In the modern world, there is a point of view that a person, by his activities, harms the environment, mining minerals, polluting and destroying the world around him. There are people who openly fight against human activity, denying the benefits of civilization in favor of life in "harmony with nature." At the same time, these people enjoy these benefits no less than others, but consider it possible to consider themselves good. The other side is people who extract, build, produce. They give humanity the opportunity to live in the industrial world, but from this point of view, they are considered rapists over nature ... But lately, I increasingly learn another point of view regarding what is happening in the world.
The statement that a person harms nature is, first of all, very selfish and pursuing the goal not to improve the state of nature, but exclusively to the interests of the person who says it. Secondly, this statement is based on the opinion that man is not a part of nature. Let's take a closer look at this concept.
Man over nature
A person in his development has reached a stage when he began to globally influence the world around him. He uproots forests, extracts in gigantic quantities minerals such as coal, oil, natural gas, which have been formed over millions of years. It pollutes soil, water, air and even space.
Therefore, a person begins to oppose nature, separate from it. As a result of industrialization, people began to believe that they should use nature for their own purposes: “We cannot wait for favors from nature, it is our task to take them from her” (IV Michurin). This phrase has become a symbol of the consumer attitude towards nature.
Others began to oppose such people, who shouted that animals should not be killed, the environment should not be polluted, fossil remains should not be mined because they are finite. In 100 years, oil, gas, coal will run out and a person will come to an energy crisis. Such people accuse others of making life worse on the planet, but that they themselves have done to improve the situation.
A friend who studies water says, “I hate people. They pollute the Earth. " But what did he do while doing this? He just kindled aggression in people, which will be directed at him. He also, like everyone else, enjoys the benefits of civilization. He has not improved the lives of others, has not figured out how to improve the conditions of life on earth ... But he hates.
At the same time, in reality, everyone pursues only their own goals. Some are mining. Others spend government money to simulate environmental improvement activities. This state of affairs is beneficial to everyone ... except for humanity.
Man is part of nature
However, there is another point of view. Man is part of nature. If you think about it, the consequences of accepting this simple postulate are enormous.
Throughout the history of the development of the Earth, periods have arisen many times in which thousands of species of living beings were destroyed. There were also creatures that also significantly influenced the world around them. And they also died out. Life on earth has constantly evolved, and now the crown of the creation of evolution on earth is man.
However, evolution continues. The activity of any creature, including man, is exactly what was given by nature. It is nature (or we can say - planet Earth) that seeks to constantly evolve. She is now striving to go beyond one planet and spread further into space. And it is man who, by his activity, is now driving the development of nature.
Let's think about what minerals are ... For the last millions of years, life has been boiling on the surface of the Earth. And when dying, living organisms (animals, plants, microorganisms) turned into soil. This process went on continuously, and gradually this layer increased and increased. Substances were removed from the cycle of life and deposited in the Earth. Gradually, all this turned into those fossil substances that people are now extracting.
Through his activity, a person again extracts what was buried millions of years ago and introduces it into the circulation of substances. What is the meaning of nature from senselessly lying substances. There is nothing useless in nature, and through human activity the Earth shakes up all its resources, striving to develop further.
The statement that a person harms the Earth by his activities is not true. He only harms himself. As a result of this activity, in the near future he will use up the materials he has thought of. If he cannot come up with something new and dies out, then this is exclusively the problem of a species that could not adapt and develop. The earth, as it was before, will continue to be so. She will strive for other species to be able to move on where the person has failed.
By polluting the environment, a person only worsens the conditions of his life. Chernobyl now is one of the cleanest places in Ukraine, apart from radiation. There is the cleanest air, many animals, many plants. For some 25 years, the Earth has already begun to forget about the presence of people there. The same will happen if a person cannot cope with his brain and figure out how to destroy himself. It means a defective species, and you need to develop differently.
So there is no need to think about how to take care of nature, it will take care of itself. Nuclear war will pass. In a million years, life will flourish on Earth again, but without people. And some other species will begin to dominate and develop, and maybe go beyond humans. 60 million years ago, 99% of the species of terrestrial living creatures, including dinosaurs, became extinct, and mammals began to dominate. They lived before, but dinosaurs did not give them the opportunity to develop. Now they have this opportunity. Everything in the world is going on expediently, and if a person does not meet the expectations of evolution, then he will be forced to leave in favor of others.
