Reading about nature in the books is surely different than
feeling it in the real life. In
elementary, the teachers taught me to keep the environment clean by throwing
the trash into the bin. Later in junior high school, they asked me to study
biology in order that I could understand more of environment. Little I knew
that I spent too much time on the book rather than the nature around me
instead.
Indonesia is a rich country with unique and diverse natural
resources. Paddy fields as far as the eyes can see, crystal clear sea water,
fresh waterfall, sunray that warms your skin when morning comes. Indonesia has
all the nature you could ever mention. But sometimes, it feels sad that we, as Indonesian citizen
mostly take too many advantages from the nature without really thinking of
impact on the future. Every elements in nature gives us life. Imagine of
there’s no tree, then there’s no oxygen for us to breathe. Imagine if there’s
no more sunrays, then we will crash things because we don’t know which way we
should go. Imagine if there’s no water, then our body’s liquid will be running
out and what other material that we should use to clean our body?
Statements above are just a few things to remind us all the
importance of nature and it’s elements. Now take a deep breath. You’re feeling
it aren’t you? the oxygen that went inside your lungs and how it feels so good
to have them. Then stand up from your seat and go to your terrace. Take a look
at the trees, the sky, and the grass in your yard. Just by looking at it you will instantly feel
fresh. Now if it starts to rain outside just stay calm. Look at sprinkle of
water and how it falls to the leaf of your plants. Oh and don’t forget to smell
the scent of ground after rain. That feeling you’ve got after doing these
activities is so good right? It’s just a simple activities to remind us all how
big is nature’s presence for us and other living things. Just by taking these
steps, our concern for environment around us and nature in general will
increase. We need to be grateful because Allah still gives us nature and by
that we need to take extra care for it .
A week from now there will be Earth Day on Saturday, April
22nd 2017. Each year, Earth
Day marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental
movement in 1970. The main purpose of
the event is to demonstrate support for environmental protection. Many
communities in the world celebrate the Earth Day by doing activities focused on
how to conserve the earth. Now, lovely
readers you can do several simple things to celebrate Earth Day. For example, start take your own bag if
you’re going to the supermarket, ride a
bike to the school, water your plants,
or spend more times outside. Most of outdoor activities are free so it
will be a good choice to hang out with friends! Let Earth Day activities be
your everyday activities from now on.
We can make a big
difference by doing the small things. Let’s preserve all the beauty in nature!
