To begin, a person should not compromise the environment for convenience and comfort because there are ways to live in comfort and not harm the environment. For instance, in James Hamblins Living Simply in a Dumpster, it is discussed how after the dean of Huston-Tillotson Universitys campus Jeff Wilson spun into the archetypal downsizing, he moved into a 36 square-foot dumpster as part of an ongoing sustainability-focused experiment called the Dumpster Project. Wilson did this as a way to teach his students about the environmental impacts of day-to-day life. Hamblins article shows its readers how you can live a good life on not as many things as we have now, limiting our use of space, water, energy, and the creation of waste. As stated in the article, This is obviously an outlier experiment. But so far, I have, Id say. A better life than I had before. (Hamblin, 92). This shows that a person does not need to compromise the environment for convenience or comfort, a guy who was not forced into this project is actually enjoying and living a better life since he started this project.
Next, a person should not compromise the environment for convenience and comfort because a healthy environment leads
to healthy people. The effects of greenhouse gases and pollutants such as lead, mercury, nitrogen oxides, ozone, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, and volatile organic compounds are hazardous to public health and the environment. These pollutants come from man-made creations, electricity, and transportation being two examples, and are emitted into the air as a result. According to Leonardo Academys Cleaner and Greener, an environmental consulting organization, toxic compounds like lead, and mercury can poison organs and cause brain damage and eventually death. Compromising the environment for comfort and convenience could lead to an increased risk of global warming. In Jennifer Hattams Green Streets she states, Mayor Greg Nickels brought Seattle into the national spotlight when he launched the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement to reduce global warming pollution nationwide. But climate change is a world issue resulting in the rising of sea levels, food shortages and severe weather patterns, more hurricanes, floods, and droughts. These effects put stress on the economy due to a hike in health costs and the estimated fifty thousand premature deaths associated with exposure to air pollution.