Essay "Nature in the City"
In a big city a little nature, and not quite untouched. It replaces cobbled streets, numerous buildings, benches, urns, colorful storefronts and billboards. But the more we need to notice and take care of all the manifestations of urban nature.
Pieces of nature in the city - it's beautiful parks, avenues and squares. Here you can relax in the shade of green tree, admire the flowers, listen to the chirping of birds.
Every tree, garden, flower bed or lawn are part of nature. Suppose they are at the very busy avenue and not immediately noticeable the flow of cars and people, with the diversity of signs. Even in the strongest indecent haste to walk on the lawn, to trample flower beds. Nor can we cut down trees in the streets, to build any shop or stall. In the city and so many buildings, and nature is not enough.
And it is very much needed in the city. After all, the green plants - literally "light" of the metropolis. They produce oxygen for thousands of people, neutralize emissions cars, take on the smoke of factory chimneys.
If the city has a river, sea or lake, they too are part of nature. It is important to remember that they do not exist in order to ensure that they poured gasoline and threw all sorts of waste.
Urban nature difficult to survive among the mass of people. So she needs help: planting trees and flowers, feed the homeless animals. In winter you can put the bird feeders or squirrels, if they are found in the city. And who does not want to help nature, they should at least do not destroy it. That is not to break trees and shrubs, do not kick in the yards of dogs and cats.
In the city as if nature comes on a visit to the man in the form of hungry cats tits or street beggars. Some people are so fancy that they are the kings of nature. They dispose of it as they want. Appear they somewhere in the country, in the wild, they would have fared badly with their habit