Environmental hazards are often too great for particular countries or individuals to tackle. We have arrived at a point in time where the only way to lessen environmental problems is at an international level. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Environmental

problems

have reached

such

proportions that people feel international organizations must be set up to intervene in

world

affairs to resolve these

problems

. Whether

this

will resolve the problem which is very unlikely as international organizations are just an extension of human behaviour.

That is

, if human conflicts cannot be resolved at home,

then

they are unlikely to be resolved at the international level.

Nevertheless

, international organizations do attract attention to the growing problem of pollution and the destruction of the environment.

However

,

although

I respect the aims of the international community to resolve the issue of environmental pollution and support their cause, I do not believe it is the best or only way to protect the environment; in fact, it is only a small part of what is needed in a global initiative. All

world

problems

, whether it is environmental pollution, war, energy insufficiency, or famine, arise from the abusive behaviour of all individuals.

Therefore

, the solution to all these

problems

is the need for collective consciousness. What is meant by

this

is that each individual must be aware of the impact he or she has on the

world

and their unique part to play in

this

world

. After all, if one is happy with his life, he will surely not endeavour to harm the environment or anyone else. His behaviour will be that of a responsible individual. What is needed,

therefore

, is

education

.

Education

is the key to all

problems

and it starts from pregnancy all the way to adulthood and beyond.

Furthermore

,

education

means that children all over the

world

should be allowed to go to schools with good teachers and where teaching materials and methods can be adapted to each individual.

Education

means raising children to be responsible individuals.

This

may sound like

utopia

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, but it is not: if a country has important

problems

in its educational system,

then

it should realize that it is contributing to the

world

's

problems

. These are perhaps long term solutions, but they are more realistic solutions than setting up yet another international organization.