Environmental Awareness
One of the important things that environmental awareness promotes is wildlife conservation. Usually people do not understand the notion that we need the wild life as much as they need us. It ties up with our need for good health. There are many herbs and shrubs in wild forests that cure a number of diseases. If we let these wild forests get destroyed, it could have negative effects on healthcare system and may even lead to human extinction in 100 years from now. Prunella Vulgaris, for example is an herb that is used for herpes. Many scientists are in fact conducting research on wild plants that promise to cure cancer. If those unfound magic herbs are wiped out before we can understand their use, we may be losing our only hope in curing diseases like cancer and aids.
Just as wild plants are important to our health, so are wild animals. Many wild animals eat plants and shrubs that are harmful for humans thus leaving the more edible fruits and vegetation for human consumption. They may also give us cues on what to eat and not to eat. There are many species of animals whose bone and fat are important for medicinal purposes. Bees are important in pollination. They carry pollen and deliver it to another plant where it can germinate and produce a delicious fruits and vegetables. Snakes are known to eat rats, an unwanted rodent in common household. Wild animals are not dangerous to humans if we just let them be and not annoy them. Therefore, for many essential purposes, conservation of wildlife is important for human survival and that is exactly what environmental awareness is trying to achieve.
We humans need a push. We always need a reminder to keep us on the right track. Devising a plan would definitely move mountains. Environmental awareness will help in many ways. It will give us the encouragement to act responsibly. It will call for more efficient recycling tactics and action; it will raise awareness on how to save our atmosphere from further pollution and deterioration; and as a result, it will save the world and possibly human existence from becoming extinct.
Promoting environmental health is a step towards a bright future because education is our most important asset. It goes a long way. Arousing awareness in people living in the cities and rural areas will help them actively become contributors towards a better environmental health. Saving this planet is not only a good cause but it’s our duty as well. We have been given all the resources we could ever ask for, now using it in a nondestructive manner is essential to keep those resources. Together, we can reach our goal of a healthy environment with this new affirmation disguised as environmental awareness. We must all work together to help create a better planet for all of us to share.
