ECOLOGICAL BALANCE

GRAYNY C. ACBANG

The environment plays a vital role in our lives. It sustains our daily needs which keep us alive because it gives us food, water and oxygen. Environment is the air, water, minerals, organisms and all other external factors surrounding and affecting a given organism at anytime.

There are ways that humans have been disrupting the ecological balance through pollution, deforestation, interference with wildlife and over population. People are polluting our grasslands, streams, rivers, lakes and ocean when the throw the garbage anywhere they want. When trash goes to our ocean it affects the flora and fauna of the aquatic environment. The ocean serves us by providing us with source of energy, food and mineral resources. The air we breathe is also being polluted by smoke that releases sulphur dioxide and gases. These are being cut down whether it is full grown or immature tree. Animals are on the verse of extinction. Overpopulation has increased the demand for food or land to accommodate the growing number of people.

People have the responsibility to help the environment by throwing and segregating out trash in the right place. Recycling is another way to help save the environment. Students should volunteer to plant trees so that we can restore the trees that were cut down. Protecting the wildlife from poachers and people from collecting the animals to gain profile.

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The author is Master Teacher I at San Vicente Elementary School, Apalit, Pampanga