I grew up in a environment where pollution， disease， and other problems are a big Cars and factories release greenhouse gasses into the air， and forests are being cut In other countries， many people are behind on cures for Many people talk about how the polar ice caps are melting and the ozone layer An Inconvenient Truth opened my eyes to see how today's technology and garbage affect these environmental disasters， and I want to do something about I do some things to make myself more environmentally I walk to school instead of driving because I live about two blocks I also take the bus when I go downtown or my friend's When I need to get somewhere and many people are going， I carpool with some I recycle any cardboard boxes and milk cartons， and I reuse water bottles and fill them with filtered tap water instead of buying more I take short showers and I don't leave the facet on when I am brushing my At school， I am constantly learning about the environment and how we are affecting I noticed recycle and compost bins in the cafeteria and an old Asian woman picking up cans and bottles in the In the AP Environmental Science class， I see how other third world countries are less fortunate than us and how we just dump our trash in their We need to find a way to use less resources and produce less trash so other countries can improve their standard of During the summer of 2008， I was a intern at North East Medical Services (NEMS)， which is a clinic near C I worked as a lab technical assistant and they had strict safety I always had to wash my hands and wear latex gloves because I was transporting blood My mentor told me that a clean work place reduces the chance of people spreading any He also told me that many people are ill because their houses or work places are A clean environment is good for everyone， but we are far from If we continue what we are doing， most of our natural resources would be gone and our future generations would have nothing to survive We should focus more on renewable energy sources like the wind， sun， and maybe even rain instead of wasting all of our fossil We also need to do more with our trash instead of burning or burying I hope that if apply my studies to environmental problems and coming up with a solution to them， I can help make a better future for
