Astafiev tells us an instructive story about a talented fisherman who has a natural flair that is useful for fishing. However, this hero also trades in poaching, exterminating countless fish. Through his actions, the hero causes irreparable damage to nature. The reason for these actions is not hunger. Utrobin acts this way out of greed. During one of these forays, a poacher catches a huge fish on his hook. Greed and ambition prevent the fisherman from calling his brother for help; he decides to catch a huge sturgeon at any cost. Over time, Ignatyich begins to go under water along with the fish. A turning point occurs in his soul, where he asks for forgiveness for all his sins before his brother, before the bride whom he offended. Having overcome greed, the fisherman calls his brother for help. Ignatyich changes his attitude towards nature when he feels like the fish “tightly and carefully pressed against him with its thick and tender belly.” He understands that the fish is clinging to him because he is afraid of death just like him. He ceases to see in this living creature only a tool for profit. When the hero realizes his mistakes, liberation and cleansing of his soul from sins awaits him. At the end of the story we see that nature has forgiven the fisherman and given him a new chance to atone for all his sins. The struggle between Ignatyich and the king fish is a metaphor for the battle between man and nature, which takes place every day. By destroying nature, man dooms himself to extinction. By causing harm to nature, a person deprives himself of the environment of existence. By cutting down forests and destroying animals, man dooms himself to extinction. This work also poses the question: can a person consider himself the king of nature. And Astafiev gives the answer: no, man is a part of nature, and not always the best. Only caring for nature can maintain the balance of life; countless destruction of what the world around us gives us can only lead to death. The pride of a person who imagines himself to be the “king of nature” only leads to destruction. We need to love the world around us, exist in peace and harmony with it, respecting every living creature.
↑ How should we treat nature? (Antoine de Saint-Exupery "The Little Prince")
One of the problems raised by the author of this wonderful tale is man’s relationship to nature. The main character can serve as an example of a caring attitude towards nature. The little prince lives on a small planet. His main rule: “Get up in the morning, wash your face, put yourself in order - and immediately put your planet in order.” Every morning the little prince cleans out volcanoes and pulls out baobab trees, which, if left unattended, can destroy the planet. The main character teaches us to appreciate the beauty in the natural world, to protect it with all our might, since the planet is our home, and a person cannot live without a home. That is why the Little Prince asked the snake to bite him in order to return home to his planet and rose, which he must take care of. Because taking care of the house in which you live is the main duty and responsibility of a person.
Take care of nature - essay for grade 6
I really like to relax in nature. Walk in the forest, swim in the river. But lately we have polluted the seas and rivers, forests and steppes so much that it becomes scary for future generations. There is a lot of talk about nature conservation these days. The subject of ecology was introduced in schools. During these lessons they discuss the situation in the world around us, how it is easy to upset the balance in nature, but how difficult it is to restore what has been disturbed. Nature itself is restored, but very slowly, so people must protect and protect the world in which they live.
People, in pursuit of prestige and money, have exterminated numerous species of animals, some of which can no longer be restored, or some nature connoisseurs have only a few left. A predator, chasing an animal, wants one thing - to eat. He won't kill more than he needs. And there is harmony and balance in this. Man destroys everything he sees, he needs more and more. And as a result, he will destroy all living things.
I believe that if every person keeps clean in their yard, in the forest where they walk, in the enterprise where they work, everything around them will change! I hope that people will come to their senses, stop destroying the land on which they live and understand that our planet does not exist for one-time use.
↑ Why is it important to appreciate the beauty of nature? (R. Bradbury “All Summer in One Day”)
This story teaches us to appreciate the beauty of nature here and now. To give a feel for what it means to “never see the sun,” Bradbury shows the life of the colonists on Venus. On this planet it rains most of the time, and residents can see the sun only once every 7 years. Everyone is looking forward to this day. But among the children of the colonists there is one girl who was brought to Venus at a conscious age, so she has it worse than everyone else. For other children, the sun is a dream, but for Margot it is something lost. With this example, Bradbury is trying to convey to the reader the idea: a person begins to especially appreciate the surrounding beauty of nature at the moment when he loses it. We live in a wonderful world, but we don't appreciate what we have.