Future
It turns out that you need to care not about the world in which we live, but about humanity. If a person destroys himself, the planet "shakes off" and moves on. But if a person begins to think about how to improve his living conditions, purifying air, water, food from harmful substances; develop intellectually and move those branches of science that are really capable of improving his environment; to study new sources of energy and apply those that are least harmful to the person himself, then he has a chance to conquer the universe.
The difference here is that in the first understanding of the world there are two types of activity: one of them worsens human conditions (pollutes the environment, affects water, food, etc.), and the other tries to improve (purifies). It's like bending an iron bar in different directions. Sooner or later, you can break it. This is similar to how a person drinks a lot of coffee, and then immediately valocardin in order for the heart to survive this portion of coffee. But by both actions, a person only worsens his condition.
People who are struggling with human activity (industry) are fighting with themselves. They come out with banners and call for something, but in reality they only contribute to it.
In the second understanding of the world, there is the idea that it is necessary not to fight against activity, but to put human activity for the benefit of humanity. Those. it is not necessary to fight with factories that throw waste into the air, but to come up with ways to replace these factories with something new, more progressive, which will not have such a detrimental effect on a person, but better - also improve his well-being. Instead of talking about saving endangered species (i.e., activities directed against evolution), it is necessary to save the main dominant species on the planet - man. Only when human activity is directed towards the benefit of humanity itself, only then will a person have a chance to continue his evolutionary development.
psychology of health and longevityIt is impossible to imagine a healthy humanity without a clean and flourishing living environment.
The psychology of health and long life is, first of all, the upbringing in early childhood in a child of a sense of respect and love for nature.
Nature is not only forests and lakes, it is ALL living things, the entire Cosmos. This is what surrounds a person, this is the primary environment, without which his full, unburdened existence, physical and spiritual health are simply unthinkable. The idea of separating a person from Nature, proclaiming him "the crown of creation and transferring to his knowledge and undivided use of the world of Living Nature and all its riches is a violation of the“ Primordial balance. " leads to disaster.
The destruction of nature always entails consequences, one of which is the irreversible spiritual loss of modern man, cut off from the roots of the people.
It is very difficult to educate, instill love and respect for Nature, creating a huge environmental problem. The senseless mass destruction of animals, trees, water bodies is a threat to earthly prosperity, a harbinger of the death of the living world.
A person needs to change his mind and understand that without nature it is impossible not only healthy offspring, but the very life of mankind! Change in Nature will lead a person to mutations. Each of us should feel responsible for everything that happens around us, for the land that belongs to everyone - who was before us and who will come after us.
The psychology of health and longevity begins with the feeling of being a part of this unique beauty of Nature, with love for insects, dogs and cats ... And this love should be based on such concepts as duty, wrinkle, conscience.
How to do it?
Original taken from oleg_bubnov in Love for Nature, children and adults
How much people consider themselves nature lovers and try to spend a significant part of their free time away from the bustle of the city! After a vacation or weekend, breathing in fresh air, taking a good swim and gaining strength, we return home with new impressions. Love for nature ennobles a person, makes him kinder and cleaner, if only this is true love.
What is our love? Is it mutual? How do we feel about what we love?
Love for the nature of the child
The little man, developing, learns the world. Initially, the potential of love for all living things lives in children. And if a baby, growing up, begins to destroy nature, animals, then adults are to blame for this, first of all, because the education of love for nature begins from infancy, and it is very important to instill in time a sense of responsibility for all life on earth.
Learning to love small
It is important that the child understands that even the smallest creature is worthy of life. Let the education of love for nature begin with insects. One-year-old kids actively explore the world, and their attention is attracted by bright butterflies, bugs, ants. The child wants to touch everything, test its strength. He does not yet understand the fragility of the creatures around him, so you need to teach him to take care of even the insect.
Explain to the kid that when he squeezes a beetle in his hand, it hurts the insect, tell the child more about the world of insects, look at the pictures in books. And your efforts will gradually begin to bear fruitful shoots. Save ladybugs and bugs with your child. Have your toddler move the insect out of the way where it can be crushed, or get the insect out of a puddle. Praise the little lifeguard. After all, he did a good, good deed.
