Essay-TAG-FA10

= The human experience, no matter where you live, is relatively the same. =

Every country in the world contributes to the destruction of the environment in similar ways. However, the experiences that the people encounter drastically vary from country to country. Furthermore, the effect that China’s pollution has on the rest of the world is not the same as the effect that the pollution has on China. China’s pollution is spread throughout the world because the wind blows and the air is not confined to one area, so although some environmental issues may be the same throughout countries, the effects on the countries are completely different. Therefore, the way the countries handle the issues and the way each country experiences them also differs. In Brazil, a major problem is deforestation. Deforestation is being used to export wood and to create the country’s revenue. However, the deforestation is contributing to the climate change because without the trees and the shade they provide, the surface of the earth is becoming warmer. The new climate, with more sunlight, is creating a home for more malaria carrying mosquitoes to live and breed. The mosquitoes are infecting the neighboring people in Brazil and causing the malaria rate to rise. The experience in Brazil due to the disease differs greatly from how other countries handle and experience illnesses. For example, in Brazil it is most likely hard to find a reputable hospital with an opening for a sick human, compared to a hospital in a first world country such as the United States. The experience of the disease and how the doctors treat the disease and the patients is going to be much different than in another country. The way doctors’ deal with patients in South Africa is also incomparable to the way other countries treat their patients. The experience of being in a hospital with mosquito nets hanging from the ceiling, trying to help fight against malaria, is contrasting to the way people are assisted in South Africa with diseases being transmitted through water. South Africa is lacking clean water for villages and families. Approximately 4,000 children die everyday from the lack of clean water. The human experience in South Africa is unusual for most people due to the fact that families fetch clean water for their village daily, and that most children cannot attend school because they are sent to retrieve clean water. Most countries such as North Korea have a 100 percent access to clean water, so they would not experience the same lifestyle as someone in South Africa. Due to climate change, the sea levels in Bangladesh are continuing to rise, which is displacing people from their homes. The sea level is rising due to the glaciers melting and flowing into main bodies of water such as the ocean. Neighborhoods of homes are being submerged in water and they are left with no where to go. The rising sea levels are almost like a flood would be in another country. However, the experience in Bangladesh due to the rising sea levels is going to differ from the experience in another country, such as a flood in India. The flood routines and escape routes could be completely different in the two countries along with the shelters and areas to live when the water strikes. Taking a trip around the world would help oneself to be emerged in various environments and encounters. Every country differs in the way of their lifestyle and access to resources. Although many environmental issues may be similar in various countries, the experiences due to these environmental issues are much different.