People generally know that the environment is important. However, most individuals still don't take responsibilities to protect the environment. Why is this? What should be done to encourage people to protect the environment?

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Ever since we realised our powers to harness
nature
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, we have started utilising it to make our life comfortable and more convenient.
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, we
then
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began to over utilise
this
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authority and damage
nature
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to an extent
that is
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catastrophic for the entire human race. Global warming and environmental pollutions are threatening our very existence on
this
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planet and yet we are neglecting our obligations to protect the environment primarily because we fail to realise the real consequences of it and believe that it can be dealt with in the
future
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. The
first
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reason for
this
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is our incompetent to understand the dire consequences of climate change. Despite frequent headlines on TV and newspapers all over the world, we are still oblivious of the fate of the world. When we are working hard to save some money to build a house or have a car in the
future
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, we cannot fathom how many parts of the world would become unlivable due to the sea level rise and pollutions. If we only knew, we would have taken
preserving
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to preserve
nature
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as seriously as we take our own profession or
future
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.
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, many people feel that environmental problems are too complex to control through individual actions, which I believe is a misguided idea. Another reason we are indifferent towards environmental degradation is our false confidence that it could be dealt with in the
future
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.
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, we are concerned
about solving more
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more about solving
immediate problems
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as housing shortage or traffic congestion than to prevent the disaster
that is
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only predicted to happen in the
future
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.
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, many individuals still believe that the rate of environmental degradation and global warming is not as severe as they are reported in the media, and technology that we will develop in the
future
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would control it easily. These beliefs and attitudes are obviously mistaken and we need to act now to control the damage. The youngsters must be taught their obligations to preserve
nature
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in schools and encouraged to plant trees whenever possible.
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, the government should adopt
strict
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stricter
laws that would prohibit citizens from using disposable goods that are harmful to the environment.
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, the government can encourage people to make the environment greener by offering tax incentives and other benefits. To conclude, if we do not want to make our mother planet an
unhabitable
fit for habitation
inhabitable
and barren place, we need to concede the real danger of climate change and act prudently to save it for us and our
future
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generations.

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