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Essay: Real Environmentalism (view source)
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===Litter Cleanup===
===Litter Cleanup===
This is a common, easy activity (who hasn't cleaned up litter at a local park?) but it is by no means unimportant. It is true that cleaning up litter can only go so far – as far as the discrete community in which it is done. But isn't that one less plastic bottle that will end up buried in the ground for centuries to come? And perhaps aggressive litter cleanup could actually have an effect outside the local community. The infamous “Great Pacific Garbage Patch” would undoubtedly be smaller if less litter were able to make its way to ocean-bound waterways.
This is a common, easy activity (who hasn't cleaned up litter at a local park?) but it is by no means unimportant. It is true that cleaning up litter can only go so far – as far as the discrete community in which it is done. But isn't that one less plastic bottle that will end up buried in the ground for centuries to come? And perhaps aggressive litter cleanup could actually have an effect outside the local community. The infamous “Great Pacific Garbage Patch” would undoubtedly be smaller if less litter were able to make its way to ocean-bound waterways.
===Conservation===
[[Conservation]] is an important environmental issue, and is perhaps most the most direct means of preserving God's creation. Conservation does ''not'' mean not using natural resources. What it means is using them in a responsible manner. It also means preventing serious damage to ecosystems, such as toxic waste dumped in rivers. Fortunately, many issues related to conservation have been dealt with in the last few decades.
===Waste Reduction / Excessive Consumerism===
===Waste Reduction / Excessive Consumerism===