Generally speaking, people do not cause harm to the environment for malicious or deliberate reasons. Instead they inadvertently damage the environment because they either do not care passionately about environmentalism or they are ignorant and unaware of the consequences of their actions.
A prime example of this would be people who do not make any attempts to recycle their household waste. People tend to neglect to do so because they find the process of separating their trash to be time consuming and troublesome. A failure to recycle is normally out of laziness rather than a deliberate attempt to hinder the cause of environmentalism.
One of the great problems in trying to convince people to be more environmentally friendly in their day-to-day lives is that the consequences of a person's actions are not immediately obvious. While people continue to have access to the world's natural resources, they are less inclined to worry about these resources running out since it is something that is only likely to happen decades into the future. Most people have a tendency to live in the present and concentrate on the immediate future rather than think about the longer-term consequences of the actions they take today.
The belief that one person's actions alone cannot make a difference to the world is also a commonly used excuse by people who make little attempt to conserve and protect the environment.
In many cases, it is extremely difficult for people to be entirely environmentally friendly in spite of their best intentions. The use of automobiles, for instance, is a common cause of air pollution across the world, yet in terms of saving time it is generally the most efficient mode of transport for people to get from their home to their place of work.
A prime example of this would be people who do not make any attempts to recycle their household waste. People tend to neglect to do so because they find the process of separating their trash to be time consuming and troublesome. A failure to recycle is normally out of laziness rather than a deliberate attempt to hinder the cause of environmentalism.
One of the great problems in trying to convince people to be more environmentally friendly in their day-to-day lives is that the consequences of a person's actions are not immediately obvious. While people continue to have access to the world's natural resources, they are less inclined to worry about these resources running out since it is something that is only likely to happen decades into the future. Most people have a tendency to live in the present and concentrate on the immediate future rather than think about the longer-term consequences of the actions they take today.
The belief that one person's actions alone cannot make a difference to the world is also a commonly used excuse by people who make little attempt to conserve and protect the environment.
In many cases, it is extremely difficult for people to be entirely environmentally friendly in spite of their best intentions. The use of automobiles, for instance, is a common cause of air pollution across the world, yet in terms of saving time it is generally the most efficient mode of transport for people to get from their home to their place of work.