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To nature. O Mother, Great Nature, We salute You in love! By grace, for the Glory of the Family, you pour out Life from yourself. Your greatness is wonderful - All the power of the universe is in you. It becomes easy and clear - Having understood your love in yourself. We are your debtors, Nature, We sometimes do not take care of you. I ask on behalf of the people - Accept repentance from us. Forgive our ignorance, we don’t know what we are doing. You say, take it, it’s yours, but we don’t want to admit it. But having taken self-vows, We destroy the earthly world with pride. And the heart of the planet groans, Poisoned by the chaos. But forgive us, Mother Nature, Let's come to our senses, wait - And we will take the Light from the Glory of the Family, And we will let reason lead the way. (T. Lepina) Our nature. Our big Motherland. Our small homeland: our city or village, our street, our home... The world around us and what life will be like depends only on us, on each of us. And will there be one at all? After all, nature and we are parts of one whole. We cannot live without nature. And by destroying nature, we are ruining our lives, the lives of our children. And by protecting and preserving wildlife, we give ourselves and future generations a chance to be healthy and happy. A person cannot take on the role of the Lord God and decide where to cut down forests, exterminate animals, poison nature with exhaust fumes, poison the soil with pesticides, or destroy life created by God. You cannot build a happy life on the destruction of living things! Although, all the harm caused by man to nature is done under the pretext of creating a better life! Everything comes back: both good and evil. And the harm we have caused to nature comes back like a boomerang. Now more and more people are beginning to not only understand this, but are actually trying to change something to stop this destructive process, so that the phrase “nature and us” does not turn into something else - “nature or us.” Many people who want to change their lives unite by creating ecovillages. There are already quite a few such communities all over the world. But I do not encourage you to take such a step. Everyone has their own path, their own road. You can change your life by changing your attitude towards it (and, therefore, first of all, towards nature), from destructive or even contemplative, to creative. You can start small: don’t litter, don’t poison your areas with poisons or any chemicals, don’t break or cut down trees, don’t kill animals. And planting trees, flowers and shrubs, helping animals in trouble, feeding birds... Just look around and understand that nature and we are one whole, one big organism. After all, you won’t cut off your arm or leg in order to satisfy your hunger and become happy after that. Of course, I’m exaggerating, but if you think about it, it’s true. Look at the unique nature around us! So let children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and all future generations see this beauty! May she live forever! Nature and us!
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↑ How should we treat nature? (N.A. Nekrasov “Grandfather Mazai and the Hares”)
The main character Mazai is a hunter by profession. However, this person has a moral code and conscience. He laments that there would be a much larger number of animals in the area if other hunters had not used dishonest methods: they would not have caught animals with nets, would not have crushed them with snares, and would not have destroyed hares during the spring flood. He tells a story about how during a flood he saw an island surrounded by water. On this island, hares huddled together. The hunter's kind heart could not stand it, he gathered them on his boat, swam to the shore, and then released them. He took the cold and weak rabbits home so they could warm up, and the next morning he released them into the wild. This man's moral principle is that it is dishonest to attack the weak. Of course, man lives by hunting. Man is a predator, but he also has morality, which should not allow him to “beat when he’s down.” When an animal is unable to defend itself, it should not be attacked. Such a hunt turns a person into a murderer. Man is endowed with enormous potential, he is stronger and more cunning than many animals, but at the same time he has heart and morality. You need to treat nature with care, you can’t just take it, you need to help it.
About the connection between man and nature
Nature and man - enemies or friends?
Since ancient times, man’s attitude to nature has been defined, and even now is often defined, by the words: “Man’s struggle with nature,” “Conquest of nature,” “Victory over nature.” Man was hostile to nature. He, as a conqueror, oppressed, robbed, exploited nature, and destroyed its wealth.
Meanwhile, man emerged from the depths of nature, is closely connected with it and depends on it. For thousands of years, since primitive times, man has widely used the seemingly inexhaustible gifts of nature. Food, clothing, housing, medicines for various diseases, firewood and coal - everything was provided by human nature. And the more the culture of human society developed, the more people armed themselves with knowledge, the more significant the use of natural resources became.
