнь,№ 2, 2002г.

[8] Lake Manapouri is a lake in the South Island of New Zealand

[9] Genetic engineering

[10] A non-government organization