Cats and dogs are best friends
Very often, pets become favorites of babies. They perfectly educate young explorers of the big world. Playing with cats or dogs teaches the child to take good care of animals, empathize. It is not uncommon to see young children talking to their “little brothers”. After all, for them such communication is more useful and better than any toys. And nothing can replace it.
Do not be afraid that something is wrong with your child when he tries to lift the kitten by the tail or pokes his finger in the dog's eye. This is not because the baby is cruel. It's just that children get to know the world in this way, they need to touch everything, conduct a small experiment. The child does not yet understand that animals experience pain in the same way as humans. And your task is to explain it. Explain that animals are fragile and can be hurt or hurt. Do not leave the baby alone with the animal, always control the communication process so that you can always correct the child's actions. Your time together is another contribution to fostering a love of nature.
Tell your child more about the habits and habits of animals, so that the baby knows the features of small pets, learns to love and understand them. Involve your baby in caring for your cat or dog. Of course, the habit of caring for or feeding the pet will not immediately come to the child. But gradually, your kindness and warmth will bring results. The child will begin to develop responsibility and love.
Green friends
Along with animals, instill a love for plants. Let your baby help care for indoor flowers. This is also a part of nature that teaches love and spiritual beauty. Let the baby water "his" flower. Let him plant a sprout or seed and watch "his" plant grow gradually. After all, the education of love for nature is laid in the little things, which a little later will give you a kind, caring little man who loves the world around him.
Adults' love for nature
For example, consider a couple of situations that almost all of us have repeatedly observed. Here is a group of young people with large backpacks and parcels gathered, as they often say now, to "have fun" in nature. We have brought with us a powerful music center and so many strong drinks that would be enough for a company of soldiers. It is not difficult to guess how they will "rest" and what they will bring to their environment. Somewhere on the banks of a river or lake, they pitched tents, made a fire. "So what's wrong with that?" - you ask. So far, it seems to be nothing, though ... For some reason, the fire is not built in a clearing, but right in the middle of bushes and trees. It’s not even worth talking about the fact that the smoke and heat from the fire will be harmful to plants - more, what good, they will laugh at them.
And the music? Why not listen to the splash of water, the sound of trees, the chirping of birds? Isn't this why, in the end, we are leaving the city? No, rumbling music has filled everything around, and not only the eardrums of young people (who believe they are resting) suffer, but nature suffers. Most of us just say that nature is alive. But this is really so! All nature is inhabited by living, conscious entities, which we, having moved away from her for many millennia, have forgotten how to see and hear. But what is there, we do not even know about their existence. For us, they are just "literature", images that come from myths and legends, and this is at best. For such entities, such a rumble is a real torment, they suffer, and this affects flowers and trees, animals and birds.
And nature suffers not only from noise. It's no secret that most people smoke. Smoke poisons the human body, and for the "essential" living in the forests, where, due to the relative distance from civilization, everything is much cleaner than in the city, this muck is especially painful. Is this love ?! And what kind of “gratitude” the faithful servants of the Creator and the Lord, caring for nature, send us for our outright shamelessness, can be seen with the naked eye. Dry rivers and lakes, ruined trees, endangered species of animals and much more over the past decades have changed even the visible world of the planet almost unrecognizably, there is nothing to say about the subtle world. What kind of "reciprocity" is there! We do not deserve it!
... And in such a frenzy, two days flew by, it's time to return. Bushes and mountains of rubbish, broken off and withered from smoke, remained around. You should take the garbage with you and throw it into a special container, but it never occurs to anyone. What for? After all, they are not going to return here anymore, there are enough other places, Russia is big. And let the others take care of themselves. It is sad, if not to say - tragic ...
Another example. The men go fishing. But not with rods and spinning rods, but with nets and bridges. They catch fish in bags, throw away trifles, not thinking about anything - neither that they pollute the subtle world with their aspirations and deeds, nor that they seriously violate the ecology of the visible gross-material world. And if they are engaged in such "fishing" during spawning, when is the breeding process? Moreover, for the sake of one caviar (!), Gutting and throwing away the most valuable fish, which could not fulfill one of its most important natural tasks - to bring offspring! What kind of love for nature is there, it rather smacks of hatred.
