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The significance of environmental issues has been getting higher as environment pollution has been getting serious with the drastic industrialization in last few decades. People have been struggling for an extensive period of time to solve the issue. Some people may think that environmental problems are too complex to be solved by individuals. However, in my opinion, I firmly believe that there are many kinds of activities which can be done by individuals for the improvement of environmental matters for the reasons as follows. First off, small efforts of each household to save the environment are able to contribute to reducing the amount of trash. There are various kinds of things which the individuals of each household can do for environment such as using proper amounts when consuming products, not leaving garbage when having meals, and not over consuming electricity and so on. To illustrate this point, there was a research conducted by the Ministry of Environment of Korea regarding the main causes of environment pollution. In this research, it is revealed that more than any other, pollution produced by household came out on top as the biggest reason of deteriorating environmental pollution. To be specific, it turned out that 70 percents out of total pollution is caused from household. It means that if individuals of household make efforts to reduce the amount of waste, they are able to contribute to reducing huge amount of waste and preventing environmental issues from getting worse. In this regard, it is possible for individuals to make changes for environment by making efforts in their home. Furthermore, individuals are able to make a contribution to reduce air pollution by taking public transportation. Environmental issues may seem complicated and huge to solve, however as a matter of fact, individuals are able to save environment by changing their trivial habit in daily lives such as changing main vehicles they take every day. The prime example to support this point is the campaign held by Private Organization for Environment in Korea. In this campaign, all the government officials and office workers in major companies are recommended to use public transportation. Many people tried to keep the rule instead of using their own cars. Surprisingly, the sky during campaign was observed very clean because smog effect is mitigated. As seen in this case, accumulated small efforts of individuals make a huge difference to make environment better. As the saying goes, many drops make a shower. Likewise, I am convinced that environmental issues could be resolved through individuals’ efforts. For this reason, I am in disagreement with the statement that environmental problems are so complicated that there is nothing individuals can do.
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