Eleftheria Thrasyvoulou

Science - Environment

Technology and science support our society by helping us understand certain facts and

discover new methods of living but at the same time

it brings harmful and negative effects to our environment.

Does science really help improve the environment, or is it more

destructive than helpful to it?

• Science is very important as it surrounds us everywhere. Science is a part of our daily life meaning that if we did not have science we basically could not be living as even our organs are related to science according to the way they function and keep us alive and living healthily so we can enjoy lives as humans. Science is also important because even our daily routine or actions require science.

It is really a matter of opinion because, for instance the Japanese are whaling (whale hunting) for 'scientific reasons' and while this may benefit science it is not helping the environment. Another example are the chemicals which the science community is using . Even though they use them correctly they still dispose of the chemicals in landfills as you cannot re-use most chemicals. Or 'experiments' on animals such as when they made a spider goat, a goat which created silk, but this is cruel to nature and the animals. If we didn't have science then our world would be like in the medieval times which may be worse for us, but it’s definitely a lot better for the environment.

Also technology like cars and trains and buses all that stuff, lets out bad chemicals which affects the earth badly! To suggest that science destroys the environment is similar to suggesting that guns kill people. Science didn't create an atom bomb. Men who discovered a violent application for recent nuclear technology conceived the atomic bomb. Science cannot be blamed on the whole for a haze over a city, a polluted water supply or oil spilling into the ocean.

Science looks into unanswered questions while industry puts practical application to scientific breakthroughs. Still, I believe it is impossible to gain greater understanding of this world without leaving some kind of footprint. Some question will always exist and so someone will likely need to chop down a tree or kill a mouse to answer it. However, destruction is part of life and as long as good stewardship remains over the planet, then it will thrive as it always has.