Preface
Sustaining our environment is the major theme of the book. It provides a foundation
for understanding how our unsuspecting practices and activities such as improper
waste disposal, polluting water by dumping waste into rivers, littering on the
sidewalk, or even in wells or streams, smoke generated by cars and other motor
vehicles, burning rubbish, deforestation, etc., in fact, all such unacceptable practices,
have harmed the environment in many ways and caused several negative impacts on
our lives, natural resources like water, agriculture and food, as well as tourism, etc.,
many of which are ultimately deemed to be the main reason for climate change by
some well-known scholars in the environmental and sustainability sectors.
This book was written to help people make sense of the discussion on how to
sustain our environment for a better future through the challenges that their respective countries or cities faced or are facing and what would be the best strategies to
mitigate, reduce or even entirely eliminate all threats and damages to create a
sustainable environment for our new generation. In particular, we focus on the
question of whether or not we can solve the problems we are currently facing. At
the moment, it may seem easy to simply justify and accept that our climate has
changed and that it will further change due to our unacceptable practices without
bringing any useful and sustainable solutions into place.
In reality, there are many ways to change our current practices and methods for
the better by finding reasonable solutions, but serious efforts need to be established
in order to make that possible. Some people believe that the only option is to change
our lifestyle by referring to international experiences and by adopting their solutions
in handling such matters. However, that could be an acceptable way in the short
term, but to deal with the long-term issue of climate change, there must be other
alternatives and larger solutions to what we are facing currently. Perhaps, one of
these solutions could be revising existing policies and strategies or modifying some
of the imposed regulations and strengthening the involvement of the government and
their framework for better practices. Some people also believe that technology will
give us abundant CO 2 -free energy at low cost in the near future.
This book consists of 13 chapters.
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Sustaining our environment is the major theme of the book. It provides a foundation
for understanding how our unsuspecting practices and activities such as improper
waste disposal, polluting water by dumping waste into rivers, littering on the
sidewalk, or even in wells or streams, smoke generated by cars and other motor
vehicles, burning rubbish, deforestation, etc., in fact, all such unacceptable practices,
have harmed the environment in many ways and caused several negative impacts on
our lives, natural resources like water, agriculture and food, as well as tourism, etc.,
many of which are ultimately deemed to be the main reason for climate change by
some well-known scholars in the environmental and sustainability sectors.
This book was written to help people make sense of the discussion on how to
sustain our environment for a better future through the challenges that their respective countries or cities faced or are facing and what would be the best strategies to
mitigate, reduce or even entirely eliminate all threats and damages to create a
sustainable environment for our new generation. In particular, we focus on the
question of whether or not we can solve the problems we are currently facing. At
the moment, it may seem easy to simply justify and accept that our climate has
changed and that it will further change due to our unacceptable practices without
bringing any useful and sustainable solutions into place.
In reality, there are many ways to change our current practices and methods for
the better by finding reasonable solutions, but serious efforts need to be established
in order to make that possible. Some people believe that the only option is to change
our lifestyle by referring to international experiences and by adopting their solutions
in handling such matters. However, that could be an acceptable way in the short
term, but to deal with the long-term issue of climate change, there must be other
alternatives and larger solutions to what we are facing currently. Perhaps, one of
these solutions could be revising existing policies and strategies or modifying some
of the imposed regulations and strengthening the involvement of the government and
their framework for better practices. Some people also believe that technology will
give us abundant CO 2 -free energy at low cost in the near future.
This book consists of 13 chapters.
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