Environmental impact is the deterioration of the environment through depletion of resources such as air, water and soil; the destruction of ecosystems; habitat destruction; the extinction of wildlife; and pollution. The I=PAT equation, Environmental impact (I) or degradation is caused by the combination of an already very large and increasing Human population (P). A continually increasing economic ...

The life-cycle of a product begins with design, then proceeds through manufacture, distribution, use and then follows through the waste hierarchy's stages of reduce, reuse and recycle. Each of the above stages of the life-cycle of a product offers opportunities for policy intervention, to rethink the need for the product, to redesign to minimize waste potential, ...

Nature is essential for our well-being, as it provides food, clean air, and clean water. We talk about sustainability, national issues and so on, but the fact of the matter is that Humans are the biggest factor and danger for animals. In the past 50 years, population has gone from 3.3 billion, to 7.4 billion. In ...

The combination of environmental change and diversity loss increases the risk of abrupt and potentially irreversible ecosystem collapse. The time has come to stop talking in terms of distinct crises, be it climate or biodiversity, we need tackle them all as one, with total system change ... ... transformative change, including changing global economic, financial and social ...

If most people think we do not have hope, it is likely to become a self-fulfilling prophecy. In order to stop a climate catastrophe we must first believe we can make a difference. Great things can only be achieved by everyone believing it can be done. Stop making excuses. Do not expect the rest of the World to ...

Addressing climate change will require many solutions. There is no magic bullet. Yet nearly all of these solutions exist today, and many of them hinge on humans changing the way they behave, shifting the way humans make and consume energy. The required changes span technologies, behaviors, and policies that encourage less waste and smarter use of our resources. But ...

How useful is it to speak of the Lost Generation, the Greatest Generation, the Silent Generation, the Baby Boomers, the Vietnam Generation, the Generation X, or the Millennials. And always attribute to these specific generations certain common characteristics. The precise meaning of the term generation is contested. Is it a culture, a demographic, an outlook, a ...

The Earth is our home. We were made from it and we are sustained by it. We are deeply moved by its mysterious beauty and we are destroying it. We were given the Earth as a home. One look at its beauty and abundance reveals the Love of our Creator. We as Humans are expected to ...

We have reached a moment where the Earth is full. This is not a philosophical statement; this is just science based in physics, chemistry and biology. There are many science based analyses and they all draw the same conclusion, we are living beyond our means. Scientists calculate that we need about 1.5 Earth's to sustain this economy. In other ...

Biologists, ecologists, foresters, and naturalists increasingly argue that trees speak, and that Humans can learn to hear this language. Trees speak constantly, even if quietly, communicating above the ground and underground using sound, scents, signals, and vibes. Trees are naturally networking, connected with everything that exists, including you. If you have ever walked in a forest on a breezy ...

Economy and ecology derived from oikos, which is the Greek word for home or household. Ecology is the science of the household. Economy is supposed to be the management of the household. Aristotle referred to Oikonomia as the art of living and differentiated it from Chrematistics, the art of money making. Today, economy has been reduced to the ...