Ever thought of the beauty of Universe? The Geographical environment around us? Think of Mother Nature, always giving more without much expectation. I personally would like to address the issue of Environmental mistreatment and lack of respect for Mother Nature.
What exactly is environment? It is the conditions in a place that affect the behavior and development of something or somebody. It can also be defined as everything at is around us.
Environment has been destroyed through many ways .The common one being De- afforestration .The late Professor Wangari Muta Maathai showed her love for the environment despite all the difficulties that she went through. Her never ending love for Mother Nature can clearly be traced to her death bed, that was made of bamboo, papyrus and water hyacinth not wood as this would involve cutting down of a few trees.
In a Global Youth Leadership Summit held in UN, Gigiri on 19th October 2011, topic being, “THE ENVIRONMENT” was presented by Mr. Louis who elaborated how the environment is being destroyed by us.
Many expect to live a comfortable life, breathe fresh air, have a green surrounding and above all, have fresh food stuff. How can all these be achieved when we are at the fore front of destroying the environment? What exactly are our morals?
Everyone should put him/herself in the position of the provider (ENVIRONMENT), and see or rather feel how it hurts to be met by irresponsibility and lack of respect. Why can`t we make it our responsibility not to destroy Mother Nature?
Well, let’s join hands and continue from where the late Laureate Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Professor Wangari Maathai left. We should all change our negative attitude towards the environment because if we do not change, change will change us.
Thank you!!!
By ; BERYL OGUTU.
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