Man has learned to open the bowels of the earth and extract coal, oil, shale, ores, and precious metals for the rapidly growing industry. To use the energy of water, they began to change the flow of rivers and create new, grandiose bodies of water, called seas, changing the surrounding landscapes.
But over time, many countries began to become convinced that reserves of natural resources were noticeably decreasing and drying up. And it has long become obvious that the predatory exploitation of nature, such as deforestation and soil depletion, leads to dangerous consequences for the country.
History knows the death of such rich and powerful states as Babylon, Khorezm, Syria - their once fertile lands were depleted and turned into deserts.
“The decline in the fertility of the fields, caused by predatory farming, was the reason for the end of both Roman and Spanish world rule,” wrote the famous chemist J. Liebig in 1840.
The great philosopher F. Engels also wrote about this: “Let us not, however, be too deluded by our victories over nature. For every such victory she takes revenge on us.”
“The people who in Mesopotamia, Greece, Asia Minor and other places uprooted forests in order to obtain arable land in this way, never dreamed that they thereby laid the foundation for the current desolation of these countries, depriving them, along with the forests, of centers of accumulation and conservation moisture."
“What did it matter to the Spanish planters in Cuba, who burned forests on the slopes of the mountains and received fertilizer from the ash from the fire, which was enough for one generation of very profitable coffee trees - what did they care about the fact that tropical rains washed away the now defenseless top layer of soil, leaving behind only bare rocks!”
A predatory attitude towards nature is characteristic of capitalist farming. Unfortunately, such an attitude towards nature is sometimes observed in our national economy. In a communist society, a person is a caring friend - the master of nature; not a war with nature, not a ruthless plunder of it, but a reasonable, thrifty use of its wealth.
“Our entire dominance over it consists in the fact that we... know how to recognize its laws and apply them correctly” (Engels).
Living nature has a remarkable power of reproduction - restoration, reproduction. We need to take from her as much as she can restore again. There are more than 1,600 cones on the pine crown, and each of them contains 100 seeds.
But how often they forget about this! Thus, when cutting down a forest, not a single pine tree is left to reproduce the young forest. But for every meter of soil around a pine tree, at least 250 seeds fall. In the Sverdlovsk and Perm regions, forests are cut down annually on an area of 200 thousand hectares, but only 20 thousand hectares are reforested, and 90 percent of the area remains wasteland. And in many other areas, forests are cut down without caring about its replanting.
At the same time, they provide the opportunity for weeds to multiply and scatter their seeds throughout the fields.
Weeds left along the edges of fields and along roads turn into real thickets, and their seeds germinate next year, drowning out cultivated crops. After all, one weed plant left near a field produces thousands of seeds.
- Cornflower – 6680
- Wild radish – 12,000
- Godmother - 20,000
- Shepherd's purse - 73,000
- Nettle - 100,000
- Quinoa - 100,000
In nature, the following are interconnected: air, water and soil;
soil and plants; plants and animals. Without plants, animals, water, and clean air, humans cannot live. And as soon as you change anything in nature, violating its laws, undesirable phenomena that are harmful to people arise. The relationship between water, soil and plants is amazing. The role of plants that protect water supplies and soil preservation is great. Forests growing along the banks of rivers and lakes retain large reserves of water in the soil from rain and snow. Snow, hidden from the sun under the forest canopy, melts slowly in the spring, and in summer the meltwater saturates the forest soil and gradually flows into rivers. And the rivers do not dry up, but flow deep.
But they cut down the forest. In the spring, streams and muddy streams of rapidly melting snow will run along the exposed slopes. Rivers overflow and rush violently, eroding the banks and causing devastating floods. A huge amount of water immediately drains into the sea, and the naked river becomes shallow in the summer.
Forests on mountains and hills stand like strict guards. The strong roots of the trees not only intertwined their branches, but also grew firmly together. This wooden frame reliably holds the soil on the mountain slopes. And on the surface of the soil, intertwined grass roots form a dense felt. Water glides over smooth blades of grass without eroding the soil. And the leaves hold back the flow of rain, and the soil gradually absorbs moisture. No downpours are scary.
