A New World, free from pollution.

“The world must learn to work together, or finally it will not work at all.” 

This quote was said by General Eisenhower whom believed that we must conserve and start sustainable practices or else our world will become as described in the book 'The Knife of Never Letting Go', “Old World was polluted and crowded and dying from its own poisons”.  Sustainable living means to live a life that balances an individual’s, or community’s  use of natural resources, such that these resources are still available in the future for an infinite amount of generations to come. Although the idealism of having a utopia is impossible, I believe a key characteristic that would lead to being one step closer in the hope of eventually having a 'perfect world' would be having a sustainable way of living and to value the natural resources around us. This is key to our survival as our current world is filled with pollution and the constant abuse of our habitat. Because of this many problems have risen that we need to fix.

If I were given the opportunity to start a ‘New World’ one characteristic that I would most value is sustainable practices. Sustainable practices are crucial for a lasting way of life. At the moment, our planet earth is dying. Our human race is constantly destroying the natural habitat around us to create new and modern developments that will probably be replaced again in another few decades. Because of this new trend of construction, many animals have faced extinction due to the fact that their niche environment has been destroyed. Over one and one-half acres of rainforest are lost every second with tragic consequences for both developing and industrial countries. Because of this, the land is more likely to flood as the trees that were once there can no longer absorb the heavy falls of water, the rain water has to go somewhere.  Many problems like this can be resolved just due to sustainable living.

Furthermore, sustainable practices are key to healthy people. In Australia, due to the thick waves of pollution from Asia, the ozone layer has become so thin from the high CO₂ count that a hole has opened up. This exposes people to a higher concentration to UV rays, which in turns gives a higher risk of skin cancer.  Scientists have been seeking for a cure and the closest they have come to a cure is home remedies from the jungle. But because of commercial logging, these sources are becoming rarer, and have now become unavailable as a source to treat patients. This is all due to the lack of respect to our natural resources.

Without sustainable practices, and valuing our natural resources, the New world will be similar to ours in the sense that in a few hundred years wild animals and frozen glaciers will only be seen in books, impossible to ever see in real life. When I said before: “The world must learn to work together, or finally it will not work at all.” It means, we must all come together to make a difference, and to stop the harm that we are doing to our Earth. Finally I have one more solution, we can add one more law to the constitution; that law should be, that we will stay free, from the dirty, dusty, air pollution.