Monday, June 13, 2011

The Unsustainability of Human Activity

by Deep Narayan Shah

 
Rivers, lakes, wetlands, and forests are increasingly beleaguered by human activities. However, unsustainability is not a condition of having too little of something, and therefore it becomes unsustainable the more we use it. Rather, unsustainability is an inherent characteristic of human beings' lacks of care or concern for life itself.
Today’s indulgent generation has chosen a pattern of mechanization, technology, and development that overtaxes our planet’s resources in an effort to maintain a modern way of living. Thus, we have unwittingly planted the seeds of unsustainable development..........................

Published in The Epoch Times, a multi-language international newspaper spanning 33 countries in 17 languages.  Read more..
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