Individuals can do nothing to improve the environment; only governments and large companies can make a difference. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

When

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in

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comes to the environment, each and every person living in it contributes to it. Living in a civilized society,

one

has to adhere to

certian

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certain

morals, values and laws in order for a society to function normally. That means

one

should dispose

off

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his/her own trash regularly and

also

segregate individual components into recyclables and non-recyclables. But beyond that

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it

also

means

one

should be mindful of others' needs and look out for

one

another while taking others' perspective into account.

For example

, if an individual's neighbour has certain disabilities,

instead

of dismissing them,

one

should be proportionately mindful of them and be helpful.

One

can only grow when there

is

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mutual trust and respect with

one

another. While every individual has to play his own part in society and

imporving

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improving

his/her own environment, an individual can only do so much.

Governments

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on the other hand

, have a lot more power.

Governments

act as regulatory bodies that can shape the path for new advances in various different fields, including but not limited to- science, technology, economic growth and

finiancial

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financial

growth.

Governments

have a lot of

macro level

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decision making power based on the amount of data they have at their disposal. And unlike private

companies

, which mostly care about financial growth,

governments

regularly decide on policies which are for the greater benefit of the people and which may not necessarily make financial sense at

first

. Introducing new policies and institutions can shape the way a certain country can progress in various fields.

One

example I can recall is a '

carbox

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carbon

tax' for

companies

which emit carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. In order to avoid increased overheads based on

this

additional tax,

companies

might seek alternate ways of manufacturing their products which in turn pave way for increased competition and innovation. Something like

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can give rise to

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mass adoption of renewable energy sources which in turn help the environment by decreasing carbon emissions,

thus

reducing the carbon footprint of

companies

, and in turn households and the individuals too. After looking at the issue at hand from both angles,

one

can see that the problems at the individual level and organisational level are very different. But both of them need to be addressed appropriately using creative solutions, and only

then

one

can hope to achieve the intended end result.