Be useful: from nature to man

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:40

You can often hear such words: "He is of no use to anyone." And really, what does it mean to be useful in the modern sense? Show up at work? Looking after your family? Help friends and family? Perhaps this is the end of the list.

But there is also the environment. She invisibly helps people. And it is worth talking about its benefits for humans, as well as human benefits for the environment and neighbors separately.

Help your neighbor

Where does the concept of "benefit" begin? With help. And this is not only helping colleagues, neighbors and friends. This is to help society as a whole. Someone will be surprised: “What kind of nonsense?” How can one person contribute to society? This is unreal.

Not at all. We extended a helping hand to a stranger. He, in turn, helped another person. And that one is next. And so the "lump" of human mutual assistance grows. But it is, if we talk very exaggerated.

We do not pollute nature

How to benefit society? Respect for the environment. We all love to get out into nature. Sit in the forest, eat barbecue and chat with friends. However, not everyone then cleans up the garbage left in this forest. And other people go and see a garbage dump. Meanwhile, some wastes take a long time to decompose. So, for example, a glass bottle decomposes for about 1000 years. And plastic - from 500 to 1000 years. The plastic bag familiar to all of us has terms of "self-disposal" from 500 to 1000 years.

The fastest decomposing waste is food waste. In second place is paper, in third place are cigarette butts.

Therefore, before leaving your waste on earth after a feast, you should think that more than one generation will see them.

Save the forest

Now there is an active deforestation due to the huge volumes of housing development. It seems that people began to forget what benefits the forest brings to humanity. Coniferous forests have been proven to be excellent air purifiers. Why do people who have the opportunity to purchase a cottage in a coniferous forest sell it with pleasure? Because the air in it contains only 300 bacteria. Unlike the city, which exceeds all permissible norms.

In general, the benefits of green plants are the greatest. They are responsible for our oxygen, without which people simply cannot live. It is worth thinking about the fact that the more green spaces are destroyed andforests, the less a person has "respiratory apparatus" helpers.

Wonderful birds

What are the benefits of birds? We often think that they are the only harm. Look, pigeons spread diseases, for example. In fact, both forest and domestic birds are part of the ecological system, without which it will not be able to function in full.

Forest birds cleanse their habitat by destroying pests. This is especially evident at the time of the appearance of the chicks, when caring parents feed their babies with caterpillars and worms.

Woodpecker is the doctor of the forest. True, this doctor exterminates conifers in considerable quantities. More precisely, coniferous seeds.

Jays, Nutcrackers and Thrushes, on the contrary, spread seeds. They can be called foresters, because thanks to these birds the forest continues to grow.

And the decoration of the forest is a nightingale? Here's someone who creates a beautiful environment in the forest lands with their wonderful singing.

As for poultry, they can be beneficial to humans. And they do their job. From them people get eggs, meat and fluff.

Forest animals

How do animals benefit plants and people? Let's turn to the food chain.

It is known that there are several links in the food chain. The very first - producers, or autotrophs. They create organic matter. These include grass, plants and mushrooms.

The second link is herbivorous animals. They are called primary consumers. They feed on autotrophs.

The third link in the food chain is secondary consumers, or predators. For example, snakes.

The fourth link is secondary predators, or tertiary consumers. A living example is the owl, which is able to eat a hare.

And the fifth link is the top predators. Large birds and animals that can eat primary, secondary and tertiary consumers.

When an animal dies, its body turns into soil for the growth of plants and grass. Thus, everything is natural.

Pets

How can pets benefit? First of all, they serve as a source of food for humans. We eat meat from pigs, cows, sheep, etc. People consume milk from cows or goats.

The second point is the clothes. The fur and skin of animals are used to make clothes that people wear.

And the third stage - positive emotions. A cat or dog in an urban environment can give a lot of positive emotions. In the conditions of rural life, a cat helps to get rid of mice and rats, a dog can be useful in hunting, for example.

Nature is the home of man. People consider themselves the masters of all living things, but this is far from being the case. The environment gives us air, food and positive emotions.

Conclusion

What are the main points of the article?

Forest is the source of oxygen on earth.
Birds help in the fight against forest pests. Domestic birds arehuman food source.
Each forest animal is a link in the food chain. One link will fall out and the chain will fall apart.
Pets feed and clothe people. In addition, they have a positive effect in the psychological aspect.

There is such a wonderful phrase: “Man, do not spit in nature. You live in it. It is worth listening to these words before it is too late, and treat our environment more carefully.