Nearly everybody has heard about "the environment". It's in the
newspapers, magazines, books, radio, and television. But what is
it exactly? Quite simply the environment is your surroundings.
No matter where you are, you have an environment. At home, at
school, in the bathroom, at the lake, in the forest, downtown in
your city or town, everything around you is your environment.
Your environment has an effect on you and you can have an effect
on your environment. If you throw your Booster Juice or Slurpee
cup into the street, you are changing your environment. You are
making it less livable and dirtier. If you are sitting in a
stuffy room, you may feel sleepy. Your environment (or one part
of it, the air) is having an effect on you. In a day you can go
through many different environments, unless you are a recluse
and never leave your house. Your room is an environment,
although it is probably a messy one! Your neighbourhood is an
environment. The province of Alberta can be considered an
environment. So is Cana