The Modern World Human Exposure

Firstly, the traditional meaning of nature was that God created it for all the living organisms, but basically, through history, people used to think that humans had a central place in it, like a king on his realm. As times has passed, with the industrial revolution, environment has another position in the society, and nowadays, human being is the one responsible for the environment’s change.

We are taught about the relation of human beings with their environment from the early days of our schooling. But what we have achieved is failure in protecting our environment.We have not, as a species, come to grips with the explosive events that have changed our relationship with the planet. For most of human existence, we lived as nomadic hunter-gatherers whose impact on nature could be absorbed by the resilience of the biosphere. Even after the Agricultural Revolution 10,000

Nature is a beautiful aspect of life because it makes up the world around us. As time passes by, it seems as if the environment that surrounds human life is slowly deteriorating because of the way society treats the world. Damaging the beauty surrounding mankind only shows that one wants to succeed at the expense of others. Rather than savoring what is around them, humankind exploits nature’s riches for its own personal gains; thus, the exploitation of nature, in general, leads individuals to be egocentric and only do what is beneficial for them.

The battle between technology and nature is not a new one. From deforestation to fishing technology that can pierce whale hide, technology and nature have played a game of tug of war for ages. From the time man has first picked up a plow and seeded the land, nature has been there with a tornado to wipe the work away. Every time man had started to overpopulate, wild animals and weather would keep it to a reasonable level. But what happens when man advances faster and with more force than nature can? When an industrial revolution or a form of colonization force nature into a small, confined corner. When animals and plants become history and myth. When the amazon becomes a concrete jungle? The battle between technology and nature has affected the world through globalization, industrialization, and colonization, and continues to affect the world both past, present, and future.

Humans have been around for the longest time on this Earth. Everyday we live, everyday a new human is born and everyday a human dies. We live on this Earth and the nature of this Earth provides for us. People can choose to harm the Earth or to help the Earth. Everyday people cause threats to the Earth and it has become a problem. Why do people need to preserve nature? We need to preserve nature because we need prevent damages that we cause on the Earth.

Humans are clearing forests (deforestation) to occupy more land to urbanise more areas. Thus, as humans continue to exploit the habitat of animals and plants for their own selfish needs, they harm the entire environment of the earth. The deforestation has resulted in a variety of animals, which dwell in that area, to leave the habitat. This is quite alarming as it could result in the loss of those species diversity in the future.

The root of the problems that this generation is facing is centered around the value of human life and enjoyment over all else. This self-centered way of life has shaped the way that decisions are made, and subsequently has negatively impacted the environment, nature as a whole. When major developments impact the surrounding nature, living or nonliving, the nature’s value is diminished and cannot be regained fully, even if the developments are removed completely. If decisions are made with respectful consideration toward the value of the nature that will be impacted and undoubtedly lost, there would be less destruction of naturally valuable areas and organisms. However, this consideration must be accompanied by action, for as Ed Abbey says in the film DamNation, “Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul,” meaning that thoughts and beliefs are nothing without action, and thoughts and beliefs that are worth nothing are the demise of the human mind. A balance between the value of natural features and human desire must be found while changing the environment, and checked consistently during the human-made feature’s existence.

Since the birth of human civilization, mankind has always been playing a competitive game with mother nature. The relentless pursuit of his progress, security, and comfort has resulted in an increase of stress on mother nature. It all began in the year of 1760. What we call the industrial revolution was a major turning point in Earth’s ecology and humans’ relationship with their environment. The revolution drastically changed every aspect of human life and lifestyles. Human development, health, and life longevity to social improvements and the impact on natural resources, the effects were becoming more evident every year. The industrial revolution wasn’t something that was made up overnight, some would say it was started the moment machinery was replacing manual labor. Fossil fuels were to replace the role of wind, water, and food for a more inexpensive, efficient strategy for performing the same tasks. What some didn’t know or even ignore about this substitution was that it could be extremely detrimental to both mother nature and human health. The full impact would not begin to be realized until about one hundred years later. Consequently, the life sustaining environment has been forced to transform more rapidly than it ever has before. The tendency humans have to exert a negative influence on ecology has resulted in a rapid increase in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, large deforestation, loss of biodiversity, severe land degradation, and environmental pollution.

The consequencing environmental changes mirror the growth of our populations and the intensity of economic activity between sovereign countries. The environmental degradation is of grave concern for it is being witnessed worldwide, significantly diminished life-supporting systems. Furthermore, human ecology has become complicated due to the inaccessibility population’s face for attaining resources.

" By inhabiting every corner of the planet, razing forests, and burning fossil fuels, people are changing the world so fast that many other species can 't cope"(Kolbert 1). This statement tells of a bitter truth that has affected the world since the advent of the evolved mankind, through various self-serving activities such as logging, mining, burning fossil fuels and continuously polluting both land and water. People have ensured through this and other wreckless means that other species that inhabit the world have poor living conditions and in some extreme cases that they have gone extinct. Mankind has led to the irreparable destruction of both the flora and Fauna of the world and it is only right that he work towards repairing what he

We have become obsessed with expressing our ingenuity through our technologies, particularly infrastructure. As our structures were made bigger and “better”, the disconnect between our built environment and natural world has become more apparent. While these conventional buildings helped establish our current status of our society, recent shortcomings in their designs are starting to be exploited. Buildings often lack identity, efficiency and functionality due to the constraints of the standards of man-made design. Our infrastructure accounts for 40 percent of all greenhouse emissions, making it the largest single contributor to climate change. One new approach is steadfast in reviving the genius of nature and applying these concepts to our infrastructure. This idea of Biomimicry is defined as the science and art of emulating Nature 's best biological ideas to solve human problems. While the transition from conventional to biomimicry influenced design has been minor, the structures that have adopted this idea are serving as a catalyst towards a building revolution.

Our society is concerned about the condition and the relationship between mankind and our ecosystems. As a species we have far suppressed our predators and we have increased in population. We have dominated many of our ecosystems that have been destroyed and severely damaged by mankind. This has lead to societies that have struggled for subsistence. Here in the United States the per capita rate of use is the highest in the world. (M. Kaufmann, R. Graham, D. Boyce, W. Moir, L. Perry, R. Reynolds, R. Bassett, P. Mehlhop, C. Edminster, W. Block, and P. Corn April 4, 2014). It is important for us to recognize that the human interest in ecosystems be observed, even if it requires altering certain human progress to stop within bounds with the physical and biological abilities of an ecosystem.

The human relationship to the environment has evolved over time as humans have made technological advancements and cultural changes. While some may argue that humanity is distant from nature, that could not be further from the truth. While the human relationship to nature is not the same as it may have been in the past, humans still rely on nature for their livelihood. Humans also have a strong impact on nature, and processes which occur in nature, through their actions.

The environment is rapidly undergoing major transformations because of anthropogenic causes which has not only impacted us humans but also other species on this planet negatively. The changing lifestyles and consumption pattern of human beings especially after the industrial revolution has put tremendous pressure on our ecosystems which in many cases are suffering tremendous loss and degradation.

For century’s scientist have studied the planet earth as a means to understand its makeup and vast terrains. Earth is considered unique in the sense due to the fact that it’s the only planet in the universe known to host actual life forms. Our planet is inhabited by millions of diverse species who dwell in different regions and landscapes. Over the course of time and through various advances in technology, many different sciences have emerged on the scene furthering mankind’s understanding of their environment as a whole. These discoveries have also provided a great deal of insight into the significant impact both humans and nature play in shaping environmental conditions as well.