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the essay1-3 is related work for this English class.

 The main themes of the course are the ethics of land (proposed by Leopold), the climate crisis, the ecological crisis, the carbon footprint, and the path of sustainable development. 

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Yingxin Xu

Dr. Krista Walter

ENGL1C

02/06/2021

The Most Significant Step towards Sustainability

The extinction of Earth is imminent. We have observed deteriorating results regarding our planet’s condition. Countless time, effort, and money have been used to research ways to slow the Deterioration and reverse its effects. However, the results have not been very promising. It forces us to look for alternatives for our survival to ensure the future of humanity. Sustainability is one approach that has gained popularity and a huge supporter base. Sustainability quite literally means to remain persistently. In the current context of the term, it refers to the capability of the biosphere and humanity to synchronize them to co-exist.

One of the most critical threats that we face in contemporary times is that of climate change. There is not a single place on this entire planet that is immune to this contagious crisis. The spread of climate change is escalating in our faces, rising temperatures, degradation of the ecosystem, food, water insecurity, natural disasters, economic insecurity, conflict, Etc., and we seem to stand impotent in the face of all these adversities. With the Paris climate accord of 2015, 197 countries agreed to set emission thresholds that would mitigate the rise in global temperatures by 1.5 ° via reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions or absorbing even more carbon as generated by 2050. So far, only two states, Gambia and Morocco, have reached their goals, while the major generators are falling low or refusing to acknowledge their objectives. The climate crisis, as destructive as it stands, can be resisted. Climate change is a consequence of economic growth and improvement. It is evident that the world economy prospered more than tenfold post-world war II. Economic growth is an after-effect of burning fossil fuels, gas, Etc., but with these fuels propelling the economy, they also have a devastating effect on the environment.

The observed concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is roughly 40% higher than the Industrial Revolution’s onset. Hence, to avert the devastating effects of climate change, sustainability is of utmost importance, and it is about time to take a collaborative approach in combating climate change with the help of environmental stability (Dobbins et al.). Environmental stability can be described as the maintenance of natural capital, and hence humans must come to terms with the fact that the biological environment has certain restrictions to it (Goodland).

The most significant step this current generation can take towards stability must be based on sustainability principles: society, environment, and the economy. While many steps can be taken to counter this problem, narrowing the possibilities down to one often strengthens our position and remains focused on the task at hand. One of the most significant steps that the current generation can take towards reaching sustainability and averting the effects of climate change is to take a strong stance on the environmental and social problems and take considerable relevant actions to reach their objectives. Many people think it is rather nonsensical to take an individual approach to cater to global problems, but as we come to think of it, the development of these globally imposed threats is nothing but increments of individual behaviors that result in a huge outcome. Hence the reverse is also true; if individual actions can cause destruction and degeneration, they can also produce solutions. Whatever most of us will do within the next several decades would dictate what might occur in the next several centuries.

In recent research and surveys conducted by the LIM college, 90 percent positively responded to whether millennials and Gen Z will make steps to persuade businesses and the government to create more sustainable products and change the practices that cause harm to the environment (Best And Mitchell).In addition to vocalizing their concerns for the production of sustainable consumer products, our generation extends their concerns beyond products and permeates into the realms of human rights, equality, and other social issues. It is empirically evident in the research conducted by Fleishman Hillard; the research signifies that approximately 80% of consumers are likely to raise questions against certain practices of a company if it is not per their beliefs and ideals. Later, in the same research, it is identified that nearly 60% of consumers have certain expectations from the businesses to reciprocate their concerns regarding social issues that prevail within the businesses (Best and Mitchell). These researches make millennial and Gen Z’s position rather clear since they make up for a huge consumer base for businesses, so they tend to have a huge influence on how these corporations function, keeping in view the environmental issues.

Businesses and corporations in the present day all function on the classical economic theory of maximizing capital by treating the environment and its constituents as mere means of production and disregarding the role of nature in the maintenance of life, with this generation being aware of the adverse effects of the economic ploys, an advocate for a change by putting forth the idea of ecological economics in the hope of persuading business to take a rather sustainable approach. Ecological economics fundamentally believes in giving natural capital equal value like other forms of capital. It remains firm on the fact that the natural capital is narrowed in its scope, and the economic activities must be following this restriction. For example, one of the practices that ecological economics advocates for is the polluter pay principle, which states that businesses and corporations that are responsible for pollution, which causes implications for the environment and human health, must bear the costs of the pollution thereby, holding them accountable (Kibert and Charles).

