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Environmental Science Reflection Essay
James Ivan P. Buenconsejo
As we heard the word "Environmental Science", the only thing in our
mind is just the environment itself and not all its contents like living things or non-living things, etc. that is connected to it. To better understand what is "Environmental Science" truly are, let's define it first. Environmental science is a science that contains a wide range of scientific disciplines that are grouped together based on the natural environment which they encompass and interact with. These sciences include physical, chemical, and biological components. It means that there are lot of things connected to it.
My knowledge and understanding was shaped throughout the course by
studying on how the environment and its range interact to each other. I learned on how the natural world functions, how humans are connected to environment and how humans influence it. As a human being living in this world, it gives me significant impact in my perspective. All I thought before the word "Environment" is just our surroundings itself, but as I go through this subject, I learned that there are lots of contents that is connected with it. Each of us must take good care our environment also because if we think deeply, it is a great help to us to live peacefully and it has always an effects to us it depends on how we treat our environment.
By studying environmental science, I gained additional information about
how's the connection of ecosystem and biodiversity is very important to us as a living and non-living things. Ecosystems are the foundations of the ecosphere and influence the health of all the systems on earth while biodiversity is necessary for us to support all life on Earth including us as a human-being. Without it, we can't live comfortably, we can't maintain the balance on this planet and it has a possibility that it will be collapse if that happened.
As a student and as a human-being at the same time, I realized
environmental science principles essentially. That's why my lifestyle and insight about our environment before was change. Since I learned the importance of it to our lives, I started to do activities which have great impact to us. In a past few days, If I have clutter to be discarded, I didn't put in a trash can or in any correct disposable garbage. I just scattered it everywhere and I also burn plastics before. However, since I knew already on how to appreciate and take good care to our environment, I learn to keep my clutter in my pocket or bag if there's no trash cans and I also stop burning plastics because it will have only bad impact to our ozone layer. I'm not burning since I learn how to recycle it. In that ways, our environment will no longer suffer from its heavy burden due to people activities.
Environmental science is facing lots of challenges like pollution, over
population, deforestation, ozone layer depletion and more. However, it will totally solve when we have cooperation to stop man-made activities that will affect and destroy our environment which we live in. We must limit driving cars, burning garbage, go paperless, plant trees and many more ways to avoid activities that will affect our environment in bad ways.
As a learner, I want to have commitments and intentions regarding
environmental sustainability. Of course, I want to start to myself the changes I want to adopt by others. First, I will recycle and re-use whatever things that can be recycled and use in the future. Second, I want to volunteer to all cleanup drives or planting trees in my community and lastly, I want to educate others the importance of our environment so that, they will convince and inspire to come and join whatever activities to continuously contribute to positive change.
In my conclusion, environmental science is one subject that will help us in
our daily lives. All of us needs a good environment to live peacefully and comfortable. All of us is a part of this environment that's why all of us have responsibility to it. It's important to know and have additional knowledge for us to be responsible as a human-being living in this world. No one will suffer from the effects of nature whether it is good or bad but only us, humans. We have to consider that what we are going to treat to nature will also have the same effect on us. We need to get along in a good way with nature to live life better.
