Cultural Diversity in Germany

While some countries may be losing a sense of cultural diversity, Germany is not
one of them. In fact, throughout the entirety of globalization, Germany has taken a path
that has made it a new immigrant society with increasingly ethnic cultural diversity, and
has increased its efforts to integrate the migrants in the center of society. This has also
caused the socio-economic status of Germany to decrease drastically due to word-wide
financial struggles and in turn led to even greater diversity in German society (GieBler,
2015). Although cultural diversity is wonderful in most cases, Germany is not doing well
economically and this is a huge factor. About a quarter of Germans are seen as having
to be protected from poverty. Immigrants can make for a very diverse culture, but can
cause trouble when they bring their poor socio-status with them into previously thriving
countries. Too much cultural diversity may also cause a country to lose touch with their
cultural identity because too many immigrants can take away from traditional values. For
example, a big tradition in Germany is Oktoberfest, but if so many immigrants are not
making this a part of their traditions, Germans may one day begin to not make up the
majority culture anymore. Currently, more than 7.6 million foreigners are registered as
living in Germany For these reasons, the government of Germany is working on
enforcing tighter immigrant controls (Hill, 2014).

Now that weve learned a little bit about the cultural diversity in Germany, lets see
how it compares to biodiversity in the country. Some of the plants known to be native to
Germany are as follows: Chamomile (whose flowers are used to make teas), Cornflower
(a beautiful and colorful flower), and Silver birch (a white, delicate and lacy tree).
Germany also has many trees and forests that are abundant many places, though acid
rain has destroyed a few of them.The German Alps is also an ecosystem that is very
diverse in its plant and animal life. As for animals, Germany is the home to a variety of
little creatures! The Natterers bat, the Eurasian red squirrel, and the European rabbit
are all common mammals found throughout Germany. There are also more uninvited
organisms that live throughout Germany such as zebra spiders, crab spiders, marshweb
spiders...so pretty much just several different kinds of spiders. On a more pleasant note,
the Apollo butterfly is also native to Germany (Monks, n.d.).
Germany has a lot of beautiful landscape and quite a few issues when it comes
to dealing with it. As I mentioned before, acid rain has been known to destroy German
forests, however fortunately leaving a good amount to be enjoyed. Because many
automobiles drive through Germany on destinations to their vacations, Germany gets a
lot of air and water pollution that enter the wind, rivers, and then the rain. Automobile
exhaust is also blamed for deconstruction of forests (Plant and Animal Life, n.d.).

Germany is a beautiful country that tourists love to drive through and even be a part of,
but too many people loving the land may actually be destroying it.
Luckily, Germany has developed some measures to address these environmental
problems. They have designed plans from controlling industrial emissions to identifying
additives in food, to smog control devices on their automobiles. New political parties are
also being formed more recently to keep control of the countrys ecosystem (Plant and
Animal Life, n.d.). It is good to see citizens actively trying to upkeep their ecosystem
when they see change that could be harming them.

Work Cited
GieBler, R. (2015, April). German society modern, pluralist and open-minded. In Facts
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Hill, J. (2014, November 3). Germany Struggles to Adapt to Immigrant Influx. In BBC
News. Retrieved from http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29686248
Monks, M. (n.d.). Plants & Animals of Germany. In eHOW. Retrieved from http://
www.ehow.com/facts_6775765_plants-animals-germany.html

Plant and Animal Life in Germany (n.d.). In Photographic Book. Retrieved from
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