Sometimes a Mountain

Sometimes a Mountain

But imagine what it must be like before it all begins, while standing at a second floor office window, perhaps, while holding a mug of painfully strong coffee in one hand and in the other a glass of water. Imagine slowly pouring the water from the glass into the cracked dirt of an unknown or unnamable office plant left behind months before by someone who was laid off, someone whose position you recently filled. Imagine what it must look like to any others who happen to see you there, as if you are simply standing at the window to water the plant.

When the truth is of course that you are having a sort of bulletpoint moment.

The dwarfed trees spaced equal distance one from the other in their square plots up and down the sidewalk just outside the window have yet to bud. Are these dogwoods? No one seems to know. Through these trees, between the frame of the Ben Franklin Parking Tower on the left and the Marriott Hotel on the right, you can see the river, slow and brown and full of secrets. Beyond this river is the interstate and then more of the city queuing out from the city and much farther out sometimes a mountain.

Imagine seeing it if you can, on this clear mid-morning in winter, through leafless trees, between the tower and the hotel, past the river, the interstate, the city beyond the city

PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT

In our time guarding the environment is very essential as the planet is stirring into a new era without considering any of the major problems of pollution with rapid industrialization. The best way to defend the environment is conservation. Conservation is the viewpoint and policy of managing the environment to reassure ample provision of natural resources for the future as well as the current generations.

Tropical forests are being annihilated at an escalating rate. Estimates of the extent and rate of loss vary, but it appears that nearly half of the world’s tropical forests already have been lost, and the remainder will all but disappear in the next two to three decades. The loss is incalculable. These forests provide habitat for an estimated half of the world’s plant and animal species, provide water and fuel for much of the world’s population, and influence the regional and global climate. Commercial logging and clearance for agriculture have drastically affected these areas.

A clean and healthy environment is an element of the quality of life that we wish for ourselves now and for our family in the future. People insist that the air they breathe, the water they drink, and the food they eat is free of pollution and contaminants; they want to live undisturbed by noise, and they want to enjoy the beauty of the countryside, unblemished coastlines and mountain areas. They also want a world that is not in jeopardy by climate change.

Healthy and balanced natural systems are essential for sustaining life on this planet. Society relies on nature to provide us with the resources for our survival: air, water, food, fibers, medicines, and building materials. Children need to grow up conscious of the nature around them. As human beings we have a responsibility to preserve the actual value of nature both for ourselves and for future generations.