Shocking photos showing the devastation of flood

Our environment is constantly changing. There is no denying that. However, as our environment changes, so does the need to become increasingly aware of the problems that surround it. With a massive influx of natural disasters, warming and cooling periods, different types of weather patterns and much more, people need to be aware of what types of environmental problems our planet is facing.

A NEED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS

BY EMECHO TED

The pressure on the environment continues to increase. Habitat loss and degradation from agriculture and infrastructural development, over-exploitation of natural resources, pollution, loss of biodiversity, ozone depletion, outbreak of deadly diseases etc, remain the predominant threats. For far too long, we have left this subject for political debates (such as the climate change

PRESENT HEALTH ISSUE AND WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW

 

LASSA FEVER: A transmittable virus which is caused as a result of contamination of materials such as food or household items, infected by the urine or excreta of rats and transferred to humans.

Infected people spread this virus through contact with contaminated body fluid and waste products.

Prevent the spread of the virus by;

• Maintaining a clean environment

• Dispose waste properly

• Mind what you touch and Wash hands frequently with soup and clean water or use hand sanitizer

• Improve personal hygiene

• Store foodstuff or grains in rodent free zones and proof containers especially those that we eat raw(Garri)

 

Remember, dirty environment attracts rodents

See what ONOME OVIE said in an environmental awareness campaign in Nigeria

This is ONOME OVIE presenting an environmental awareness  speech at the Rhythm of Chorale ' Raise your voice to a cleaner environment campaign'

 

 

Many of us go about our daily lives, having picnics under shady trees in parks, frolicking on white sandy beaches and experiencing the wonders of nature in different places of the world, but have we ever stopped and thought about nature?

Have we ever really wondered what this environment is?

Or why the environment is important to us?

Honestly? We probably haven’t.