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?

An individual who strives to make an impact

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a global problem

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would very likely fail as their efforts are nothing but grains of sand.

On the other hand

,

governments

and large

companies

will always make a difference. What

criterias

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criteria

do

people

have to

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in the first place in order to improve the

environment

? They would need a strong and unmoving will to commit to

such

acts. And

power

, as in

this

modern world

its

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what gives

people

the

rights

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to do certain actions. Given that big

companies

are able to influence various aspects of our lives, it is safe to assume that only big

companies

and

governments

can make a difference. As mere

individuals

with no

power

in hand can do next to nothing to

change

something.

Governments

and big

companies

if willing to

change

the

environment

for the better, will do a decent job doing so. As they have

such

influence over the public and

immesurable

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immeasurable

wealth to perform any solution, even the most costly ones, to improve the

environment

. Whilst

individuals

can only rely on themselves spreading the word of mouth and

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small actions to pressure the parties with higher authorities to take action. Sadly, despite the overwhelming

power

that big

companies

and the government have over their country, it is tricky to say that they will do anything at all to cause a difference to the

environment

.

As unfortunately

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, they are blinded by greed seeing the

short term

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financial benefits that destroying the

environment

gives, but not the

long term

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benefits

given

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when sustaining the

environment

. But with the rising number of

individuals

gaining knowledge about

this

worldwide problem, more and more

people

are starting to fight back and raise their voices for our

environment

. Over a short span of time, we are expected to see an accumulation of

individuals

standing up for the

environment

which could go up to numbers exceeding millions and hundreds of millions of

people

, which in turn could effectively pressure the

governments

and big

companies

to lift their fingers and act. In short,

while

it is obvious that big

companies

and the government have the

power

to

change

the world for the better place, but did not do so. It is up to the

individuals

to stay together and become an unmoving force, persuading the big

companies

and the government to

change

the

environment

for the better, helping humanity to have a sustainable future.