And after all, almost none of us thinks about the fact that we will have to answer for our actions to the fullest extent - it was possible, they say, to bypass the earthly law, and okay. There is no need to talk about responsibility before God, in which many do not believe. But even the responsibility to our children, in which each of us “oh, how believes!”, We ignore, leaving behind chaos, dirt and destruction. An unsightly picture, but that's how it really is. True love for nature, no doubt, would help every person to change for the better.
Nowadays, the problems of protecting the natural environment and ensuring environmental safety have become very important. People have seen from their own experience that, unfortunately, no human intervention in nature passes without a trace, very often the thoughtless actions of people have extremely unpleasant consequences. The belief, widespread in the twentieth century, that man is the conqueror of nature, turned out to be mistaken in practice.
Man is just one of the children of Mother Nature, and, as it turned out, is far from the most intelligent of her children, because no other creatures destroy the world in which they live. In order to somehow make amends for past mistakes and prevent such mistakes in the future, today mankind pays much attention to such issues as the protection of nature, the economical consumption of natural resources, caring for animals and plants ...
Once, people frivolously thought that such seemingly insignificant phenomena as the extermination of some kind of insects, deforestation somewhere far in the taiga or the pollution of a small river would hardly have any serious consequences. However, as practice has shown, even these "little things" can become fatal, because everything in the world is interconnected, so that even the disappearance of the smallest link in the chain inevitably leads to a violation of the general equilibrium. As a result, we have what we have - global warming, ozone holes, hundreds of animal and plant species that are on the verge of extinction ...
People themselves also suffer, who today are faced with many problems unknown to them before - an increase in the number of various diseases among the population, the birth of a large number of babies with certain pathologies, and much more. Today, health care has become one of the main priorities of human society, since the deterioration of the environmental situation has dealt a serious blow to human health. Excessive human activity and an irresponsible attitude towards nature have turned against us, therefore, if we want to save natural resources for our descendants, who will live many hundreds of years after us, we must now take active measures to protect the environment.
What to do?
We need to start small - with the struggle for the cleanliness of our settlement, because ecology is the guarantee of our common prosperous future. When you go to nature to relax, you should take with you large garbage bags and remove before and after yourself the area where you are resting or are going to rest (and preferably not only behind yourself). It is worth setting an example for people, conducting widespread active campaigning (leaflets, posters, newspapers, explanations), conducting mass subbotniks, teaching people to take good care of the natural environment, fighting those who stubbornly do not want to change their boorish and consumer attitude towards Nature (attracting to responsibility).
Everything returns to normal, everything that we have prepared for ourselves, according to the great Law of Interaction, which is sometimes called the "Law of Seeding and Harvesting." No matter that we do not know about the existence of the universal and most perfect Laws of the Universe, our ignorance does not exempt us from responsibility. So isn't it better for each of us, before it's too late, to try to look at ourselves from the outside and start doing something right now?
Let's still love, appreciate and respect Mother Nature, because this is ours, in which you and I live! Let's not mindlessly throw garbage anywhere and anywhere (even travel coupons or a piece of ice cream)! Think! Do it! Teach yourself and others order and cleanliness! Purely not where they clean, but where they don't litter ...
Nature is like a simple miracle
It is impossible to understand and unravel. He puts on a fur coat for the cold,
It melts the asphalt to dust.
Rain in the heat is unrestrainedly desired
Fast streams tremble.
Soul impulses soothes
And clears thoughts of filth.
People are in a hurry to learn all the facets
Mother's native nature.
But they understand that something is controlling us -
Ignorance does not let it through and stands as a wall.
Dreams go on forever.
The footprints are tangled in the shadows.
Nature reveals eternity
For those who are pure in their thoughts.
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We all know that humanity has already caused irreparable harm to the environment. The post-industrial era has led to pollution, loss of animal and plant biodiversity, industrialization of forests and climate change. Of course, factories, factories, manufacturing and even agriculture are largely responsible for what happens to the environment today. However, people hardly think about the fact that the usual things that surround us every day can also become destructive for our planet. These are everyday objects that can become a deadly weapon against the environment.
