Hi guys, happy weekend, hope you all had a great day today. So I've been having flu for the past week, although I'm getting better.
A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT**
What's your idea of a healthy environment? What components should be in place before it can be deemed healthy? Is your environment healthy? What do you need to make it so?
So a healthy environment is needed for us to thrive as human beings. Some of us have become so accustomed to living in unhealthy environments that it begins to take a toll on our health and lifestyle in general.
A healthy environment I would say supports the entire well-being of a person, an entire community or a planet as a whole.
I remember a day while I was traveling, I saw a particular vendor selling food at the roadside, the area where she had set up was really close to a drainage that had been left unattended to for a very long time, it looked really messy, but Alas, right there was a long queue of people waiting to be served.
In my mind, I was like couldn't these people take note of the environment they were both eating and selling food? I kept saying this could not be me, because how exactly would I in my clear go and buy something I would put in my mouth at such a disgusting place?
It just tells how much most of us are oblivious to the environment we live in, we don't take care of it, and then it comes back to bite us and we just accept it as it is.
Something you just go around and you see people setting up big fires to destroy stuff, without even considering the effect of the fumes on the ozone layer. I think most people aren't even aware of the consequences of their actions on the environment.
When talking about the environment, there's the physical environment which most of us are familiar with, social environment, natural environment and personal environment. To achieve a healthy environment, all of these constituents of the environment have to be healthy before one can say he or she lives in a healthy environment.
Having a healthy physical environment means having access to clean air and water supply, and having green spaces like parks, gardens, greenhouses, etc that help purify the air around us.
A healthy social environment encompasses so much, including having a supportive family and community that fosters great mental health. Also having access to good and quality healthcare and educational system, springs in us a sense of togetherness and impacts our mental and social health.
A natural environment that is healthy stems from us doing all we can to preserve and conserve our various habitats, reducing waste and ensuring that our day-to-day actions and lifestyle do not negatively impact our environment.
Our personal environment is one that we also need to keep healthy. A healthy personal environment involves, developing healthy personal habits like sleeping right, exercising, and eating right. It also includes being productive and developing oneself to be able to pursue personal passions and be better suited to navigate life in general.
As I said earlier, a healthy environment encompasses all of these environments, all working in synergy, one cannot be independent of the other, all some persons overlook some parts and concentrate too much on other parts. In all our doing, I think we should do our individual quota to help the environment thrive.
You can leave your comments on what a healthy environment is supposed to look like, I would love to hear from you all.
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