With technology’s
rise, many advances and improvements have been progressing, economically boosting
entities. Humans’ greed and desire to achieve and attain more has made them
ignore the environment’s needs and forget the important role nature plays in
their daily lives. Through time,
worldwide population have lost their connectedness with nature, causing great
damage to it.
One of the
primary factors that have developed such atrocities is industrialization. Not
only does it affect, contaminate, and exploit natural sources, but also has contributed
in people’s ignorance towards enhancing the environment. Presently, human kind
is forgetting to give back a little to what has provided each individual with a
lot. Instead, more buildings and properties have been built and contamination
and pollution worsen.
The documentary, ‘The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill’,
presents a man named Mark, which decided to dedicate his adulthood preserving
nature, parrots specifically. He spent his days feeding, nesting, and curing
these creatures for no apparent personal interest. People around him knew the devotion
and effort he as a citizen gave these animals, and for that reason, many helped
him economically by providing food and shelter. Thanks to this man, the
community started caring for the parrots, demanding help from the government;
this movement took place not only in San Francisco, but also in some states
around the country. Concluding the documentary, Mark decides to continue his
life, moving to another state, inspiring many individuals to contribute to
nature the way he had done so.
Living in Puerto
Rico has taught me that no matter the location, industrialization affects every
country in the world. Many unenlightened people think that a tropical island is
extremely nature-oriented and technologically delayed. In fact, probably the
damage provoked around the world is the same one as the ones developed in this
island.
Even though carelessness
towards Puerto Rico’s ecosystem is viewed mostly in the urban area, this fault
is observed in the rural area as well. Since massive constructions and developments
take place in the city, many trees have been cut down, reducing the
environment’s conservation progress. In
order to alleviate this situation, I would create vegetable gardens in people’s
roofs, balconies, and patios, establishing a little bit of nature in everyone’s
homes. On the other hand, Puerto Rico’s land is sufficiently fertile to produce
our own goods, reason why I would promote and help establish crops in the
countryside.
By achieving such
activities, preserving the environment would become an easy task. For an even
bigger effect, people around the world should attain the solutions
aforementioned. A cause this big needs the support of mankind, reason why it
should become a debate of primary interest to everyone. If people could set
aside industrial economic interests, a fundamental effect will finally be accomplished.
Judy Irving. Video Art, Inc. ‘The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill’. San Francisco. (2012).
Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoZswU5H9LU.
