Environmental problems and causes

Nowadays, the environment is always in the news and it often seems that the news insn't good. To ilustrate this idea I would like to mention some cases, for instance, we can hear about expanding deserts in Africa, or huge forest fires in Indonesia or her in Spain, or serious shortages of water in some countries or on the contrary flood in others. Also we know about dissappearing forest in the Amazon or mealting ice-caps and increasing radiation levels in the polar regions, increasing air and water pollution in big cities and endangered species and so on and so forth. This list could be endless.

In this sense, I can't avoid wondering if  climate change is a mith or  a reality?

On the one hand, many research have showed that the climate change is the result of  human behaviour. Science doesn't doubt it. Extrem weather phenomena have been triggered by climate change. In 2012 scientists researched 12 natural catastrophes and what was the result? ... The result was that half of the cases have a direct relation with global warming.

On the other hand, some people say that environmental issues don't have connection with  human behaviour. They maintain that 'nature is  wise and it undergoes  some changes  throughout every period of  time simply, because it is the result of the cyclical change on the planet'.

As I see it, the  key issue  as far as the environment is concerned is based  on our current consumer society. In other words, many people buy more than they really need. Every day we are bombarded with ads which tell us, if you need to buy a pair of shoes, don't worry, you will buy two pair of shoes for only a little extra money! ....It apparently seems a bargain ...however, few people ask themselves about where it is made  or who made it and the most important thing what it is made from.

If we did,  we could realise that we are not green or eco-friendly, so we are contributing to the increase in carbon emission rates or in the carbon footprint measure or in the damage the ozone layer.

In a nutshell, the environmental issues are the consequences of  human behaviour in a consumer society. I would like to end this post with a quote from Gandhi, who said: 'There is a enough on Earth for everybody's need, but not for everyone's greed'. I hope we'll celebrate this Christmas wondering if we really need to buy without restraint in order to be happier.