C.a natural area hope you like my answer
One part is "Unless we start listening to Mother Nature and start taking care of our lush, green planet, our world as we know it will not be around much longer." It can make the reader seem worried for the planet because they live on it and it not being around much longer than where will they go? It makes them want to help for the sake of them selves. As well as "Every part of nature is being depleted by overuse and lack of care, and no one seems concerned." People don't want to be know as "the bad guys" so they want to start helping so they won't be put into the horrible people title.
A synonym for cultivate is gain. to cultivate is to work for something with the intention of gaining something better in return. i hope this helped
Explanation:
The characters become paranoid and fear one another, so they plot and blame one another rather than using rational thinking.