This generation recognizes the dire need to counteract climate change and support sustainable policies and practices. As indicated by the Pew study conducted in 2018, it is identified that 81% of millennials identify the adverse effect of global warming, and among that 81%, 65% recognize human activities as a primary cause. This study also indicated that the generation also considered the need to cater to the needs of climate change in the poll conducted (Geiger).

We have seen numerous people of the current generation take an active part in the protests and strikes that advocate for climate change and aim to persuade the government to implement policies and take action against this global threat. Active advocacy is one of the significant steps our generation can take to intervene in the global climate crisis. Some people might argue about the immediate impacts of taking part in a protest or advocating in a strike and deem them useless efforts but the events in the past years suggest otherwise. In 2018 a wave of global protest broke out, with tens and thousands of students joining the movement against climate change following the example of teenage activist Greta Thunberg. Although receiving backlash from some, these protests were highly appreciated by New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern (Woodward). The purpose of mentioning these cases is to solely substantiate that taking action against social and environmental issues has a huge impact, which often goes unrealized.

The result of individuals of this generation collaboratively advocating and taking a stance against issues regarding the global climate crisis can lead the stakeholders and businesses to consider sustainable business practices. They take out the time to consider sustainability problems and their consequences on social and environmental degradation. An interview with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development CEO revealed that the drivers for the change are our new generation motivated to collaborate with businesses that advocate for sustainability. Secondly, consumers’ role is an important factor of change since they demand the companies to substantiate their claims of sustainability, and lastly, the motive to change for some businesses is competition (Hicks). The world is in dire need to recognize that the climate crisis is a human rights crisis to bring sustainability regarding the climate crisis. One cannot ignore these two reals’ overlap by drawing out a false dichotomy with fallacious standpoints. For example, if a country is suffering from a detrimental pollution crisis, it cannot isolate the adverse effects of its pollution on human health. Put aside this false dichotomy and consider the reality that, indeed, every threat posed by the climate crisis is a social crisis.

There is a dire need to take a step towards sustainability by the current generation since it makes up more than half of the consumer bases for business, and most expectedly, most of which would be future leaders or business owners. Hence, it is at this time and age are the prime responsibility to take a personal stance against the issue that concerns the environment. It is rather risky to assume without any concrete evidence that individual actions do not constitute a change and that only huge actions can instigate change. The amalgamation of individual efforts into a collective action drives change in any situation. Incremental steps can bring about systemic change. If it is not for a single consumer to voice their opinion against the business’s biodegradable practices, we would not have seen businesses adapting sustainable models. Individual practices help to signify the need for change. Big change cannot come about by themselves; they need a Kickstarter, and that Kickstarter is the individual choice that amalgamates into building the capacity for collective action.

The most significant step that this generation can take towards the climate crisis is to take a strong stance individually and use the influence to advocate for change in practices and policies that cause the environment’s degradation. To advocate for the adoption of sustainable practices and take actions based on sustainable development goals. Therefore, making choices that are inclusive, integrative, advocate, and sustainable will help to eventually realize that the climate crisis is inevitable as it can be avoided by bringing change on a larger scale with small incremental actions.

Works Cited

Goodland, Robert. “The Concept of Environmental Sustainability.” Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, vol. 26, 1995, pp. 1–24. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/2097196. Accessed 2 Feb. 2021.

Best, Elisabeth, And Nikita Mitchell. “Millennials, Gen Z, And The Future Of Sustainability | Blog | BSR”. Bsr.Org, 2018, https://www.bsr.org/en/our-insights/blog-view/millennials-generation-z-future-of-sustainable-business. Accessed 2 Feb 2021.

Woodward, Aylin. “Millennials And Gen Z Are Finally Gaining Ground In The Climate Battle — Here Are The Signs They are Winning”. Business Insider, 2019, https://www.businessinsider.com/signs-millennials-gen-z-turning-tide-climate-change-2019-4?IR=T. Accessed 2 Feb 2021.

Kibert, Charles J., et al. “The ethics of sustainability.” Retrieved on September 26 (2012): 2017.

Geiger, A.W. “18 Striking Findings From 2018”. Pew Research Center, 2018, https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/12/13/18-striking-findings-from-2018/.

Hicks, Robin. “Can Sustainable Business Really Save The World?”. Eco-Business, 2019, https://www.eco-business.com/news/can-sustainable-business-really-save-the-world/?sw-signup=true.

