The Environment
The environment is the surrounding where we live which includes the land,landscape,plants,rocks and everything that surrounds our home.Some people live in hilly,mountainous,flooded,sloppy,bushy,grassy and/or rock environments.
In any environment we find ourself.It is important that we keep it safe and clean.The protection of our immediate environment is a task that cannot be neglected.This is because if we abandon our environment it would affect our health,our building and the nature of our land.
👆video of myself preparing the ground to plant flowers
Imagine water rushing with a great speed through your surroundings i and you didnt make effort to plant grasses,trees,place sand bags along the area,it is certain that erosion will wash away your environment.
Imagine a scenario where refuse are dumped around your environment without being properly disposed.The air you breathe would be toxic (air pollution) leading to health hazards or even death.
Imagine having poor drainage or obstructing the drainage with refuse.This would surely make it impossible for water to flow and so the environment would be flooded-a dangerous situation.
How to protect our environment
I have mentioned the dangers of not taking care of our environment which include erosion, pollution, flooding etc.Now what can we do to protect our environment.I will list the ones that I participated in.
1.)Planting Flowers and Tress
Planting Flowers is one way to protect our environment.
This is because flowers help to beautiful the surrounding and make it look so clean and appealing.
Secondly flowers help to refine and purify the air we breath and we flowers helps to make fresh air available to us.This is because during photosynthesis plants(eg flowers) manufacture sugar and release oxygen as bye product.This oxygen is what we humans breath in.
- To show that I practice planting of flowers.I have a flower garden in my compound.As you can see they help to beautiful the environment and purify our air.I take good care of the flowers by watering them and nurturing them everyday.
@samuel20 taking care of flowers
taking care of the flowers
2.) Cleaning my Surroundings
Cleaning the surrounding is another important way that I protect my environment.I do this every morning.
- I used rake to clean up very leaf/leaves,paper,nylon and other things present in the surrounding.After using rake to gather it,I will sun dry it and burn it at the incinerator outside the house.This process makes sure that the environment is never littered.
- Some of the refuse such as vegetable stalk,left over food are biodegradable.They can decay and so does not need to be burnt.I dig ground and bury them.
sanitation
using the rake
3.) Planting Medicinal Plants
Some plants have medicinal properties while some are used for cooking.I plant this crops like scent leaf,water leaf,bitter leaf etc.So it helps to cure some illness and can also be used as spice or vegetable for cooking.
medicinal plants
medicinal plants
•LOCATION COORDINATE: All the location of the pictures of the environment are here in Akoli road,Aba.Nigeria. what3words
Conclusion
Our environment is very important to us.It where we live,where we breath and so it is important we keep it clean,protect it from dirt, erosion, flooding and also practice the planting of flowers and trees which would help to purify the air we breath.If we allow of environment to decay,we shall be at the recieving end.It is important we protect the environment as much as we can.
I am inviting @mvchacin @minikay @alegnita @patjewell to participate
You have done some wonderful work today to protect the environment and share it with us. In fact, we must plant more trees to protect the environment. You planted some flowering plants, it was great to see
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Thanks for your comment friend @kawsar our environment is one Important thing that should not be allowed to be eroded.It is important we protect it through planting flowers and trees, removing refuse and cleaning up the environment.
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Thank you for sharing how you protect the world.
What interest me the most is the planting of plants with medicinal value.
In South Africa we plant the spekboom.
https://steemit.com/hive-113376/@patjewell/steemit-engagement-challenge-earth-day-i-take-care-of-the-planet-and-you
Good luck for the contest!
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Thank for your comment.I feel pained over the flood that took place in South Africa in April killing many and rendering many homeless.Planting the Spekbooms will help in climate change and purifying the air.I will surely look for it(Spekbooms)
here in Nigeria so as to plant it.@patjewell
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I so wish I could send you one! I’m not sure about the regulations in Nigeria. I will have to find out.
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In this post you have told us how to clean the environment by doing activities such as growing plant and trees, by cleaning your surroundings and by planting medical plants. I appreciate your work. It was really wonderful. Thanks for sharing with us.
I invite you to visit my beautiful blog about this topic also. I hope you will visit. I am waiting.
Regards:
@malikusman1
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Thank you very much for reading my entry @malikusman1
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Protecting our environment by carrying out activities such as sanitation, cleaning our compound, planting trees, flowers and medical plants are all beneficial to our environment. I think if we all engage our selfs into such activities, it will be great because it will all benefit us in one way or the other and protect our mother earth from experiencing global warming
Thank you for protecting the earth through this activities brother
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Thanks friend @chiabertrand we are in it together.The environment is ours to protect which entails getting involved in eco-friendly activities like sweeping, dredging,growing plants, disposing refuse and making wind breaks.
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That's great man. You are right, when we take care of our environment, we turn to protect the earth and hence also benefit from it through various ways because protecting the earth through this various activities scare away bacteria, viruses, air bone disease and other harmful environmental factors
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Hello @samuel20, I can see your efforts to protect the environment by planting trees and medical plants, cleaning your environment. That is commendable I must say, and I encourage you to continue in that light to safe the environment.
Is there no better way to dispose plastic waste than burning?. Burning I think is rather destroying the environment as micro organisms in the soil will be killed and the smoke emitted in to the atmosphere rather favours global warming.
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Thanks for dropping by @chant growing plants:flowers and trees are important steps towards protecting the environment.Cleaning the environment and planting medicinal plants cannot also be over looked.
Recycling plastic is a better alternative.Thanks for the question.
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You are welcome dear friend.
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I can see that you are doing great in protecting your environment and also to ensure that we avoid our environment from global warming and green house effect
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Yeah.Cleanliness and protecting our environment is a good thing to do.
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Thank you so much for shopping by
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How we keep our environment greatly determines how healthy we are. You have done really great by protecting your environment and also planting Medicinal Plants. Thanks for sharing and goodluck in this contest.
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You are very correct.
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