Environmental Sustainability: Proposals for sustainable practices

Abstract

The unsustainable use of natural resources is not a current issue and it began since the Agricultural Revolution, which characterizes the change in the relationship between man and nature. Thus, the first major environmental impacts emerged, such as destruction of forests, deviation of watercourses and species's extinction. As a result of this new way of life that went from nomadism to sedentary lifestyles, there was an increase of human productive capacity and the emergence of other crafts that were not directly related to food production. Given that, this paper discusses topics regard to sustainability issues and suggests a few alternatives which people can apply on their daily lives and contribute to the exploitation of the environment in a more sustainable way.