But if you destroy the forest and remove the dense turf, a stream, even a small one, will dig a deep channel in the soil in the spring and after the rains, and small streams, merging into streams, form large ravines along the mountain slopes and in the valleys. And every spring, after every rain, these ravines get larger and larger.
Spring streams wash away the upper, fertile part of the soil. The soil eroded by water dries out, turning into dust. This dust rises with the wind and earth storms begin. Such storms are terrible in the south, sweeping away roads, houses, and crops like snowstorms.
Russian scientists and soil scientists had long warned the tsarist government that the fertile black soil steppes were deteriorating.
“If we,” wrote the famous soil scientist A. A. Izmailsky, “continue to look carelessly at the progressive change in the surface of our steppes, and in connection with this at the progressive drying of the steppe soil, then there can hardly be any doubt that in the relatively near future In the future, our steppes will turn into a barren desert.”
Already in 1930, in the European part of the USSR there were about 2 million hectares of ravine lands.
This kind of “cancer of the soil” can be combated by planting forests that hold back the destructive power of water.
Trees evaporate a lot of moisture with their leaves and make the climate milder. Over the summer, one hectare of forest evaporates over 2,500 tons of water. One birch tree evaporates 75 liters of water per day. Over forested areas there is more cloud accumulation and more rainfall. The forest regulates moisture; he is, as the old saying goes, “the keeper of the waters.”
The forest also resists destructive winds and hot winds. In the south of France, forests were cut down, and now there, between Avignon and Marseille, a strong cold wind, the mistral, sweeps freely, destroying the olive and orange crops in these places. In Italy, in the Apennines, after the destruction of forests, a long wind, burning the fields, rages - sirocco. In Sweden, in places where forests were cut down, spring began to arrive 2 weeks later, as the soil began to freeze deeper.
This is what reckless destruction of forests leads to. To obtain valuable wood, you can cut down trees that have only reached a certain age - 80-100 years; At the same time, it is necessary to leave younger trees to grow, so that the forest is restored every year.
A tree can be cut down in a few minutes, but it takes almost 100 years to grow to industrial ripeness. And trees live a long time: birch - 150 years, pine - 500, linden - 1000, spruce - 1500, oak over 2000 years. In some places, isolated oak trees have been preserved, growing since the formation of Rus' as a state. In the Leningrad region there is an oak tree planted since the reign of Olga.
Trees take a long time to grow, and a carelessly thrown match has more than once caused a terrible forest fire, which in a few hours destroyed hundreds of hectares of forest, the resumption of which has to wait almost a century.
In nature, even in every single corner of it, everything is connected and much often depends on completely unexpected circumstances. So, acorns fall from the oak tree directly onto the ground. And all the oak trees would grow in one place, next to each other, if not for the jay birds. A jay will fly up to an oak tree, grab an acorn in its beak and fly into the dense young growth, where its bright plumage is invisible; here he places an acorn under his paw on a branch and begins to peck at it. An oval acorn often slips out from under the paw and falls into the thicket. The bird flies after another. And for the development of oak seedlings, which are afraid of frost, winds and bright rays of the sun, only such thickets are needed. Promotes the settlement of oak trees and squirrels by storing acorns for the winter.
Thus, in nature, birds and animals feed on the fruits of plants and help their settlement. The life of insects is also connected with the life of plants.
Here's an anthill. It often happens that some curious person will tear apart this skillful construction with a stick - an entire city - and watch how its little inhabitants begin to fuss restlessly, and does not think at all, does not know that without ants the nearby trees will be attacked by pests - insects.
To destroy insects that are pests of forest trees, they once sprayed the forest with hexochlorane from an airplane. The result was unexpected: the bees died on all the surrounding collective farms, and after some time the singing of birds could no longer be heard in the forest.
The above example shows how carefully, and with what knowledge of biology, various works in nature must be carried out, even those pursuing a useful task - its protection.
