When production is taken as more important than the environmentby | 21-07-2017 05:52 |
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We?ve all heard the definition of sustainable development as the one where the current generation uses the resources it needs wihout endangering the needs of future generations. Nonetheless, in our present society the now is given more importance than the future and making profits is more important than sustainable development. Humans center their lives around the consumption of goods and if we were given free reign over the resources we would deplete our planet in a couple of generations. But it is important to think about the future and the the needs of others if we want to be able to make progress. Let me give you an example of depletion of resources: in Argentina there are a lot of regions that are fertile that were left alone in the past but are now used for growing soy. Farmers and companies aren?t letting the soil rest and regenerate, which has led to dire situations in many cases to severe deforestation, droughts, erosion and floods.These conditions that are created are mostly affecting the poorer regions of the country where the impact of the depletion of this resources is big. I encourage people to think about their own consumption with this article. My example was of something on a big scale, but try to think of the times you use more than you need and throw away things to consume other things.
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