Ideas to be more environmentally friendly (essay)

Since the last two decades environmental problems has become a topic of which more and more people are concerned. Nonetheless, there is still a long way to go in order to make everybody to act properly in pro of our planet.
In this regard, there are two measures which could contribute significantly to this issue: regulation and education at schools.
Regulations are extraordinarily useful to protect different aspects of our life in society, and of course, the environment. However, due to global extent of this problematic, it is necessary a fair international cooperation between countries, and such idea only makes sense in case of companies, not at individual level. Furthermore, these laws would be especially difficult to implement by govenments, even at a local scale. For example, people already know the vital importance of not doing barbacues during the summer in natural areas in countries like Spain and Italy, yet news about fire are frequent every year in this season.
From my point of view, the most effective way to encourage people to protect their nature would be leading by example. Therefore, the role of parents and schools is crucial in this sense. Including habits to our daily life, such as not to waste water, recycling and so on, is by far the best measure to educate children, who are most likely to learn at this stage than growups. This process lead them, in a natural way, to be aware of the significance of protecting the environment. In other words, children will watch themselves so there will be no needs for an institution to do this labour.
All in all, prosecuting by laws and making people concerned through taxes has not proved to be the correct path „to proctect the Earth“, thereby there is no better choice than education in this respect. Generally speaking, more carrot, less stick.

Your class has attended a panel discussion on how to influence people to be more
environmentally friendly. You have made the notes below:

Ideas for influencing people to be more
environmentally friendly:

* laws and taxes

+ Education

Some opinions expressed in the
media discussion:

“Governments should make people
pay if they damage the environment.”

“Schools and parents should teach
children to respect the environment
from a very early age.”

“News programmes can tell people
how important these issues are.”

Write an essay for your tutor discussing two of the ideas for influencing people in your
notes. You should explain which way would be more effective and provide reasons to
support your opinion.

You may, if you wish, make use of the opinions expressed in the discussion, but you
should use your own words as far as possible.