We live in a world of relentless change. This Earth we call our home has slowing been maturing since science can prove so. It has molded itself through many tedious reproductions to give it life to live on. Our home is approximately 4.54 billion years old (Sarfati 8); however, with the lifestyle that the human race has allowed itself to live, we have left unmistakable damage to the planet. We are now approaching an era that can possibly be a very difficult one. Earth has conducted a diverse amount of life with a variety of environments, animal and plant species, and water sources that are all plumish in rates. One can notice that this planet has provided us with a wide variety of resources, yet as this planet ages it seems we are seeing less
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Our planet is covered in seventy percent water, but the dilemma we face is that only 2.5 percent is drinkable. (UM 2006) Then with there being 7 billion individuals a lot of fossil fuels are being exposed into our air quality. Fossil fuels are the primary cause of this with the making of carbon dioxide. We produce fifty seven percent of carbon dioxide through fossil fuels (EPA 1). By the happening of this, it is resulting in pollution, which puts more strain on this earth in our air,water and land. Chemicals have poisoned all of the world, harming humans, wildlife, and plant life, on land, sea and air. Approximately 100,000 synthetic chemicals are now on the market, with one thousand new chemicals are added yearly (“Web of creation”). Humans are essentially the largest carbon …show more content…
With an impending crisis looming over the horizon, the afore outlined steps must be followed to ease the population problem and the many other problems which are directly related to it. When people are educated to the benefits of limiting family size, they respond with lower birth rates. Education, coupled with economic pressure, will end the overpopulation problem and ease many of the other problems faced by today 's society. Therefore, we should transform ourselves, all nations, and together we could make a change for the sake of each other and the planet. If we continue with the habits we have now there will only be more obstacles we can’t even fathom to think about. The best advice we can give ourselves is from a very famous buddhist, Mahatma Gandhi, he once said “Be the change you wish to see in the
Our planet is covered in seventy percent water, but the dilemma we face is that only 2.5 percent is drinkable. (UM 2006) Then with there being 7 billion individuals a lot of fossil fuels are being exposed into our air quality. Fossil fuels are the primary cause of this with the making of carbon dioxide. We produce fifty seven percent of carbon dioxide through fossil fuels (EPA 1). By the happening of this, it is resulting in pollution, which puts more strain on this earth in our air,water and land. Chemicals have poisoned all of the world, harming humans, wildlife, and plant life, on land, sea and air. Approximately 100,000 synthetic chemicals are now on the market, with one thousand new chemicals are added yearly (“Web of creation”). Humans are essentially the largest carbon …show more content…
With an impending crisis looming over the horizon, the afore outlined steps must be followed to ease the population problem and the many other problems which are directly related to it. When people are educated to the benefits of limiting family size, they respond with lower birth rates. Education, coupled with economic pressure, will end the overpopulation problem and ease many of the other problems faced by today 's society. Therefore, we should transform ourselves, all nations, and together we could make a change for the sake of each other and the planet. If we continue with the habits we have now there will only be more obstacles we can’t even fathom to think about. The best advice we can give ourselves is from a very famous buddhist, Mahatma Gandhi, he once said “Be the change you wish to see in the