Opinion essay

‘We have almost learnt to respect our world. Do you agree?’

I disagree with the idea that we are responsible or that we respect our planet. In my opinion, we do not take care of our world because we are very used to doing what we want without thinking about the consequences.

It’s true that we have cars, we like travelling and we like buying things. But, we don’t think how it affects the planet. We are cutting down lots of trees in poor countries, and we are polluting with our industries or with our cars, which we do not want to change for bicycles or public transport. Anyway, we are starting to use alternative energies in order to use less petrol which pollutes a lot. I think that it is not enough to respect the planet.

I also believe that we all know the way to respect our planet, but not everybody wants to do it. However, we are in the consumer society, which means that we need to consume to be something in this world. If we consume more, we use more energy and, as a result, we injure the planet.

In addition I think that, in the school, the children learn to respect the planet, but if the parents do not respect it, their children won’t either.

To sum up, I would say that we can do lots more to respect the planet and we can do it in different ways. We have the power to change, to do not injure our little world not only for our lives, also for our children. If we respect nature more, we will not have an injured world.