The Solution to Environmental Decay
There are several ongoing activities in the entire universe which should be reviewed. That 'ignorance is a disease’ is a common adage among our people. The same thing is associated with the knowledge of our environment. Ignorance of our environment is also a disease as far as human health is concerned. The environment should be preserved and kept clean. Taking a look at the case of many developing nations of the world, there the environment is saddled with both national and man made problems that threaten the existence of man together with the classified flora and fauna around. Such problems include desert encroachment, drought, erosion, industrial pollution, illegal and indiscriminate dumping of toxic and hazardous waste, global warming, bush burning, deteriorating urban and rural sanitation, oil spillage and lots like problems.
According to the 1990 World Bank Report, major developing countries losses a staggering sum of about hundreds of US Dollars yearly to environmental related problems. Environmental education thus becomes a necessary solution to this problem. Environmental education is aimed at providing every person with the opportunity to acquire the knowledge, value, attitudes, commitment and skills needed to protect and improve the environment. To improve the nation’s health through environmental education, all hand must be on deck. Governments at the various levels in the developing nations of the world should rise up to these challenges gearing towards arresting and solving the environmental problems. In the same vein, the United Nations should increase there power and level of awareness on the affected nations through the media as a sophisticated means of passing the information. The Non Governmental Organizations (NGO) should as well be funded by the United Nations and the government of the nations involved playing a vital role to ensuring adequate health service delivery systems are installed in their local communities. This will in turn provide an orientation course for the various offices, place of works and the homes to start practicing the outlined measures to fight environmental menace. The various religious groups will also participate towards creating the awareness to a large extent hence people will in turn abide by there teachings.
The environment is basic to human existence, hence anything that affects it, will invariably affect not only its quality but also that of man’s life.
According to the 1990 World Bank Report, major developing countries losses a staggering sum of about hundreds of US Dollars yearly to environmental related problems. Environmental education thus becomes a necessary solution to this problem. Environmental education is aimed at providing every person with the opportunity to acquire the knowledge, value, attitudes, commitment and skills needed to protect and improve the environment. To improve the nation’s health through environmental education, all hand must be on deck. Governments at the various levels in the developing nations of the world should rise up to these challenges gearing towards arresting and solving the environmental problems. In the same vein, the United Nations should increase there power and level of awareness on the affected nations through the media as a sophisticated means of passing the information. The Non Governmental Organizations (NGO) should as well be funded by the United Nations and the government of the nations involved playing a vital role to ensuring adequate health service delivery systems are installed in their local communities. This will in turn provide an orientation course for the various offices, place of works and the homes to start practicing the outlined measures to fight environmental menace. The various religious groups will also participate towards creating the awareness to a large extent hence people will in turn abide by there teachings.
The environment is basic to human existence, hence anything that affects it, will invariably affect not only its quality but also that of man’s life.