The use of water power to generate electricity is of exceptional importance for the national economy. But the construction of hydroelectric power stations on large rivers can lead to damage in fishing. For many thousands of years, valuable fish - sturgeon, salmon, chum salmon, pink salmon and others - annually rush from the seas to the mouths of large rivers to spawn in a shallower place, with a fast current of water.
Many fish species make long journeys to spawn (spawn). Thus, sturgeon swim up to 2 thousand kilometers along the Volga and Kama, and the whitefish, making its way into the Belaya River, swims against the current for 3 thousand kilometers. Eels at the age of ten swim from all the rivers of Europe to the Sargasso Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, where they spawn at a depth of 1000 meters. Eel larvae gradually emerge, picked up by the Gulf Stream, wander for 3 years and only when they reach four years of age enter the rivers.
The fish stubbornly swim against the current, overcoming rapids and waterfalls. Having encountered obstacles along the way, the fish is thrown out of the water 4 meters and crashes against dams and sluices. Thus, whitefish fishing has almost ceased in the Volkhov River. For fish spawning it is necessary to build bypass channels.
The life of animals is difficult. It is necessary to study the laws of nature well, so as not to destroy the beneficial flow of life phenomena, but to promote them in every possible way, for everything in nature is subject to certain laws.
Many interesting, beautiful and useful plants disappear from our forests and meadows because all the flowers of the plant are torn off, leaving no seeds, and often the entire plant is pulled out of the soil with its rhizome. Our large northern orchid - Lady's slipper - is almost never seen, and the kupena - Solomon's seal - is becoming less and less common. The once common water chestnut has also disappeared. They mercilessly break off the branches of jasmine, lilac, and bird cherry, so that they die.
If you like a flower, pick one or two, but not all, make sure that others grow and multiply in this place next year. When collecting mushrooms, do not tear up the moss, do not expose the mycelium, and do not completely destroy a place rich in mushrooms.
Nature, which brings direct benefits to every person and is widely used in the national economy, also has beauty that ennobles our feelings and improves our mood.
The bank of the Soroti River in Trigorskoye, the Pushkin Nature Reserve, is beautiful and poetic, but paper, empty tin cans, bottles left by tourists ruin the beauty of the area and insult the memory of the great poet.
In one of his poems, A. S. Pushkin left us a wonderful legacy:
Love my sweet garden, and the shore of sleepy waters, Love the green slope of the hills, The meadows, crumpled by my wandering laziness, The coolness of the linden trees and the noisy maple trees: They are familiar with inspiration...
Nature needs protection not only in forests and meadows, but even more so in cities. The streets of socialist cities are decorated with green spaces. Trees and lawns not only add beauty to the city, but also improve the composition of the air by absorbing carbon dioxide and releasing oxygen, and humidify the air. Green corridors of alleys refresh the city with an influx of clean air from the gardens, parks and forests and fields that surround it. The foliage of trees absorbs settling dust and fumes and reduces the noise of busy streets.
Indeed, plants are man's friends.
“Starting with the majestic oak and ending with the last small blade of grass, everything is useful for humans. .. in the most remote, uninhabited regions there is not a single meadow, not a single forest that is not in constant exchange with us; the wind constantly carries our spoiled air to them, supporting their growth and ensuring our life.” This is what the English scientist Pringle said more than 200 years ago, who learned about Priestley’s discovery, which proved the release of oxygen by plant leaves.
All these thoughts about the importance of nature involuntarily arise when reading the law on nature protection adopted on October 27, 1960 in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
In the implementation of this law, a large role is given to young nature lovers - young naturalists (Natura - “nature”).
Love for the Motherland and knowledge of the laws of life - biology - will help us protect nature, wisely use and preserve its wealth for the future communist society.
Man must be a friend of nature!
