The Link Between Humanity and Nature

Plastic waste accumulates in landfills and takes hundreds of years to degrade. 

Improper handling and disposal of industrial chemicals can lead to soil contamination, reducing soil fertility and affecting agricultural productivity. Toxic residues from industrial activities can persist in the soil, impacting plant growth and the health of soil organisms.

Pesticides and herbicides from agriculture seep into the earth, destroying essential microorganisms.  This degradation strips the soil of nutrients, making it difficult for natural ecosystems to recover.

Microplastics enter waterways from laundry machine wastewater, plastic microbead waste, and the breakdown of larger plastic containers abandoned in the waterbody.

Contamination disrupts marine ecosystems and compromises local groundwater resources.

Waste left by beach dwellers, outdoor waste bins, and dumpsters get blown into waterways and are left there to contaminate the waterbody.  Marine life consumes or gets entangled by the waste and slowly die.

Sewage treatment facilities often overflow into neighboring waterbodies.

While transporting goods, boats can overturn and container contents get spilled into oceans.  Oil spills are the most often reported, but many other raw materials and manufactured goods have also been spilled into oceans.

Automobile exhaust contributes to the layer of pollutants that cause smog.

Factories release hazardous particles directly into the air we breathe.

A growing number of uncontrolled forest fires is plaguing our earth.