The word environment is very much in discussion at present.
Environment means "fairy $+$ cover".
Pari $=$ surround and cover $=$ level.
According to the Welston Dictionary: “Environment” $=$ En $+$ viron $=$ Circle means the surrounding cover.
Environment in the general sense means "the geographical position around a human being".
"The geographical area of the region where human beings live, its surface, the climate, the water, the ecosystems, and the conditions created by the interconnectedness of many natural elements, such as vegetation, are known as the environment."
Introduction to the environment "The environment is the state of consciousness around anything that is interconnected and affects human life."
In short, the environment is a cover of natural factors.
Elements of the environment:
Environmental Elements:
Organisms include plants, animals, fungi - germs.
$(A)$ Generator: $G =$ Generator $($Brahma$)$:
Among the organic elements, plants produce oxygen, leaves, grass, fruits, grains.
Animals survive only on these products.
This work on creation is ongoing.
$(B)$ Administrator: $O =$ Operator $($Vishnu$)$:
Fungal germs survive on animal feces, urine, body etc.
Works to maintain balance between organisms on the ecosystem.
$(C)$ Exterminator: $D =$ Decomposer $($Shankar / Mahesh$)$:
Fungi-germs that fertilize the soil as fertilizer and sustain the vegetation.
There is a continuous cycle between these three elements.
An imbalance between these elements endangers the ecosystem.
Inanimate elements:
Inanimate elements include fire, water, air, earth and sky.
The symmetry of this Panchmahabhutas is indispensable for the ecosystem.
$(A)$ Fire:
Agni has been worshiped in Indian culture since ancient times.
In addition to cooking fire food, protection against cold, funerals, weddings, yagnas, fires are also needed in mills, factories and industries.
Solar energy is essential for life.
$(B)$ Water:
"Water is life."
The entire ecosystem is dependent on water.
Water is a natural drink.
Useful in many ways.
Essential for quenching the thirst of organisms, maintaining hygiene, making food, agriculture and industry, mills, factories etc.
Without water, life would not be possible.
$(C)$ Air:
Gas means oxygen, carbon dioxide, nitrogen and other gases.
Animals and humans take in oxygen for respiration and emit carbon dioxide.
While plants absorb $CO_2$ from the air and expel $O_2$ with the help of sunlight for their own nutrition.
Thus, the amount of both gases is maintained by the interaction of animals and plants.
$(D)$ Land:
Land means earth.
Organisms live only on land.
Produces cereals for food.
Animals, creatures and trees also grow through the soil.
$(E)$ Sky:
The element that protects human beings from heat, cold or rain in all three seasons is the sky.
It is because of the sky that the seasons run.
The sky protects human life from the sun's rays.
The Panchmahabhutas are very important for the ecosystem.
Its maintenance and preservation is not necessary but inevitable.
Thus, equilibrium between animate and inanimate elements is essential for the balance of the environment.