Pollution and other environmental problems are resulting from a country’s developing and becoming richer. Some think this cannot be avoided. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

All the things that human beings have designed and devised for comfort have some kind of repercussion to the

environment

. The industrial revolution was the main cause of environmental

damage

.

However

, I disagree that

this

cannot be avoided. I think it is possible to achieve

progress

without damaging the

environment

. Fortunately, technology has advanced enough that environmental

damage

is no longer necessary for

further

progress

. It is irrefutable that in our quest for development and becoming richer, we have harmed some of our

environment

. Most of the things we use require some kind of

energy

to manufacture, operate and maintain. Disposing-

off

connects a noun with the preceding word

of

these things is very difficult too. Most of the

energy

that we use is polluting the

environment

. Renewable

energy

forms a very small part of what is used on a significant scale. Effluents from large factories are being dumped indiscriminately and landfill sites are filling up with non-biodegradable wastes. All

this

is being done in the name of

progress

.

Nevertheless

, I still refute the statement that the

damage

to the

environment

is inevitable. I think it is possible to achieve

progress

without damaging the

environment

.

For instance

, we know that there are renewable sources of

energy

which are lesser polluting. Already there are people who are designing houses that do not require air conditioning even in the extremes of temperature.

For example

, they are using prefabricated material

such

as aluminium for doors and windows. There are people who are trying to ensure that dependence on modern conveniences remains a luxury and does not become an absolute necessity. I feel that if there is awareness, we can achieve

progress

literally in its true meaning and without losing any single bit of our

environment

. The answer lies in the green technologies which increasingly use renewable resources of

energy

. We should

also

remember the three “Rs” – reduce, reuse and recycle. In

this

way we can achieve an ecologically sustainable development. In order for

progress

to cause minimum

damage

to

environment

Suggestion

the environment

, sustainability has to be worked at. To put it in a nutshell, I pen down, saying that, earlier we could say that Industrial Revolution =

Progress

= Environmental

Damage

; but fortunately technology has advanced enough that environmental

damage

is no longer necessary for

further

progress

.