Consumption, Resources, and the Environment: What You Need to Know
This blog is intended for anyone who’s interested in being more environmentally conscious and wants to better understand the link between their lifestyle and how it relates to the environment. Have you ever stopped and looked around at the things in your house such as your electronic devices, lamps, and decor, and wondered where it comes from? We are so focused on everything in our little “bubble” that we don’t look around and wonder how these items affect our environment. To better understand the current environmental crisis, we need to look at three things. How our consumption is tied to the environmental crisis, how the carbon cycle reacts, and the results of climate change. We looked at how humans rely on renewable and non-renewable resources. We currently consume natural resources 1.7 times faster than the Earth can regenerate them. It's driven by population growth and overconsumption lifestyles in developed nations. Reserves to production (R/P) ratio measures how many years...