We must work together...

"For outstanding and representative view of natural and scenic values of the Philippines, we should protect, acquire, maintain, restore and sustain it for the benefit of present and future generations."

This should be our country's mission. Despite economic downturns, we, Filipinos should engage somehow with beautifying our country. Who else would do it, aside from us? Though some people wouldn't be interested but still would help if they could do things for our environment and natural resources to be more improved. We should somehow at least balance today's needs through responsible governance, education and most importantly conservation, to be able to protect our environment and natural resources for the future. These things may not be sufficient for everyone for the reason that these are merely words from a simple but an alluring student, but I am just concern for the benefit of the good of our country.
Pollution is the contamination of our air, land or water in a way that is harmful to life. It can occur naturally such as when an erupting volcano emits sulfur dioxide, but the term usually refers to negative effects from human activities such as industry, agriculture, and a growing population.
Pollution monitoring is especially important because its levels are excellent indicators of ecosystem health and the health of organisms and humans. Pollution monitoring and control is a complicated task, particularly in large areas.
Sources of air pollution include paint and body shops, dry cleaners, funeral homes, gas stations, and air conditioning service repair shops. But not only industry is to blame, everybody contributes to air pollution: when you drive your car, cleaning your houses, top off when fueling up, fire up the barbecue, or use a can of spray paint.
Sources of land pollution include both solid wastes and liquid wastes that spill on the ground. Many of these contamination sources are industrial facilities. However, even you contribute to this type of pollution when you improperly dispose of used engine oil, throw litter out the car window, or don't take the time to recycle.
Sources of water pollution can be wastewater, other liquid wastes, storm water runoff or even solid wastes that contaminate or even obstruct our waterways and conveyance systems. An important thing to consider is that anything that spills on the ground could contaminate our source of drinking water, the aquifer, which is located just below the surface.
Many of these sources may be industrial or pretreatment facilities, however industry does not bear all the responsibility for this type of pollution. Even you contribute to this type pollution when you pour your used engine oil in the backyard, throw litter out the car window, or use too much fertilizer or pesticides at home.
We, Filipinos are known to be the hard working people so, "Together we must work to ensure that the air we breathe, the land we share, and that the water bodies, groundwater, and drinking water that we share will be clean and healthy." Through this I believe we will live in protected, acquired, maintained, restored and sustained outstanding and representative view of environment of our country.