Think quickly: which or which of these images portray (m) the environment?
If your answer was “all of them”, you are to be congratulated!
Although many people are used to associating the environment with natural landscapes, this expression is broader. See what the Mini Aurélio dictionary tells us:
Environment: the set of natural conditions and influences that surround a living being or a community, and that act on it(s).
already about community, its meaning is this: set of living beings that live in the same region.
Thus, we can conclude, in a simplified way, that the environment is an expression that refers to the relationship between living and non-living beings. In this context, Ecology emerges, which is the study of the relationships between them.
Now that you know these questions, let's go further: do you know what it means to take care of the environment?
The answer is easy: take care of the environment it means taking care of ourselves, our family and friends; of our pets and other living beings, our house, school, water, soil, our air, anyway!!!
Taking care of the environment is important because everything in it is related. Thus, if any of your items are harmed, hardly others will not be. And you know what else? Our species, as it has the greatest capacity to modify the environment, is largely responsible for some problems that have occurred, and it is one of the ones that most suffer the consequences of this - especially the most poor.
Curiosity:
In 1972, the World Health Organization (WHO) established the 5th of June as Environment Day. This same agency found that approximately five thousand children a year die from environmental problems, such as lack of clean water and air pollution.