“Climate Change.” Choices for America in a Turbulent World: Strategic Rethink, by James Dobbins et al., RAND Corporation, 2015, pp. 69–84. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/10.7249/j.ctt17mvhfj.13. Accessed 2 Feb. 2021.

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Yingxin Xu

Professor Krista Walter

ENGL1C

01/20/2021

Think like a Mountain

Pope Francis asserts, “Nature cannot be regarded as something separate from ourselves or as a mere setting in which we live…We are part of nature.” Pope Francis gave the concept of holism in his speech. It means that every unit or piece in the world should be considered a part of the ecosystem. From single-cell to gigantic organisms, everything is interconnected in the whole biosphere. Thinking like a mountain describes that man has intervened and taken control of the balance in the environment. Man tries to take services and products from the ecosystem, which leads to the devastation of nature and destroys its balance. Human beings need a collective approach to deal with issues in the environment. They need to assess all the aspects to design a strategy to overcome environmental issues because it requires complex and detailed planning. All components of nature share a relationship that performs tasks of higher complexities. Due to this, the environment has become the foremost concern of the world. It initiated several debates on how to deal with environmental issues. Some people think it is the government’s responsibility to solve the problem, while for some, environmental problems are so vast that an individual cannot resolve them. Nature controls and balances itself through various tools. Therefore, rather than thinking like an individual, humans must appreciate Profundo’s interconnected nature of the ecosystem and develop an ecological and holistic approach to deal with the environmental issues of 2020.

Human beings need to think within the ecological context to solve environmental problems. Human beings should utilize intricate web found in the environment to heal its deteriorating condition. For example, in the past, chemicals were sprayed on crops to kill insects and pests. During that period, almost 30 different pesticides, calcium arsenate, nicotine, and pyrethrum were in use. The reason to use these chemicals was to minimize the impacts of famine. Pesticides and insecticides improved crop production, but after few years, it has been seen that nature started to face novel problems. Bird habitat faced the consequences of artificial means to increase crop production. Pesticides cause population decline, safe habitat loss, behavioral changes, and local extinction. The negative impact of pesticides is observed in the whole food chain. Insects, birds, animals, and human beings affected negatively，even the soil’s chemical concentration was disturbed. Muller discovered the insecticidal impacts of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and received the Nobel prize to highlight the negative impacts of DDT (Shigaki,7). These problems compelled human beings to think ecologically to solve problems associated with the environment. So, scientists worked on organic ways to increase crop production. They suggested farmers use beneficial insects like praying mantis, green lacewings, and lady beetles to prey on the crop pests. Farmers used attractive habitats such as water, shelter, and food to lure good bugs into their crops. Hence, it is deduced that the ecological context should be considered while finding the solution to any environmental problem.

Humans should withdraw themselves and involve nature to overcome major environmental problems. They need to assist nature in solving environmental issues. Earth’s temperature is rising day by day due to increased greenhouse gas concentration in the air. Carbon dioxide concentration has increased at a rate of 31% since the industrialization era. Fossil fuels burning and deforestation are some of the major causes of carbon dioxide increase. The involvement of nature can decrease global warming because all components of nature connect to gain balance. For example, forests act as carbon sinks. Forests continuously exchange carbon dioxide with the atmosphere. Forests capture carbon dioxide present in the atmosphere to prepare their food and release oxygen for human beings. Many studies reveal that tropical forests store almost 50% carbon dioxide and decrease global warming (Pugh, 5). Human beings need to reduce deforestation so that forests can effectively perform carbon sequestration. If they want to cut the trees, they should not cut the whole tree but cut upper logs or parts of the tree. In this way, human beings can fulfill their needs and do not intervene in carbon sequestration. Therefore, it is necessary to allow nature to show its healing power.

The holistic approach is essential to solving the deforestation problem of the world. One of the major causes of deforestation is cutting wood to meet the demand for energy consumption. Governments need to implement strict rules and regulations to prevent people from cutting wood. Strict legislation is possible to implement in urban areas, but it is difficult to convince people in rural areas to stop cutting woods. They will argue that wood is their basic necessity; it provides the heat in cold weather and energy to cook their food (Muttaqin, 2019). They have no alternatives to protect themselves from cold winds but to burn woods. So, the first government provides inhabitants of villages with an alternative. Governments are involving locals to design and implement rules that fulfill the whole community’s requirements, not one particular section. It shows different sections of the community are needed to bring together to solve an issue. All stakeholders’ active involvement assists the government to make effective legislation to combat the environmental issues. Governments need to consider nature and people to remove concerns about the effectiveness of the strategy. Hence, every individual’s role is critical to play an effective part in the environment.

