Many people think it is very important to protect the environment but they make no effort to do it themselves. Why do you think this is the case? What actions should individuals take to protect the environment?

It is true that there is an obvious increase in awareness of protecting the

environment

among the public. Knowing the importance of the

environment

, many

people

do little about it. In

this

essay, I will discuss the reason behind

this

phenomenon and show ways that

individuals

can take to protect the

environment

. There are two main reasons why lots of

people

make

less

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efforts

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effort

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to protect the

environment

.

Firstly

, some

people

think that environmental problems are too big for

individuals

to address.

For example

, many

people

regard these problems, like air pollution and greenhouse gas, as the real ones, which need the international cooperation of countries all over the world, rather than being done by

individuals

.

Secondly

, they

also

reckon governments should be responsible for the action of protecting the

environment

.

For instance

,

although

they know that depleting trees would exert a series of environmental influences,

such

as soil erosion, they still

use

disposable chopsticks as they think abandoning their way of life is unworthy and the government could do it well. In short, those who make little effort to protect the

environment

have ignored the effects that

individuals

can have on it. In my opinion, tons of actions can be adopted by

individuals

to protect our planet. For one thing,

people

can choose to

use

public transport as much as possible, because reducing the utility of private cars could alleviate the gas emission which is the main source of air pollution in cities. Another activity is that recycling

use

plastics

that is

also

the main pollution factor due to their non-degraded nature. Take plastic bags as an example, because of their convenience, many

people

would

use

them when shopping and

then

use

them as garbage bags put in the bin.

As a result

, a great deal of bags is buried under the ground, which could pollute the soil permanently. In a nutshell, ignoring the strength of

individuals

for protecting the

environment

, many

people

do less than talk, but these simple and feasible tips deserve more attention from ordinary

people

.

Therefore

, I firmly believe that average

people

could make great contributions to environmental problems.