Naturetheenvironmentwhichhumanbeingslivebyismagnificentandunique.Theresionlyoneearthwithsuperlivingconditionsintheuniverse.Weshouldhavecherishednatureandpreservedit.Converselyhoweverwehavebeencontinuallyspoilingiteventoashockingdegree.Nowlet'sseewhatwehavedong.Thousandsoftreeshavebeencutdownperyearwhichhascausedsoilerosion.HundredsofthousandsoftonsofCFCShavebeenleftinthehigherskyinthelastdecadewhichhasledtotheozonelayerleakabovetheSouthPolethatcoversanareaofthatoftheUnitedStates.Milliontonsoffuelcontainingnitrogenandsulphurhavebeenconsumedperyearwhichhaseventuallyresultedinacidrainthroughouttheworld.
Similarlyecologyhasbeenaffectedaswell.Andconsiderablenumberofspecieshavebeenextinctastheyearsgobymanycreatureswhichwerecommoninthepastarebecominglessandlessevenrare.TheTibetantelopeforinstanceisagoodexample.SincetheantelopesofTibethaveapartoffurontheirbodywhichcanbemadeintoapreciouscapedrivenbysomelawlessdealersmanyvillagerskilledantelopesexcessivelyandshockingforthelargesunsoffortune.BecauseofthisthenumberoftheantelopesofTibethassharplyfallenfromoveronemilliontolessthanonehundredthousand.Andwhat'smorethenumberhasnowdecreasedby20thousandperyear.
QingZangPlateanwhichwastheirhomelandistheirtombsnow.Thisishownaturehassufferedwhatwehavedonetoit.Howevernatureandsufferanymore.Shelosthertemperandcouldnolongerpossiblyputupwithhumans.Shegavehumansharshpunishmentwhichshethoughttheydeserved.Theacidrainhascausedthelessofmorethan100billiondollarsthroughouttheworldperyear.Andbecauseofdesertisationsoilisbecomingmoreandmorebarren.Thesoilofmanyplanesisnowuntilforgrowingplants.Theairislessfreshandalotofpeopleevengetmanystrangerdiseases.
Thoseareallthepunishmentofnaturetohuman'spollution.Ontheotherhandhumanbeingsufferalotaswell.Soitleadstoaseriousofquestions--Whycan'tweliveharmoniouslywithnature?Whycan'twesetabalancebetweenhumanandnature?Whycan'twepaymoreattentiontonatureandtrytoreserveit?Thereforebeforewetakeimmediatemeasurestodosomethingweshouldbeawareofthefactthat"Conqueringthenature"willneverbeourgoalinsteadweshouldtakethenatureasourintimatefriend.Preservingnatureisnotonlypreservingourhomebutthecivilizationofhumancommunityaswell.