For a single individual, it is a tedious task to save Mother Nature. Environmental problems require a collective approach from society, so minor alternations in our regular lifestyle can eradicate nature’s detrimental cause. Thinking like a mountain focuses on collective effort. For instance, Plastic shopping bags consumption can decrease if we take recycling bags and into the markets. Such an approach will solve many environmental problems. It will minimize air pollution due to the burning of plastic bags. It will also solve the clogging problem of the urban areas because plastic bags clog the water drains. Recycling bags will also reduce deforestation because woods are a major component to produce paper bags. Recycling bags will reduce paper bag consumption. As stated earlier, individuals cannot entirely solve a problem but have a major contribution. In contrast to the individuals, governments need to play a critical role in preventing activities that disturb the environment. The government imposes strict laws that are abided by its people. For example, countries can completely be banning the usage of plastic bags. However, the government needs the support of its authorities to implement the laws. The government of Bangladesh has recently banned plastic bag usage, and it is producing practical ramifications. Thus, collective actions from the state and people are essential to lead a healthy environment.

It is concluded that current environmental problems also require holistic strategies. The solution to environmental problems lies within the environment. Whenever human beings try to interfere in the environment’s natural healing process, it exacerbates the situation. It is necessary to involve ecological context to minimize the negative impacts of climate change. Every time the world faces an environmental problem, all of us should work together to reduce the impact of environmental problems. Governments should consider all stakeholders and local people to design a strategy. Interconnected nature increases the complexity of the environmental crises, but it also provides cushy ways to diminish environmental issues’ negative ramifications.

Works Cited

Mourshed, Monjur, et al. “Towards the effective plastic waste management in Bangladesh: a review.” Environmental Science and Pollution Research 24.35 (2017): 27021-27046.

Muttaqin, Muhammad Zahrul, et al. “Developing community-based forest ecosystem service management to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation.” Forest policy and economics 108 (2019): 101938.

Pugh, Thomas AM, et al. “Role of forest regrowth in global carbon sink dynamics.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116.10 (2019): 4382-4387.

Shigaki, Toshiro. “Health Effects of Environmental Pollutants.” Gut Remediation of Environmental Pollutants. Springer, Singapore, 2020. 1-29 

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MGEC61Assignment 2 (Winter 2022) 2

Question 1 (30 points)

Sweden is a small open economy that adopts a flexible exchange rate, and the market perceives

the American assets as the only safe assets. Suppose the Swedish economy is characterized by the

DD-AA model; and, for simplicity, assume that the Swedish economy is initially operating at its

full capacity.

a) Recently, the Swedish government announced it has lifted all COVID restrictions. This
announcement has boost confidence in the economy; as a result, spending on dinning out and

equipment purchase increases permanently. In the context of the DD-AA model. What

happens to the Swedish current account and balance of payments in both short run and long

run? Explain with the aid of ONE DD-AA diagram. (20 points)

b) Now, suppose the central bank of Sweden, Sveriges Riksbank, finds the change in the kr/US$
exchange rate in part (a) undesirable and wants to keep it at the initial level. At the same time,

the Sveriges Riksbank wants to keep the amount of money circulated in the economy from

changing. Do you think it achieve these goals? If yes, explain what they should do and discuss

how the chosen policy affects the country’s balance of payment account. If no, explain the

rationale behind. Make sure to support your answer with the diagram from part (a). DO NOT

draw a new one; otherwise, you will not receive credits. (10 points)

Note: Exchange rate is quoted as Ekr/US$, where kr = Swedish krona. DO NOT use DC/FC in your

explanation; otherwise, you will receive a grade of ZERO for the whole question.

Question 2 (20 points)

“The DD-AA model predicts there will be no change in current account when new payment

technology is introduced to the country such that households no longer use cash as the primary

method of making payments permanently.” True/False/Uncertain, explain with the aid of ONE

DD-AA diagram.

Note: Compare your answer to the initial equilibrium.

