Humans Damaging the Environment

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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... ... middle of paper ... ...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.

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