N. Verzilin Author of the photo (except for the first one) Sergey Zakharov
↑ How should we treat nature? (J. Giono “The Man Who Planted Trees”)
“The Man Who Planted Trees” is an allegorical story. At the center of the story is the shepherd Elzéar Bouffier, who single-handedly decided to restore the ecosystem of the desert area. For four decades, Bouffier planted trees, which led to incredible results: the valley became like a Garden of Eden. The authorities perceived this as a natural phenomenon, and the forest received official state protection. After some time, about 10,000 people moved to this area. All these people owe their happiness to Bouffier. Elzeard Bouffier is an example of how a person should relate to nature. This work awakens in readers a love for the world around them. Man can not only destroy, he is also capable of creating. Human resources are inexhaustible; determination can create life where there is none. This story was translated into 13 languages, it influenced society and authorities so much that after reading it, hundreds of thousands of hectares of forest were restored.
Nature and society
Nature is the natural habitat of living organisms. There is an exchange of substances between society and nature: people release carbon dioxide when breathing, plants absorb it, releasing oxygen. In turn, trees, shrubs, and grass need minerals from the soil, some of which are formed by bacteria living in the soil.
Over time, man's relationship with nature has changed. The stages of interaction were different. The views and goals of people also determined the different dependence of man on nature.
Thus, in ancient times they treated nature with respect, considering it the height of harmony. The Middle Ages stage was characterized by the fact that religion was in the first place of existence, while nature was perceived as an environment for obtaining the necessary resources. During the Renaissance, humanity already had great respect for nature. People sought to use resources wisely.
In modern times, science began to dominate. People primarily used the benefits of nature to satisfy their needs and conducted scientific experiments on plants and animals.
Currently, given the awareness of limited resources and the need to respect nature, people strive for peaceful interaction. The environment is already perceived as a necessary basis for life. Legislative acts on nature protection are being developed and improved.
Geographical environment
The geographic environment is a part of nature that includes plants, animals, water resources, soil resources, and the atmosphere. It greatly influences the change and development of the production sector.
Human development has influenced changes in the geographical environment. New species of plants and animals were bred. This impact became especially noticeable in the last century. People changed natural landscapes by building residential and office buildings and industrial enterprises.
Nowadays, people are also changing their geographical environment. This is due to the development of technology. The quality of life has begun to play an important role, so people are increasingly thinking about caring for nature.
Environment
The environment is the place where people live, the material world they create, as well as the current state of the environment.
Environmental elements:
- atmosphere;
- hydrosphere;
- lithosphere;
- biosphere.
Society has a significant impact on its environment. The extraction of resources depletes their reserves, water pollution worsens its quality, but the use of various water purification systems helps to cope with the negative impact. Currently, taking into account the understanding of the need to protect the natural environment, people organize activities for the protection and conservation of nature.
Anthropogenic landscapes
The anthropogenic landscape is the landscape that is created by people for their own purposes. These include urban and rural settlements, roads, industrial, agro-industrial complexes, etc. Issues of the anthropogenic landscape began to be actively addressed in the late 19th - early 20th centuries.
Landscapes that have been used irrationally are considered acultural. The extreme is the degraded.
Many people now live in cities, where most of the landscapes are man-made. In order to be in a harmonious relationship with nature, people need to exercise intelligent action in the design and organization of landscapes.
Resources
Natural resources are a variety of living and inanimate objects that people use to meet their needs and life activities.
Main types of natural resources:
- Aquatic . Includes the waters of the World Ocean, seas, underground lakes and other sources.
- Forest . These include trees, shrubs, and plants of forest zones.
- Land . Includes agricultural land, areas that can be used for the construction of buildings, structures, etc.
- Mineral . This includes minerals in the earth's crust. In particular: oil, natural gas, coal, ores of non-ferrous and ferrous metals, etc.
- Solar and wind energy resources . They are considered renewable and their use does not harm nature.
Natural resources in the world are distributed unevenly. Thus, Russia contains more than a third of all reserves. Germany has excellent agricultural conditions. There are many mineral resources in France, China, Africa, Canada, and Mexico.
↑ How should we relate to the world around us? (B.L. Vasiliev “Don’t shoot white swans”)
One of the main characters, Yegor Polushkin, is a man who does not stay in one job for long. The reason for this is the inability to work “without a heart.” He loves the forest very much and takes care of it. That’s why he is appointed as a forester, while firing the dishonest Buryanov. It was then that Egor showed himself as a true fighter for nature conservation. He bravely enters the fight against poachers who set fire to the forest and killed the swans. This man serves as an example of how to treat nature. Thanks to people like Yegor Polushkin, humanity has not yet destroyed everything that exists on this earth. Goodness in the person of caring “polushkins” must always act against Buryanov’s cruelty.
