Human activities have enhanced and imporoved the Earth |
From the time immemorial, human beings have influenced our Mother Earth and now with the rapid development of science and technology, the threat to the Earth is getting more serious. It does not take a genius to see that how seriously humans ragaged the earth in the name of development for a long time. I strongly believe that human activities, especially in terms of the Earth development, have seriously laid waste to the our Mother Earth for the following reasons.
To begin with, there are major differences between Oriental culture and Western one with reference to point of views towards nature. The former thinks highly of the nature and humans are among the part of the nature or earth, whereas the latter consider the earth as an object to conquer and exploit. Here, I do not mean which is better than the other, I'd like to assure you that rapid dissemination of Western culture, we humans are faced with the severe ramifications: environmental pollution, depletion of natural resources and natural disaster.
You can not deny that human activities are the major scourge of pollution such as air, water, sea and many other essential parts we need to subsist. For example, even though there are many theories to disover major cause of global warming, it is well-known fact that human activities like deforestation, burning fossil fuel and expanding cities have contributed significantly to the global warming.
In addition, human activitites are depleting our natural resources. As a result of severe exploitation of natural resources, nothing is left for our children. That is, we are deliberately deliver our burden to our children and descendants. Presumably, our children will severly suffer from the shortage of natural resources.
Last but not least, human activities are causing a lot of serious natural disasters, For example, it is well-known fact that deforestation causes flood and frequent mauntain fire. Besides, human activities also contributed to spread of disease. For example, a few centuries ago, European who moved to America, have spread the hitherto unknown disease to native Amreicans, resulting in a kind of masscre of them. As such, human activities have caused many undesirable consequences.
To sum up, humans do not live without support of the Earth. However, in the historical perspetive, human beings did more harm than good to the earth. If we think over the fact that humans have lived hundreds of thousands of years with the Earth, but have seriously destroyed it, the answer to the problem is obvious. |