Beautiful World

Beauty in nature has long been a common theme in life and in art, and books emphasizing beauty in nature fill large sections of libraries and bookstores. That nature has been depicted and celebrated by so much art, photography, poetry and other literature shows the strength with which many people associate nature and beauty.

There is so very much beauty all around us to see, touch, and hear. Nature is so miraculous because it is always changing. No matter how many times you look at something, it is always different.

It is very sad to think future generations will not have the natural things to enjoy as we have had, and that they will be paupers when it comes to the offerings of the natural world. But, preserving nature is one thing ... appreciating it is quite another.

Conditions for life

The diversity of life on Earth today is a result of the dynamic interplay between genetic opportunity, metabolic capability and environmental challenges.For most of its existence, Earth's habitable environment has been dominated by microorganisms and subjected to their metabolism and evolution. As a consequence of such microbial activities on a geologic time scale, the physical-chemical environment on Earth has been changing, thereby determining the path of evolution of subsequent life.For example, the release of molecular oxygen by cyanobacteria as a by-product of photosynthesis induced fundamental, global changes in the Earth's environment.

The altered environment, in turn, posed novel evolutionary challenges to the organisms present, which ultimately resulted in the formation of our planet's major animal and plant species. Therefore this 'co-evolution' between organisms and their environment is apparently an inherent feature of living systems.

Taking action to preserve Nature

There are many things you can to do contribute to the preservation of natural life.

• Take part in or organize a "plant a tree event." Wildlife preserves always need help with various tasks that keep them going and they are often understaffed because they are run by government funding that gets lower and lower by the year.


• Make your voice be heard.


• Spread the word. It takes one person to start a revolution but far more to carry it out.


• Donate to charities that work to preserve nature and the environment.


• Make a personal effort to be more conscientious of energy consumption.


• Avoid trashing anything that can be recycled.