Reducing the environmental impact of humans has steadily become a greater issue for governments and citizens alike. We have recently become more aware of climate change through different documentaries and scientist reports. Our environmental impact does not only affect our climate, it affects our biodiversity and even the air we breathe. As our population has grown exponential over the past century, so has our environmental impact. Quite recently a greater number of influential people and companies have been investing in clean energy and using more recycled material in their products. For example the very powerful Rockefeller family plans to sell all their fossil fuel assets and invest in more clean and renewable energy
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That saying still holds true to this day. The effects of greed have hindered our progress of reducing our environmental impact on the Earth. As the years progress more and more humans, animals, flora and essential micro-organisms will feel the brunt of the environmental impact. British physicist Sir Isaac Newton famously stated in his Third Law of Motion, “For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction”. For example, the action of humans cutting down more trees than we can grow creates the reaction of less oxygen in our atmosphere. Also the more fossil fuel we burn, the more the Earth’s temperature rises, which in turn quickens the melting of our ice caps, which will cause major flooding and utter devastation to our marine life and coastal cities. Even a slight temperature increase can hurt ocean life. For example, krill which are ocean dwelling creatures, are an important food at the base of the food chain, but they reproduce in significantly smaller numbers when ocean temperatures rise (National Geographic, n.d.). These are just a few of the chain reactions that are slowing occurring which will cause major catastrophe if left unchecked. It’s not just humans that will feel the brunt of these changes; we share this earth with millions of other plant and animal species. Greed plays a huge part and …show more content…
To accomplish them would mean a complete overhaul in the way we live and the way we do business. Our corporations, governments and the citizens of this Earth need to take their heads out of their behinds to really understand the scope of the situation. We are an innovative species that has discovered plenty of new breakthroughs in the past century. We have developed better recycling methods, learned how to obtain solar energy and developed “green fuel”, all in the past 100 years. I believe that we are only holding ourselves back when it comes to developing new and sustainable living and operating practices. If the human race can develop the technology to send people to the moon and create cures for diseases, I am sure we can develop better and more sustainable technologies and practices in the few years to come. Although before all these changes can take effect, governments need to stop being oblivious and greedy and they need to increase funding substantially in sustainable living technologies. Corporations need to take the initiative and enact environmentally friendly protocols regardless of the extra costs. Lastly citizens need to move away from the high intensity purchasing and consuming they have been accustomed to since World War Two. It is very easy to live comfortably and forget about the tremendously negative impact we are causing our Earth, but we
That saying still holds true to this day. The effects of greed have hindered our progress of reducing our environmental impact on the Earth. As the years progress more and more humans, animals, flora and essential micro-organisms will feel the brunt of the environmental impact. British physicist Sir Isaac Newton famously stated in his Third Law of Motion, “For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction”. For example, the action of humans cutting down more trees than we can grow creates the reaction of less oxygen in our atmosphere. Also the more fossil fuel we burn, the more the Earth’s temperature rises, which in turn quickens the melting of our ice caps, which will cause major flooding and utter devastation to our marine life and coastal cities. Even a slight temperature increase can hurt ocean life. For example, krill which are ocean dwelling creatures, are an important food at the base of the food chain, but they reproduce in significantly smaller numbers when ocean temperatures rise (National Geographic, n.d.). These are just a few of the chain reactions that are slowing occurring which will cause major catastrophe if left unchecked. It’s not just humans that will feel the brunt of these changes; we share this earth with millions of other plant and animal species. Greed plays a huge part and …show more content…
To accomplish them would mean a complete overhaul in the way we live and the way we do business. Our corporations, governments and the citizens of this Earth need to take their heads out of their behinds to really understand the scope of the situation. We are an innovative species that has discovered plenty of new breakthroughs in the past century. We have developed better recycling methods, learned how to obtain solar energy and developed “green fuel”, all in the past 100 years. I believe that we are only holding ourselves back when it comes to developing new and sustainable living and operating practices. If the human race can develop the technology to send people to the moon and create cures for diseases, I am sure we can develop better and more sustainable technologies and practices in the few years to come. Although before all these changes can take effect, governments need to stop being oblivious and greedy and they need to increase funding substantially in sustainable living technologies. Corporations need to take the initiative and enact environmentally friendly protocols regardless of the extra costs. Lastly citizens need to move away from the high intensity purchasing and consuming they have been accustomed to since World War Two. It is very easy to live comfortably and forget about the tremendously negative impact we are causing our Earth, but we