Accumulators and batteries are in every person's house, because today it is simply impossible to imagine your life without a huge number of gadgets and electronic devices. However, sooner or later the day comes when the battery runs out. According to statistics, only about 15% of the billions of alkaline batteries are recycled after use. According to scientists from the US Environmental Protection Agency, batteries account for more than 50% of toxic emissions from all household waste. At the same time, batteries make up 0.25% of all emissions. Used batteries contain mercury, cadmium, magnesium, lead, tin, nickel, zinc. Once discarded, the batteries corrode (their metal coating is destroyed) and heavy metals enter the soil and groundwater. From groundwater, these metals can get into rivers and lakes. Only one finger battery pollutes 400 liters of water and 20 square meters of soil with harmful components. Harmful substances accumulate in the human and animal body, affecting the work of almost all organs, blocking the work of enzymes and causing malignant tumors. 
Discarded plastic bags do not decompose, which means that they, in fact, can remain in nature for an average of about 500 years! Around the world, people use about 4 trillion bags annually: this number kills millions of birds and countless schools of fish. Every year, more than a hundred thousand whales, seals, and turtles die from plastic bags in Newfoundland alone. For these reasons, in a number of countries, the use of plastic bags as household packaging is restricted or prohibited, and on August 23, the ECA Movement holds an annual campaign - “Day without plastic bags”. 
Since the 1950s, global plastic production has doubled every eleven years, and about 300,000 tons of plastic waste ends up in the seas and oceans every year. There, large fragments gradually disintegrate into small bright pieces, which are often eaten by sea inhabitants and birds, mistaking plastic for food. But if in 1960 only 5% of the examined birds had plastic fragments in their stomachs, then in 2010 this figure reached 80%. The birds often mistake floating bottles, lighters and other objects for fish, and not only swallow them themselves, but also bring them as food to their chicks. But plastic consists of toxic components and absorbs harmful substances from the environment. In addition, such fragments do not always pass through the gastrointestinal tract and accumulate in the body, causing intestinal blockage. Often so much plastic accumulates in the stomach that there is no room for food, and the bird dies of hunger. 
The gases used to put patients to sleep before surgery accumulate in the Earth's atmosphere, where they contribute to climate change. Recent air samples have shown the presence of anesthetics even in Antarctica. Over the past decades, concentrations of desflurane, isoflurane and sevoflurane have been increasing all over the world. Like carbon dioxide, anesthetic gases allow the atmosphere to store more solar energy. However, unlike carbon dioxide, medical gases in this case turned out to be much more powerful than greenhouse gases: one kilogram of desflurane, for example, is equivalent to 2500 kilograms of carbon dioxide. 
It is estimated that of the 6 trillion cigarettes smoked in the world every year, more than 4.5 trillion are thrown on the ground by smokers. This is how nicotine, toxins, carcinogens and pesticides get into the soil and then into the water, posing a huge danger to animals and people. American scientists note that the toxicity of tobacco smoke is four times higher than the harmful effects of car exhaust gases. In their opinion, cigarettes do the planet no less harm than cement and asphalt factories. 
Paper
Paper is biodegradable, but, as you know, each leaf is felled trees and destroyed forests, as well as the costs of electricity and emissions into the environment during its production. Of course, wood is a renewable resource, but not all countries and companies follow its renewal, trying to use what is available to the maximum. Many manufacturers now offer recycled paper, but this is not a completely harmless solution either. When the paper is being recycled, all of it is mixed into a gruel. This gruel is washed, peeled and then pressed into sheets of paper. During this process, all waste such as paper fiber, ink, cleaning chemicals and dyes is filtered and sent into one huge heap - paper sludge. This sludge is then either incinerated or sent to landfill, where it releases dozens of toxic chemicals and heavy metals, which subsequently end up in groundwater.
When the last tree is cut down, when the last river is poisoned, when the last bird is caught - only then will you understand that you cannot eat money.
Cree prophecy
- Man appeared on a unique planet where there was plenty of clean water and clean air - everything that is so necessary for life. Centuries passed, and it seemed to people that it would always be so, that the gifts of nature are inexhaustible. But lately we have noticed more and more that the air has become completely different from what it used to be - it is becoming difficult for them to breathe. And what have become our water sources - rivers and lakes? They became shallow, overgrown with mud and became so dirty that even "purified" water has to be drunk with caution ...
With what have we entered the XXI century? What's in store for us?
The fact-based environmental forecast is extremely disappointing. Scientists believe that humanity has reached such a level of technical development when. where his unrestrained economic activity is capable of irreversibly changing the natural environment on Earth, as a result of which an ecological apocalypse will occur, that is, the death of all life on our still blue and green planet.
