Responsibilities of Environmental Protection/環境保護責任
by Steve Wang
“We deserve a safe future. And we demand a safe fututre. Is that really too much to ask?” Greta Thunberg said during the Global Climate Strike, New York, on 20 September 2019. If you are not willing to do not care about having a safe environment to live in in the environment then at least allow other's to be able to make the same choice. Everyone living on this earth should protect this earth because for not just ourselves but also others.
The first reason is that we need to protect the environment is: we are the ones destroying it. Most of us are destroying the earth every single day. For example, everyone of who lives in a city us uses electricity everyday and some of our electricity is being made by burning things. When things are burnt toxins get released into the air and the toxins pollute the air. Since we are the cause of most of the pollution, we should be the ones fixing it. Some may say that it is not their responsibility to clean this big mess up. However, it is everyone's responsibility since everyone had a hand in creating this mess. For example, when you are pouring water and you spill it by accident. You caused the problem, hence you have to be responsible for it and you have to clean it up. It is the same situation when it comes to protecting the earth.
The second reason is: we all live on this earth and we are apart of it. We all live on this earth. We all use it's resources and we all destroy it. Since it is our's, it is our responsibility. Hence, we have to protect it. For those who disagree, take a dog which is your pet for example. If it gets lost, you have to find it because you are responsible for it. Just like the earth, it is ours. Hence all of us have to be responsible for protectiong it. Opponents of my view may say that some people cause more pollution compared to them. However, in the end, we all still live on this earth. If the earth gets ruined, it will ruin us all. The condition of our environment affects all of us so we all need to protect it no matter how insignificant the polution we casue is.
The third reason is: if we do not protect the environment, we are being very selfish and making it unfair for future generations. If we do not start protecting the environment, it might not affect us that much but it will affect their live in this environment. If you have made the choice of not wanting to live in a good environment, that is fine but you should not take that choice away from them. Because, it is unfair for them if we live in a good environment and they live in a destroyed one. Therefore, we have to protect the environment not just for our sakes bu also for others and the future generation as well.
In conclusion, I think it is everyone's responsibility to protect the environment because of if we do not, the future generation might not get a chance to live as we have. If we do not, all of the living things on earth will die slowly and life will cease to exist on this beautiful planet. If we do not, we will not get a good environment to live in. However, last but not least, it is our home, we are part of it, all of us have to do our best to protect it. Going forward, we should try to recycle more and do things that are less harmful to the earth. If we do this, we can all have a safe future and a good environment to live in for many years to come.
Chinese Version
“我們應該擁有一個安全的未來。我們需要一個安全的未來。真的是問太多了嗎？” Greta Thunberg 於 2019 年 9 月 20 日在紐約舉行的全球氣候罷工期間表示。如果你不願意不關心一個安全的環境，那麼至少讓其他人能夠做出同樣的選擇.每個生活在地球上的人都應該保護這個地球，不僅是為了我們自己，也是為了他人。
我们需要保护环境的第一个原因是：我們是破壞它的人。我們大多數人每天都在摧毀地球。例如，生活在我們城市中的每個人每天都用電，我們的一些電是通過燃燒東西來製造的。當東西燃燒時，毒素會釋放到空氣中，毒素會污染空氣。既然我們是大部分污染的原因，我們應該是解決它的人。有人可能會說，清理這個大爛攤子不是他們的責任。然而，這是每個人的責任，因為每個人都參與了製造這個爛攤子。例如，當您倒水時不小心灑了水。你造成了問題，因此你必須對它負責，你必須清理它。在保護地球方面也是同樣的情況。
第二個原因是：我們都生活在這個地球上，而且我們是地球的一份子。我們都生活在這個地球上。我們都在使用它的資源，也都在摧毀它。既然是我們的，那就是我們的責任。因此，我們必須保護它。對於那些不同意的人，以您的寵物狗為例。如果它丟失了，你必須找到它，因為你對它負責。就像地球一樣，它是我們的。因此，我們所有人都必須負責保護它。反對我的人可能會說，有些人比他們造成的污染更多。然而，最終，我們都還生活在這個地球上。如果地球被毀了，它就會毀了我們所有人。我們的環境狀況影響著我們所有人，因此無論我們造成的污染多麼微不足道，我們都需要保護它。
第三個原因是：如果我們不保護環境，我們就很自私，對後代不公平。如果我們不開始保護環境，它可能不會對我們產生太大影響，但會影響他們在這種環境中的生活。如果您已經做出了不想生活在良好環境中的選擇，那很好，但您不應該將這種選擇從他們身邊奪走。因為，如果我們生活在一個好的環境中，而他們生活在一個被破壞的環境中，對他們來說是不公平的。因此，我們不僅要為我們自己保護環境，還要為他人和子孫後代保護環境。
總之，我認為保護環境是每個人的責任，因為如果我們不這樣做，我們的後代可能就沒有機會像我們一樣生活。如果我們不這樣做，地球上所有的生物都會慢慢死去，這個美麗星球上的生命將不復存在。如果我們不這樣做，我們就得不到一個好的居住環境。然而，最後但並非最不重要的一點是，它是我們的家，我們是它的一部分，我們所有人都必須盡最大努力保護它。展望未來，我們應該嘗試更多地回收利用，做一些對地球危害較小的事情。如果我們這樣做，我們都可以擁有一個安全的未來和一個良好的環境。