Within my lifetime I have been told again-and-again about the wonders and beauties of our planet. There was never any question about it. I grew up watching people who loved and appreciated the environment. The most notable were my dad’s childhood best friend and his family. My family never really participated in outdoor activities\u2013hiking, rock-climbing, camping\u2013 like his, but I would camp out in my backyard and tag along in their family’s activities as much as possible. Most of my current interests and hobbies revolve
around nature and its wonders as well. I feel like I have become extremely connected to the Earth
because of this. For example, things as simple as the weather affect my mood. I want to live a life
that flows with nature, not around it. I found my happy place and it is with nature. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But, I recently moved to a more suburban area that is being developed at an alarming rate; new data centers are bringing in new people that need jobs and places to live, entire sections of forest are being flattened to make way for development, and litter has gotten to a point where piles of trash just sit on along the sides of the roads. Where the thought of nature once stood as a place of comfort, thinking
about the state of our environment is now a source of anxiety and guilt. It is difficult watching something you care so much about, be destroyed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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