Question 3 (20 points)

Consider two economies, Home and Foreign. Home pegs its currency, DC, to the currency of

Foreign, FC. The government of Foreign increases import duty on Home’s lumber from 8.99% to

17.9%.

a) If the market expects this change in trade policy is long lasting, what happens to domestic
output and current account in the short run? In the long run? Explain and support your answer

by ONE DD-AA diagram. (12 points)

b) Would you change your answer in part (a) if the market expects the change is short-lived?
Yes/No, why and how? Explain and use the diagram in part (a) to support your answer. No

credit will be given if you draw a new diagram. (8 points)

Note: Compare your answer to the initial equilibrium.

MGEC61 Assignment 2 (Winter 2022) 3

Question 4 (30 points)

A small open economy can be described by the following equations:

Full-employment level of output: YFE = 12500

DD equation: Y = 8700 + G – 150P + 200EDC/FC

AA equation: Y = 2000 + 5(
??

?
) + 50Ee – 40EDC/FC

In the initial long-run equilibrium, the government collects 9% of the nation’s long-run level of

national income as taxes and it runs a budget surplus of 225. Also, the level of (nominal) money

supply is 28700 and the expected DC/FC exchange rate (Ee) is 25.

a) Find the long-run equilibrium exchange rate and price level. (6 points)

The economy is initially in its long-run equilibrium as described in part (a). Suppose there is a

change in the preference of holding money such that the new AA equation is:

AA equation: Y = 1940 + 5(
??

?
) + 50Ee – 40EDC/FC

In addition, a permanent shock will cause the expected exchange rate to change by 0.6 DC per FC.

b) Suppose the economy adopts a flexible exchange rate, answer the following questions:

• If the change is transitory, find the equilibrium levels of output and exchange rate in the
short run. (5 points)

• If both change is permanent, find the equilibrium levels of output and exchange rate in the
short run. (7 points)

c) Suppose the economy adopts a fixed exchange rate, and the official rate is set at the one
calculated in part (a). In addition, the fixed exchange rate is maintained by a change in real

money supply. Answer the following questions:

• If the change is transitory, find the equilibrium levels of output and real money supply in
the short run. (4 points)

• If both change is permanent, find the equilibrium levels of output and real money supply
in the short run. (4 points)

• Do you get the same answers for both temporary and permanent changes? Yes/No, explain
your answer (i.e., why the answers are not the same or not the same). (4 points)

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Yingxin Xu

Professor Krista Walter

ENGL1C

01/30/2021

Ethical Obligation to our Biotic Community

Nature provides us with the things soothing our health and has infinite beauty to serve comfort and pleasure to our eyes. When it comes to giving, our biotic community selflessly bestows us with unlimited benefits, from food to medicines; it barely keeps anything to itself. However, when we give, we deserve something in return, and so does nature. It is a moral responsibility of every individual to follow certain practices to pay back to the environment, which can be done by conserving and protecting the environment and reducing pollution.

The protection of our environment is our moral responsibility. Our ethical practices and consideration can govern it. According to the EPA statistics, an average American produces almost 6 pounds of trash, among which only 1.5 pounds is recyclable. It means about 4.5 pounds is a complete waste. One person produces this much waste, keeping in mind the Earth’s population, it is not a tall helpful and is extremely damaging for the environment (Tiseo). Accountability is an attribute neglected by most people, which also has certain reasons. Producing unnecessary trash is not seen as something unethical generally by the people, and the sense of responsibility and accountability is not even promoted through different means. It is because the alternative that causes damage to the environment is competitively cheaper than the recyclable ones. The need to build a perspective that highlights the damage caused to the planet is something that society lacks. Another perspective that indicates that human being is the most superior of all the species also blur the vision of people towards other species, making them consider others not important enough.

What people fail to understand is that the lives of all the organisms are interlinked with each other. Human beings and other organisms on this planet share a food chain. If any of the organisms’ life is affected, it is automatically going to harm the food chain. Causing harm to one is not going to benefit the other. Humans and the food chain’s involvement has been profound, as We have brought drastic changes due to their practices. They have caused enormous damage by fishing, hunting, and largely polluting the environment. It has not only caused damage to life on land but also to life in water.

Global warming is one of the largest damages done by humans to the planet. The release of harmful gases in the air and harmful chemicals in the water has caused enormous losses by damaging the O3 layer and water life. We non-decomposable things in our daily life and produce much waste out of it. This waste lives longer than an average human and is neither recycled nor reused (Denchak). Due to this, it is often thrown in oceans and empty lands. It causes many problems like temperature changes, making it hard for many species to survive. Degrading the environment is never going to cause positive changes in human life and will definitely result in unfavorable outcomes. More activities like oil and trash spills disturb the weather to a huge extent.

