Ways humans are killing the environment
Washing one´s face
Exessive use of plastic
Flushing the toilet
Improper disposal of batteries and ink
Brushing theet
Throwing food as waste
Habitual spending
Boiling water using electricity
Not recycling
Eating meat
Using paper
Spending time in front of a screen
Driving
Driving is one of the most harmful activities for the environment; however, millions of people use cars around the world, this activity releases gases, and carbon dioxide into the air.
The improper disposal of both batteries and ink mainly affects the water as they are usually tossed out to rivers, seas, and lakes, although they contain toxic materials for the environment, these are also toxic for us and this activity can make us ill.
This is one of the most harmful activities to the environment, due to the excessive amount of plastic used worldwide, plastic is very harmful to the environment as it can last thousands of years to decompose, during this time, it can harm plants and animals intervening in their normal development and growth.
Throwing food as waste is not only a very inconscious and unethical activity, but is also harmful for the environment since the place where the food was cultivated replaced a forest making it harder for oxigen exchange, but as almost all human waste ends in seas, the remaining amout of food can cause an exessive growth in algae plants and this can lead to harmful situations
The amount of paper humans use in their daily lifes is affecting the environment as the demand of paper is constantly increasing.
The energy expended to boil water for bathing or even for a cup of coffe, due to the price it has, makes it a awste compared to gas, not even it´s cheaper, but more efficient than electricity, also the electric energy is generated with coal, wich is also harmful for the environment
The problem with this is that the components of face washes include plastic exfoliating micro-beads, these can be very dangerous for the environment, as when people finish to use it, the remaining end into the oceans and then are swallowed by fish, this is very dangerous for them since it can harm them, poison them, or even damage their gills, the beads can also damage the internal system of fish and kill them, affecting their food chain and the food web they belong to.
The problem of the large consumption of meat around the world is the methane gas these animals produce along through their lifdes till they die or are sacrifised for consumption, the demand of meat throughout the world makes the search for places to raise this animals more constant.
The problem with flushing th toilet is the amoun of water that is used for it and the factor that once the toilet is flushed, all the water that wasn´t necessary will not serve for anything untill it is processed in a sewage plant, following this, it could be an alternative to use compost toilets, but, in some places it is not factible so the main better idea to reduce this unnecesary water waste is to use low-flush toilets.
The problem of brushing our theets is not the action in mean, but the huge water waste that most people do while brushing their theet, even though not all the people let the water run while brushing their theet, the least amout of water waste is detrimental to the whole environment, one solution for this could be the global awareness of people to close the tap while brushing their theet or the use of methods for cleaning our theets that don´t require water at all like for example following the steps of Maasai´s people and do it with the toothbrush tree (Salvadorapersica).
The problem with this activity is the immesurable amount of electricity that is used for this purpose, the energy that is spent for this activity is ridiculously high and all of it comes from earth and mainly from fosil fuels, a way to counter this waste is to reduce the time we spendin front of screens doing so a waste of electricity
The habitual spending of humans into things they don´t usually need is a problem for the environment since the demand of these things increase and as a result, more energy and sources are needed to produce them, tghe fitted use of things we actually need could be a solution for this, as people should just buy what they actually need and not exeed the demand of other stuff.
Not recycling is a huge problem extended troughout the world due to the consequences of it, as the plaastic and glass can easily end in landfills and oceans; since recycling is one of the best ways to help the environtment as it is the process of repurposing already produced goods, it saves energy and materials that were pusposed for the creation of other goods, we should all raise awareness and start recycling
Green house effect
This is caused by the release of several gases (mainly carbon dioxide) into the earht´s atmosphere, covering the ozone layer of earth and trapping heat inside it, making the temperature to rise, the consecuences of these are several
Deforestation
The deforestation is one of the most relevant activities in terms of damage to the environment, this is the process when whole forests or segments of forest are cut down for other activities such as cattle raising, construction or cropping, this activity is also practised for the creation of paper, this makes it harder to keep the oxygen exchange in a balance due to the trees that are cut in the process.
Increase of sea level
Increase of global temperature
Damage of the ecosystem
Poles melting
Acid rain
Minning for the obtaintion of fossil fuels, is very harmfull for the environment as when the process of extracting the minerals/fuels, gas is released into the atmosphere contributing to the green house effect
Raise of cattle breeding
This activity is done all over the world, deforestation is done to empty some space to raise the cattle, however, as a result, this is harmful for the environment