Formally, in Russia, and in other countries, measures are being taken to protect the natural environment, international symposia are being held, agreements are being signed between countries. For example, in 1972, agreements were signed between the USSR and the USA on cooperation in the field of environmental protection. But there are no visible improvements. On the contrary, the severity of the environmental problem is increasing every year: the content of carbon dioxide increases in the atmosphere, and the amount of free oxygen decreases; before our very eyes, tropical forests are being destroyed, rare species of animals and plants are disappearing, fertile lands are declining, and supplies of clean fresh water are dwindling. In a word, nature is degenerating. And if nature deteriorates, people begin to be overcome by diseases ...
One of the most important components of the natural environment is the atmosphere. According to researchers, industrial enterprises and thermal power plants annually emit billions of tons (!) Of harmful chemical compounds, ash and dust into the earth's atmosphere. In countries with a high level of industrial development, pollution emissions roughly double every 12 years. Over 40% of all pollution comes from road transport.
Atmospheric pollution has no boundaries. Today, within the troposphere, the air is already polluted throughout the Earth. In comparison with 1965, pollution has increased by about three times. According to the calculations of geochemists, more than 300 billion tons of carbon dioxide are released into the atmosphere annually from the combustion of oil, coal, gas and wood! With an increase in the amount of carbon dioxide, the thermal balance of the planet changes: the Earth absorbs more infrared (thermal) radiation, the outflow of heat into space decreases, and the average temperature of the surface air layer rises. Consequently, "thermal" pollution is causing climate change on a planetary scale.
Some warming, which is observed now, is causing the ice in Antarctica and Greenland to melt, which inevitably leads to an increase in the level of the World Ocean. In the future, this process may become irreversible, and then an increase in the ocean level by 5-6 m (due to the intensified melting of continental glaciers) will pose a serious threat to the population living in the low-lying coastal regions of the Earth.
In cities, pollution, as a rule, is 5-10 times more than in rural areas. This is facilitated by dumps of industrial and domestic waste that form around cities. Such landfills have become a real disaster for the surrounding nature and people. They are a source of pollution not only for the atmosphere, but also for soil, and water basins, and even groundwater.
Recently, the danger began to come even from rural areas and due to the widespread use in agriculture of the so-called pesticide he - highly toxic chemicals that are used to control pests of agricultural crops. Air currents and waterways, these substances are distributed throughout the Earth. Suffice it to say that DDT has been found even in the stomachs of chinstrap penguins.
No less serious danger to humanity is the pollution of water sources. It is not only about the purity of our rivers, lakes and reservoirs, but also about the purity of the salty sea water. For some reason, it is considered in the order of things to discharge spent fuel oil directly overboard. Every year, its waste from all ships amounts to tens of thousands of tons (this is in addition to 10 million tons of oil flowing into the oceans as a result of accidents of oil tankers). You can imagine what this will lead to if every ton of fuel oil or oil spreads over the water surface as a thin film over an area of 12 km2, and the ocean is the main supplier of oxygen! Space images taken from the orbital station show that many thousands of square kilometers of the coastal waters of the World Ocean and seas are covered with a dark oil film ...
The famous French aquanaut scientist Jacques Yves Cousteau (1910-1997) was worried about the results of his studies of the deep sea: due to the constant pollution of the World Ocean, there was a real threat of complete destruction of many of its inhabitants. Over the past 50 years alone, more than a thousand species of marine fauna have disappeared.
If pollutants are present in the atmosphere, iodine and soil, they inevitably accumulate in plants and animals. Man eats plant and animal food. Consequently, through food, many harmful substances, such as lead and mercury, enter the human body.
At present, it is very difficult to find such a place on Earth that would not be exposed to human influence. But, changing natural conditions, a person often does not take into account how this will affect his own health. In an effort to get immediate economic benefits, people do not at all think about what irreparable harm they cause not only to themselves, but also to future generations.
Thus, thoughtless economic activity of man leads to negative changes in the entire environment and, ultimately, to the complete devastation of nature. In turn, the polluted environment - the dying nature - becomes the cause of mass illness of people with chronic bronchial tubes, lung cancer, disorders of the nervous and cardiovascular systems.