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During a difficult period in F.M.’s life. Dostoevsky created his immortal novel “The Idiot”. The writer rewrote his brainchild. The writer dreamed of creating an image of a person who is perfect in everything - Analysis of the fable “The Elephant and the Pug” with Krylov’s morality
In the fable “The Elephant and the Pug” by I.A. Krylov describes how the Elephant was paraded through the streets for show. There were many onlookers watching the animal, but Moska was especially noisy. - Composition by Platon Karataev in the novel War and Peace (Image and Characteristics)
Platon Karataev is a secondary hero of the work. The fifty-year-old man came from a peasant family. He is kind and has a positive image in the novel
↑ The problem of attitude towards nature (A.P. Platonov “Unknown Flower”)
The story “The Unknown Flower” touches on the problem of attitude towards nature. A positive example is the behavior of children. So, the girl Dasha discovers a flower that grows in terrible conditions and needs help. The next day she brings a whole detachment of pioneers, and together they fertilize the ground around the flower. A year later, we see the consequences of such indifference. The wasteland is unrecognizable: it was “overgrown with herbs and flowers,” and “birds and butterflies flew over it.” Caring for nature does not always require titanic efforts from a person, but it always brings such important results. By spending an hour of their time, each person can save or “give life” to a new flower. And every flower in this world counts.
Man's relationship to nature
Man's attitude towards nature changed depending on the goals and needs of society. The past century has seen more destructive impacts on nature from humans than ever before. The development of industry has led to a significant decrease in natural resources and environmental pollution. Due to the construction of railways, air travel, and an increase in the number of cars, the level of air pollution has increased and the topography of the earth has changed.
However, at the moment, more and more people are thinking about the consequences of their life activities. Environmental issues are discussed in public organizations and states.
According to the UN, approximately a third of all food produced in the world is thrown away by people.
Reasons for food disposal:
- excess consumption;
- improper storage;
- initially low-quality products.
Many ways to save and consume wisely have been developed (careful storage, shopping according to lists, etc.). Moreover, many of them do not require additional effort or financial costs. You can donate old things (clothing, household appliances) to Second Hand stores.
Examples of social influence:
- Styrofoam packaging is prohibited in New York and San Francisco. This is due to the long decomposition of this material.
- In the Netherlands, citizens and visitors travel in electric vehicles.
- Tokyo is saving a lot of water. To do this, they use a water supply and drainage system that has advanced leak control methods and an intelligent diagnostic system for the condition of the water supply system.
- In Paris, renewable energy sources are installed on the observation deck of the Eiffel Tower - several small wind generators.
- Hong Kong uses environmentally friendly fuel. All cars in the country have low emissions.
Vancouver has taken steps to harness wind, solar and wave energy. Copenhagen has so-called “pocket parks”, thanks to which almost all residents walk or cycle through green space every day.
Currently, the relationship between people and nature is changing for the better. There is already a point where humanity not only actively uses the benefits of nature, but also supports and protects its wealth.
↑ How does nature influence human character? (M.Yu. Lermontov “Hero of Our Time”)
The area in which a person lives influences the formation of his character. Lermontov describes the Caucasus as a place surrounded by high dangerous mountains, seething, fast rivers, and therefore the people who live there have a bold, furious character. Mountains are associated with adventure and risk, and people's lives are about overcoming dangers. The harsh conditions of nature make a person’s character harsh, he becomes prone to impulsiveness, and he develops a spirit of adventurism. For people living in such an area, nature is not just a background. They feel nature better than any person describing the beauty of the landscape, they love nature and feel it with their hearts: “... in simple hearts the feeling of the beauty and grandeur of nature is stronger, a hundred times more vivid, than in us, enthusiastic storytellers in words and on paper.” . HERO OF OUR TIME SUMMARY
