Dilemma between the blind pursuit of higher economic growth and protecting our environment

Good environment or good economy? In other words, health or wealth? Which is more important? Which is more valuable? Can money buy us health? Sadly, the answer is no. 

If a country builds a large number of factories, what would happen? Well, air pollution might be one of the answers to the question. If there is air pollution, people in that country would be breathing in harmful air that would lead to poor health. If the people in that country is all sick because of the air pollution, who would work in the factories? Who would produce goods that are to be sold away for profits? Yes, there might still be a few people out there who are willing to sacrifice their health for money, however, the economy of that country will surely drop as lesser people working means lesser goods produced and lesser goods produced means lesser profits. In addition, is it worth it to sacrifice our health, our lives just for the money? Absolutely not.

Now, let's think about it another way, a country with good environment. Will this country do better than the country with "good economy" in terms of economy? Well, my answer is yes. A country with good environment will have more people with good health as compared to the country with "good economy" and that would mean there would be more people working and increase the country's economy.

Thus, a good environment will protect the economic growth of a country in a long run.