The Collapse Of The Easter Island

In my opinion, the Easter Islanders used the trees for numerous daily necessities such as building materials for houses, to build canoes, clothing, and logs to move their massive statues. The Easter Islanders used the trees at an unsustainable rate, depleting their resource. Depleting the tree resource became more problematic for the Easter Islanders, because it led other agricultural resources to decline as well. As their resources declined, it brought violence and warfare to the civilization. With limited resources, the Easter Islanders were unaware or unconcerned with the rate in which they were depleting the resources. This ultimately can be related to our current population. The concern is as Withgott and Laposata pointed out. The Earth’s population is seeing some of these similar problems, although Earth is a much large scale than Easter Island, Earth also has a much larger population in which could deplete the Earth’s resources.
Hunt summarized that as the population grew, the obsession to build things bigger, better, and more frequently, caused an increase strain on the environment. I notice similarities to today’s population. Humans can be wasteful creatures. As we continue down this path, if we do not become more concerned and aware of the rapid use of our resources, we too will be destined to repeat the past. Better awareness, research and preparation could make a world of difference in the preservation of our depleting