Sunday, April 26, 2009

Annoying things! ENVIRONMENT!

Talking about environment I would like to mention an important item that really worries me and I’m sure most people also and it is the lack of water. As the population grows, water is used more and more, and some places are running out of it. This is what is happening in my city, Barcelona. Recently the city has received a ship full of water from another place in the country. The city has suffered a long winter with no rain and this could happen again in the future as a terrible hot summer without water. This is a serious problem that the government should anticipate and prevent in order to solve it, but this is not enough if people aren’t aware of the problem. They have to regulate water distribution and use but we as good citizens must be very conscious of the problem, making the best use of it.

Obviously, everybody knows how to respect nature and a clean environment is synonymous of a “better life”. Personally, I try to do lots of things to improve my behaviour against pollution or environmental disasters doing things such as recycle the rubbish, to save water and electricity, to use public transport as much as possible but these measures are not enough. Probably, the problem is how much we perceive or how these problems affect us directly. As far as I’m concerned about problems such as air, rivers and sea pollution or the destruction of the ozone layer, I feel sensible with these near problems. On the other hand, I have to realise that these are just as important problems as waste disposal, overpopulation and the effects of famine or the greenhouse effect.

To finish, just to remember how important are our individual actions are if we want to improve our quality of life. Little by little, step by step we can have a better world or al least don’t destroy it more.

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