Being close to the wonders of nature gives us a breath of fresh air. Who doesn’t want to escape the toxic of living in the city even for a short period of time? No one! We are all willing to spend not only our money, but as well as our time and energy in exchange for a get away that is really worth a while. We have a lot of choices where to go to and tons of different activities to do that will give us a chance to forget the beauty of skyscrapers in the city.
Swimming
is one of the best options if you’re looking for a vacation. And Boracay is a
well-known beach in and out of our country. Marvelous is the right word to
describe this place. From the white sand of the island down to the deep blue
sea and all that’s living in it, they are all wonderful! Boracay is alive day
and night, which makes it hard to keep it clean when people come after one
another. All the trash of the mass tourism enjoying the beach was left on the
shore and sometimes, no, most of the times the waves are carrying their junk as
they go back to the sea. This year, after conducting a 5 years study about the
island, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) discovered that corals
cover in Boracay declined by 70.5% between the years of 1988 to 2011 due to the
rise of the number of tourists visiting this place. If we only know how to
leave an island as clean as it is when we arrive, then the future generation
will still be able to see this paradise. Imagine how Boracay will survive if
every month of the year, summer or not, it is filled with people who don’t know
the words “pick up your own trash”.
Another activity that was being done in our country is flying
a hot air balloon. Pampanga is one of the most visited province in our country.
It is rich in history and full of must try activities. Everybody would love to
see a hot air balloon floating up in the sky. For over 2 decades, the Philippine International Hot
Air Balloon Fiesta was celebrated to uplift the spirit of Pampangeños after the
eruption of Mt. Pinatubo. Many people from different places used to come in our
country just to see this spectacular event. This activity also affects our
nature due to the smoke that it releases everytime it goes up. When the propane
was heated to make the hot air balloon float, this is when the pollution starts
just like how cars run by fuels pollute the air. If only we are willing to
contribute in tree planting activities, as much as how we are willing to fly a
hot air balloon, then the affects of ballooning to our environment might
lessen. Imagine how polluted the air will be in exchange for this one of kind
adventure.
Playing golf doesn’t only make you
feel like you have a lot of money in your pocket perhaps there’s something in
this sport that makes the people play it over and over again. There’s more than
a hundred golf courses in our country and the largest among them is Canlubang
Golf and Country Club which is located in Canlubang, Laguna. We are aware of
how much space golf courses takes up in a land, a wide space must be clear in
order to put up a fairway or the green area where you can play golf. If we only
prohibit building another golf course and instead just keep on improving what
is already established then we can save not only a lot of space but also a wide
diversity of living creatures. Imagine if more and more golf courses are built
in our country, more and more inhabitants either human or an animal will keep
on looking for a new place to move in.
Doing
recreational activities is not wrong. There’s nothing wrong in doing things
that makes us feel happy for a moment and makes us carry the experience for a
lifetime. What is wrong is how we neglect the things that we can do to save our
environment. If our mother nature is successful in providing us her beauty
let’s pay her back by providing her security to keep that beauty. We are fully
informed of the simple things that we can do in order to save her, we just
don’t have enough will to do it. Let’s keep in mind that the nature can survive
without us because we are the one who’s putting her close to her grave.
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