From the food chain to medicines to calmness, we obtain almost every single thing from nature. Clean water, mirror, soil maintenance, healthy ecosystems, climate regulation, nutrients, medicines, raw materials, food, water, shelter, furniture, and even clothes are obtained from nature’s elements. It is without a doubt extremely important for our survival. All of these things constitute and form the base and foundation of a healthy human life.

In order to awaken an ideology comprising of a more responsible and accountable attitude, it is our responsibility to emphasize practices that promote a healthy ecosystem. For this ideology to be effective, self-realization is extremely necessary. Unless a person does not understand the negative contribution to the environment and its consequences, a sense of responsibility cannot be effective in him for the long term. For a long time, the planet Earth has been communicating all of the miseries by earthquakes, floods, cyclones, and other natural disasters. We need to be our own judge because all the change starts within. Promoting the idea of using recyclable and reusable items, especially in daily life, needs time. Today, a sustainable lifestyle is a healthy lifestyle because it will be beneficial in the long term. We need to change our way of living and switch waste-producing practices with sustainable ones. Volunteering for cleanups in the community can also improve environmental sustainability (Chan).

Many plantation and cleanup campaigns are carried out on both smaller and larger scales, which promote a sense of responsibility, making people more careful and considerate towards the environment. One of the most important practices that are neglected and considered as less important is water conservation. As per the EPA statistics, an average family wastes almost 180 gallons of water per week. Not fixing household leaks wastes nearly 900 billion gallons of water annually. Some estimation also indicates that more than 50 percent of landscape water is wasted due to over-watering runoffs and evaporation. Hence, we must conserve water. Many animals die every year by ingesting plastic or getting stuck in it. Reducing plastic usage and replacing it with environmentally friendly alternatives would cause an enormous change in both terrestrial life and life in water. There are many alternatives to toxic chemicals. Using natural disinfectants can reduce harm to the environment and prevent humans’ contact with harmful substances. They are environmentally friendly and just as effective. Moreover, using energy-efficient products will cause a change in greenhouse emissions. Along with that, unnecessary energy usage should also be reduced (Evans).

Moreover, deforestation is also one of the biggest contributors to environmental damage. Cutting off huge portions of forests to use the land commercially is a selfish move. Deforestation has altered the complete environmental behavior, which has not been helpful for human life either. The planet’s temperature is rising to a great extent day by day, causing extinction to extraterrestrial life and health problems to humans (Chakravarty 20). Industries also produce tons of waste and chemicals, which are then dumped in oceans and seas. This water goes through the process of evaporation, resulting in acid rains. It is one of the biggest examples of humans causing damage to them. Thus, the industries need to develop and adopt less harmful practices so that the environment and eventually the human life can be saved.

As per the pace that humans have in damaging the environment, it is not too hard to state that human life would also go extinct in the future. Due to a lack of decency and self-realization, humans are planting a trap for themselves, which they are unable to see due to being blinded by their selfishness. What they consider as saving money today is going to make them spend billions later. No money is worth killing a life, regardless of it being human or animal life. Thus, it is important not to neglect our moral obligations and foresee the upcoming harms we would be causing to ourselves. Not only will it save us from the upcoming damages, but it will also encourage a sense of responsibility and make us better morally. All the practices would uplift human lives and standards of living along with improving environmental quality. We should interact responsibly with the environment to avoid the degradation and destruction of natural resources. Collective action would for sure improve lifestyle for the long term. The three sustainability pillars: the society, the economy, and the environment; all they can be saved. These pillars provide safety to the profit, the planet, and also the people. We need to ensure that all the environmental protection steps are taken responsibly by evaluating every practice’s effect.

Work Cited

Chan, Brian. “Why Is Sustainability Important? Everything You Need To Know [2020] [2021] | Diversity & Social Impact Made Easy”. Diversity. Social, 2021,

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Denchak, Melissa. “Are The Effects Of Global Warming That Bad?”. NRDC, 2016, https://www.nrdc.org/stories/are-effects-global-warming-really-bad.

Evans, Marni. “5 Reasons We Should Care About Saving Water”. The Balance Small Business, 2020,

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Chakravarty, Sumit, et al. “Deforestation: causes, effects, and control strategies.” Global perspectives on sustainable forest management 1 (2012): 1-26.

Tiseo, Ian. “Topic: Waste Generation Worldwide.” Statista, 2020, https://www.statista.com/topics/4983/waste-generation-worldwide/.