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We have always believed that our interests are more important than those of the plants and native bushes around us. Our surrounding environment is perceived by us as a resource. Trees are constantly being cut down to make way for human progress in the form of roads and buildings. Toxic gases are emitted into our atmosphere from motorised vehicles and large factories. Our interests and needs are fulfilled by our natural environment and it is selfishly not given a second thought. It is estimated that fifty million tribal people live in our world's tropical forests today. These people rob the forest's bushes of their berries for food and break branches off trees to provide wood for homes and to fuel their fires. These tribal people are selfish to our environment everyday just to survive. Clean Up New Zealand Week' takes place annually in our country in order to help our environment. This week is only necessary because humans selfishly litter our environment with rubbish to begin with. Many people ('greenies') would claim to be completely unselfish to our surrounding environment. However, unless they have never stepped on a blade of grass to get themselves to a place, never travelled by any means of motorised transport or never made a daisy chain for pleasure as 95% of the people I surveyed had, then they would be making false claims. Though these acts are
