Root Causes Of Environmental Issues
Root Causes of Environmental Issues
Rebecca M. Butler
SCI-275
June 4th, 2015
Mr. Scott Rosecrans
Root Causes of Environmental Issues
In today’s society, many individuals will agree and disagree with the many root causes of environmental issues. Personally, the failure to address the root causes has led to most of the environmental unsustainability issues we have today. Harich (2012), asks, “Does environmental sustainability fall into the class of problems that are inherently insolvable?” I agree, not addressing the root causes, as they present themselves to be among the major contributors for unsustainability in our environment, and the destruction of our planet. Some individuals believe, removing and farming a small amount of tress is harmless, but, in fact, the failure to manage and restore ecosystems properly over the last several decades has brought society to where we are today.
The root cause, which I agree with would be, “Religious teachings.” Many individuals believe that our planet has an unlimited supply of resources, due to a higher power. However, many would argue that all religious groups have traditionally expressed some ethical concern for the environment and its creatures. I also denial is a major root cause, to many of environmental issues today. Many individuals believe, if they ignore the problem it will go away or fix itself. However, simply ignoring a problem does not fix it, but in time the problem grows. One root cause I disagree with would be “laws and regulations.” Many laws have been created to help preserve our environment. Although many individuals do not obey these laws, they are there to protect our environment. If these laws are broken, people may be fined, which encourages them to follow the law.
References
Harich, J., Bangerter, P., & Durlacher, S. (2012). Solving the Sustainability Problem with Root Cause...
Chiras, D. D. (2013). Environmental science (9th ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.
Root Causes
Rebecca M. Butler
SCI-275
June 4th, 2015
Mr. Scott Rosecrans
Root Causes of Environmental Issues
In today’s society, many individuals will agree and disagree with the many root causes of environmental issues. Personally, the failure to address the root causes has led to most of the environmental unsustainability issues we have today. Harich (2012), asks, “Does environmental sustainability fall into the class of problems that are inherently insolvable?” I agree, not addressing the root causes, as they present themselves to be among the major contributors for unsustainability in our environment, and the destruction of our planet. Some individuals believe, removing and farming a small amount of tress is harmless, but, in fact, the failure to manage and restore ecosystems properly over the last several decades has brought society to where we are today.
The root cause, which I agree with would be, “Religious teachings.” Many individuals believe that our planet has an unlimited supply of resources, due to a higher power. However, many would argue that all religious groups have traditionally expressed some ethical concern for the environment and its creatures. I also denial is a major root cause, to many of environmental issues today. Many individuals believe, if they ignore the problem it will go away or fix itself. However, simply ignoring a problem does not fix it, but in time the problem grows. One root cause I disagree with would be “laws and regulations.” Many laws have been created to help preserve our environment. Although many individuals do not obey these laws, they are there to protect our environment. If these laws are broken, people may be fined, which encourages them to follow the law.
References
Harich, J., Bangerter, P., & Durlacher, S. (2012). Solving the Sustainability Problem with Root Cause...
Chiras, D. D. (2013). Environmental science (9th ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.
Root Causes
References: Harich, J., Bangerter, P., & Durlacher, S. (2012). Solving the Sustainability Problem with Root Cause... Chiras, D. D. (2013). Environmental science (9th ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning. Root Causes of Social and Ecological Crisis. (2010). Retrieved from http://ecowatch.com/2011/11/10/the-root-causes-of-social-and-ecological-crisis/