All living things on Earth have always been exposed to ionizing radiation, the source of which is natural radioactive isotopes. They create a natural radioactive background of the planet, to which man has adapted well enough.
But in 1945, in connection with the first tests of nuclear weapons, radioactive substances created by people themselves appeared in the atmosphere. And together with the air and water, the person began to swallow them. The radioactive isotopes of strontium and uranium turned out to be especially dangerous for a living organism. Over the years, they accumulate in human bone tissue, which becomes a source of ionizing radiation that causes leukemia - a serious incurable disease.
Now all over the world at nuclear power plants there are about 500 nuclear power units. And if catastrophes like the Chernobyl on April 26, 1986 repeat themselves, the possibility of contamination with the most dangerous strontium-90 of the entire Earth is not excluded ...
As you can see, the problem of nature protection has acquired a global significance today. To cope with the impending threat, people across the earth must see their planet as one. Therefore, to successfully solve the global environmental problem, space sensing is indispensable. For the timely identification of foci of pollution, their localization and neutralization, special patrol observations of the Earth from space are needed. Such observations are already being established.
Space methods for operational control over the state of the natural environment are very effective. And it is only thanks to this that the further development of space research should be recognized as an absolutely necessary undertaking. But for a complete solution of the environmental problem, it will be necessary to launch an offensive along the "entire front".
First of all, it is necessary to take urgent measures to reduce environmental pollution. A promising way is the establishment of a waste-free technological process at industrial enterprises. But even if we create a waste-free land-based industry, it will still not bring the desired result: the pollution of the planet will continue to some extent. There is only one way out: to relocate all our industrial production into space.
Some supporters of the environmental movement, the so-called "green", believe that space technology has a detrimental effect on the natural environment: it pollutes the earth's atmosphere with harmful products of rocket fuel combustion and destroys the ozone layer. Of course, this is happening to some extent. But a complete rejection of further space research will not save the nature of our planet from destruction. The most favorable development strategy should proceed from a reasonable combination of conflicting requirements: on the one hand, to preserve the earthly nature, on the other, to ensure not only the survival of man, but also his further progress.
The Russian scientist-philosopher Arkady Dmitrievich Ursul put forward a hypothesis about the division and future of social production into earthly and cosmic. The first should be predominantly agricultural, the second industrial. If it is not completely possible to create closed technological cycles, then it is important to develop such an option so that the waste of space production does not pollute the near space - near-earth space, does not affect the Earth's atmosphere and its nature.
At the present time on our planet there is an intensive accumulation of radioactive waste generated at nuclear power plants. This waste poses a deadly threat to humans and the earth's biosphere. Burying containers of radioactive isotopes in deep spent mines and on the ocean floor is not a good option. All this for the time being. Trouble can strike at any time and will be worse than Chernobyl!
The decision has long been asking: the place of nuclear power is space! In the meantime, it continues to operate on Earth, one should better think: what to do with radioactive waste? There are projects for the disposal of this very hazardous waste in space. For example, the removal with the help of rockets outside the solar system - into interstellar space. But from an environmental point of view, the best option is considered to be the incineration of radioactive waste in the plasma envelope of the Sun.
Removal of industrial production outside the Earth and the creation of orbital industrial complexes in space is a task that humanity must begin to solve in the second half of the 21st century. Only from the standpoint of space exploration can we solve the impending ecological catastrophe and save the nature of the Earth. There is no other way.
“All riches from the land begin, and the land loves care,” says a Russian proverb. The wise meaning of these words is clear to everyone: a person should protect and protect nature in a fatherly way - our priceless wealth, the source of all our earthly goods.
To the question How does a person harm nature? given by the author Victoria Okun the best answer is Well, firstly, man destroys virgin nature, turning all its large areas into anthropogenic, as it is called in the social environment, creates a "second nature" .... this naturally disrupts the level of oxygen release into the atmosphere, as valuable trees and other plants are also destroyed by humans ... secondly, inventions in industry exacerbate this situation. With the development of various industries, new methods of manufacturing goods, etc., appear, which negatively affects nature, since as production progresses, a huge amount of hazardous gases is emitted into the atmosphere, and even modern filters installed on the pipes of factories do not save from harm and pollution ... thirdly, the problem with garbage arises from the above problem, which appears in large quantities after the use of the same industrial products ... reservoirs are polluted by irresponsible factories that throw industrial waste directly into the seas and lakes without thinking about their own the future ... again, man destroys many species of innocent animals pleasing daily money and just for his own pleasure ... in fact, there are many such negative influences of man on nature, one might even say that they are at every step ...
