Humans Damaging the Environment We, humanity, have a remarkable ability to define the world in terms
of human needs and perceptions. However, we forget about 'Mother
Nature's' urgency to maintain a balance, purity and the need for time
to replenish the resources we extract so quickly. Throughout history,
humanity has implemented much new technology with an uncertainty of
its effect on the environment. Today we are beginning to feel the
repercussions of these developments on the environment. However, the
worst is yet to come. At this time we have not felt all the damage
that will come from our inventions, nonetheless we continue to further
pollute and destroy our world. Society has now been educated and shown
greater concern to conserve our ecosystem, but it will take much time
before we see results from our work, and that is, if it is not to
late.
In twenty-five years to come, Earth may be well on its way to
recovery. As a greater amount of society begins to understand the need
for conservation, there should be more action taken to support it.
Furthermore, individual households may become more energy efficient,
as well the consumers may begin to apply more pressure onto large
corporations to conduct more environmentally friendly business.
"Science and technology will continue to advance, with the result that
new resources will be developed to take the place of resources that
are depleted" (Clark & Wallace p. 41). This quotation, taken from the
Cornucopian Thesis, suggests that our current rate of resource
extraction is not to be worried about, as new ones will soon be...
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...to the costs and negative consequences of new technologies
(Suzuki, 88)".
This is a colossal reaction to the way we live, one which we cannot
afford. This trend of lifestyle will continue throughout the next
twenty-five years, leaving our environment even more damaged then it
already is.
In order to ensure quality life in the future, we must relax our
demands and effect on the Earth. Humanity has already stretched the
environment's limits far enough in order to fill their needs and
wants. As science, technology and population increase so must our
awareness of the environment. The Earth must be healthy in order to
provide us with the essential needs we require. In twenty-five years
from now the environment' s damage may be matched to today's, however
if we don't begin to clean up now, the damage may be colossal.
Humans can not be the only thing that is hurting the Earth. When you really think about it, Earth goes through a lot of natural disasters, which cannot be controlled. According to an activist, Tim Haering, “Tsunamis, floods, volcanoes, earthquakes, tornadoes, wildfires, disease nature kills more than we kill each other.” Earth throws in all of these natural ...
The excerpt from Rachel Carson’s Silent Springs explains how the human race has used their powers to alter the natural environment. These changes resulted in adverse effects, not only to organisms, but also to mankind. According to the extract, for many decades, life on Earth has been characterized by balanced interaction between the living organisms and the surrounding. The environment controlled the animal life habits and physical forms of vegetation. The situation has changed over time, and now people possess significant powers to change the environment. Human activities has increased to alarming levels in the past quarter century. Such powers have resulted in the contamination of the environment to a great extent: dangerous and even lethal materials are released into the air while others are disposed of in lakes and oceans, resulting in pollution. The pollution causes
Goudie, Andrew. (2000) The Human Impact on the Natural Environment. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 511 pp.
There are five ways that people affect, damage or harm the environment and the ecosystems. The pollution of the air we breathe, the human population is increasing because of technology, waste, energy, and natural resources. They damage the water and land by using the natural resources and cutting down trees in the forests.
Humans are the main cause for pollution, some people say otherwise but truly we have created so many things that harm our planet. People need to learn that the earth is not a garbage can and have to treat it like it was the only planet out there. Environment is not the only problem, we have humans
Scranton states that “Anthropocene poses … a challenge … to our sense of what it means to be human” (Scranton). While Mike Osborne and Mike Traer explain why humans should limit the amount of damage done on the earth, in order to lessen the effect of global warming. Both articles argue that human beings should take responsibility for the damage on earth and try as much as possible to continue to understand the Anthropocene.
Overall, humans impact the global environment in multitudinous ways whether positive or negative. While creating issues such as overpopulation, pollution, biomagnification, and deforestation they also intrude into many other factors such as environmental, social, political, and economic. Problems caused by society itself are leading up to solutions to fix these environmental problems and may also just benefit the world as a whole.
“You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success - or are they holding you back?”(Stone). Our environment affects us all in many different ways, just because we are all human and have different ways of adapting to specific situations, our reactions can be based upon how we were raised we have seen throughout our lives. But it is not arguable that we as intellectual beings adapt, but the next question is where does the border lie between adaptation and submission.
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Efforts to improve the standard of living for humans--through the control of nature and the development of new products--have also resulted in the pollution, or contamination, of the environment. Much of the world's air, water, and land is now partially poisoned by chemical wastes. Some places have become uninhabitable. This pollution exposes people all around the globe to new risks from disease. Many species of plants and animals have become endangered or are now extinct. As a result of these developments, governments have passed laws to limit or reverse the threat of environmental pollution.
The Impact of Human Activities on the Environment Everything that humans do has some impact on the environment. Pollution is a result of human activities in the environment. The main sources of pollution are farming, water pollution and air pollution. Farming is having an increased impact on the environment. This is because there is increased pressure on farmers to produce a single crop and to concentrate on one form of animal husbandry, such as, dairy cattle or pig breeding.
Progress! Progress is something that can not be stopped. Many attempts have been made to limit the amount of human progress and expansion, though development has been halted. The human spirit and instinctive tendency to create and achieve more than those who have come before has created mass environmental damage and destruction along the way. I propose that stricter laws and regulations be created that will reward those who plan and develop environmentally-conscious communities and penalties be imposed to those who choose to damage the earth we live on.
The demand for food means that crops need to be perfect so the use of
...we humans created the problem with the environment, and only we can solve. We have to solve it, or nature will solve it for us.
Have you ever thought that human activities could either enhance or damage our planet? Many people nowadays realize that there are some human activities that help the planet to be more sophisticated, while more other activities bring damage to Earth. In fact, there are not many activities made by humans that benefit the planet because many people tend to secure their own food and welfare even though such activities could harm the Earth.