When looking at this statement it makes you realize how crazy it is that society may be stuck in the same situation as the people who lived in the past when food was scarce. This statement refers to the amount of hunger that is occurring in the world. The fact that the book says that there might be over 1.2 billion people hungry by the year 2015 is something that there is no explanation for considering the "progress" that society believes to have made up until now. If we were so much more advanced than prior generations than why do we have so many people in this world who goes to bed hungry every night. All of of this lack of food supply, and the rising in price of grains and other forms of food will ultimately take as back to ancient times where food was scarce. That is he is trying to say by stating that are weak link will have gone back to the same as the archaeological sites that we study now.
https://d39rqydp4iuyht.cloudfront.net/store/product/image/32252.gif
Both soil, erosion, and aquifer depletion reflect an emphasis on current consumption at the exposure of the next generation. (Brown, p. 32)
All of these things that brown includes in this statement are all vital factors for the quality of life for future generations. The depletion of these three things is something that should be taken seriously and that people should be aware of. Many times the actions taken by people are never thought out for the future but for the present. The idea that later on down the road this may be impacted is not important to many people. I personally would not want to be the generation to set up the next with on going issues concerning these things. The
http://peakwater.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/freshwater-sea-level-rise-ground-water_53987_600x450.jpg
Ever since civilization began, each generation has left the next a planet similar to the one inherited. Our generation may be the first to abandon that tradition. (Brown, p.55)
When I read this line from the book it it just sad to think that something like this is true. For us to leave a generation with a world that has been destroyed by us is horrible. Not only are we leaving them with the depleted world, but we are leaving them with the problems that come with it. All this generation has done is worry about themselves and nothing more. For us to not consider the future of the human species and the world that we live on is just selfish. The effects that we have made on this earth will slowly but surely provide consequences to the damage that has been done. To think since the beginning of the human species that the world has been handed down form generation to generation leaving the planet similar is incredible. The statement saying that we are the first to abandon that is just sad and embarrassing.
http://www.environmental-watch.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/earth-day.jpeg
Both soil, erosion, and aquifer depletion reflect an emphasis on current consumption at the exposure of the next generation. (Brown, p. 32)
All of these things that brown includes in this statement are all vital factors for the quality of life for future generations. The depletion of these three things is something that should be taken seriously and that people should be aware of. Many times the actions taken by people are never thought out for the future but for the present. The idea that later on down the road this may be impacted is not important to many people. I personally would not want to be the generation to set up the next with on going issues concerning these things. The
http://peakwater.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/freshwater-sea-level-rise-ground-water_53987_600x450.jpg
Ever since civilization began, each generation has left the next a planet similar to the one inherited. Our generation may be the first to abandon that tradition. (Brown, p.55)
When I read this line from the book it it just sad to think that something like this is true. For us to leave a generation with a world that has been destroyed by us is horrible. Not only are we leaving them with the depleted world, but we are leaving them with the problems that come with it. All this generation has done is worry about themselves and nothing more. For us to not consider the future of the human species and the world that we live on is just selfish. The effects that we have made on this earth will slowly but surely provide consequences to the damage that has been done. To think since the beginning of the human species that the world has been handed down form generation to generation leaving the planet similar is incredible. The statement saying that we are the first to abandon that is just sad and embarrassing.
http://www.environmental-watch.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/earth-day.jpeg