Answer from Flush[guru]
Dumps waste into rivers, lakes. Drain swamps, cut down forests, exhaust gases into the atmosphere, create artificial reserves,
destruction of animals
Answer from Alla Mikhailets[newbie]
roman bitch
Answer from Grow up[newbie]
1. Man is so constructed that he seeks to consciously change nature, adjust it to his needs, and this is the main harm that he does to her. Man builds huge factories that poison the atmosphere and the hydrosphere with poisonous emissions, man cuts down forests, plows up fields, extracts underground natural resources, leaving voids underground and mountains of ugly rocks on the surface, upsets the ecological balance. Man destroyed and destroys various types of animals and plants. Man builds cities, lays roads, makes fires, litters. Sometimes it seems that the very presence of a person harms nature.
But man is still a rational being, and in recent years he began to think about the harm that he carries, and how it can be corrected. If in this endeavor he acts consistently, soon the harm caused to nature can be significantly reduced.
2. As a conscious and more organized being, man causes great damage to nature (Paradoxically). Let's start with commonplace rubbish. Picnics in the spring in nature, after which, as a rule. garbage is not removed. The fire is not really extinguished. For example, plastic bags and bottles are not subject to decay and decay. Which means plastic hell. if something like that is not processed, it is not far off. Exhaust gases from cars, a great attachment to cleaning chemicals that only harm, cutting down trees and exterminating animals ... And this is only a small part of the harm that a person can do ...
Answer from Marriage[newbie]
1 irrational use of water
Everyone knows that water enters the water supply system from natural sources. Now imagine the morning, the population of a large city and in each apartment, shower and tap are on. Now think about how much water flows away in just one morning. And this is only the beginning of the day, how many times during the day the tap will still open and water will flow. For example, all Muscovites taken together on average spend from 200 liters of water to 4 million cubic meters per day. Several years ago, there was even a question of a shortage of water resources. And such a situation is quite possible, because the resources of the earth are not infinite.
2. Toothpaste and hygiene products
Let's continue with the water. Anything you flush down the sink or toilet ends up in the wastewater. Today, a system for their cleaning has been developed, but it concerns only the central sewerage system. That is, before draining waste water into a reservoir, it is subjected to several stages of purification. However, she cannot completely cope with the chemical components of hygiene products. The same toothpaste contains fluoride, which, like chlorine, interacts with organic substances and forms dangerous chemical compounds. What can we say about hygiene products that contain various dangerous flavors, pea, polymer molecules. All these components, one way or another, penetrate into the environment.
3. Car
Everything seems clear about the car. Exhaust gases from a single car release over ten thousand pounds of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Due to the large number of vehicles, Moscow and St. Petersburg are considered one of the dirtiest cities in the country. Unfortunately, so far the share of alternative eco-vehicles is only a small part.
4.Smoking
In addition to the fact that during smoking, harmful substances get into the air, in order to dry tobacco, almost five million hectares of forest are destroyed every year.
5. Incorrect disposal of garbage
We have written more than once that improper waste disposal is harmful to the environment. You can read about this on our website here and here.
6. Perfume
Musk is often used in perfumery compositions; it is this that causes the greatest concern among environmentalists. It can penetrate the adipose tissue of aquatic species. Imagine you are on vacation, perfumed with your favorite aroma (which, by the way, may contain a number of chemicals hazardous to health and nature) and plunged into the sea. Congratulations, all the harmful substances along with the musk got into the pond. You may want to have a fresh fish dinner later. There is a possibility that you will not only inhale all the harmful components of your perfume, but also eat them.
7. Household cleaning and laundry products
We also wrote about the dangers of such funds. Read this text.
8. Means for the renovation of premises
Today, there are environmental counterparts to unsafe paints, adhesives, varnishes and other repair products that contain hazardous components. True, such funds are more expensive. If you are looking for an economical renovation, be prepared for the fact that your home will harm nature and your health.
9. Carcinogens formed during frying food
Do you want fried cutlets for dinner? Stop. Think again and steam them, because frying produces a dangerous carcinogen that can cause cancers in humans and animals.
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