Even though pollution and global warming are two very serious environmental issues, many people seem not to take it too seriously. In fact, some people even ask, “How does it affect me?” In Los Angeles, the air pollution is so abundant that there is a constant smog over the city. More than half the people living there live in an area that has an unhealthy amount of air pollution. How did we let the world get this bad?
This phenomenon can be explained by the commons dilemma. It’s also known as the tragedy of the commons. This is when a society uses up or ruins their collective resources. The environment is something that everyone lives in. Some people may live in different types of environment, but at the end of the day, we only have one planet Earth.
However, people tend to believe that even if they promote environmentally-friendly behavior by recycling, avoiding sprays that are harmful to the environment, and things like that, it won’t make a difference in the overall “health” of the world. So people continue to deplete the earth’s resources, believing that their actions will not affect the world, when really, the collection of people doing the same thing are causing the world’s natural resources to decrease.So if you’re in favor of living another day, and living pollution-free, remember: your actions do matter, both in the long run and in present day.
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