What are we doing to our environment?
According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), sustainability is the pursuing of creation and maintenance of “the conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony to support present and future generations.” This idea of sustainability “first appeared in a handbook of forestry published in 1713, and was used to mean never harvesting more than the forest can regenerate. The translated term appeared in English beginning in the mid-19 th century.” Despite that people know of the importance of sustainability, it is becoming more evident each day, not many people care enough about our environment or to future generations. Natural resources are becoming scarce and, in some areas, it is completely depleted like in some regions of Africa. Irreparable damages are being done like the overexploitation of fossil fuels, and the destruction of the Amazon forest. Such damages become apparent like permafrost, an ice layer th...