SUSTAINABILITY

The EPA defines sustainability as "meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." as of right now we are putting our present and future generations in harm. We are doing this by buring fossil fuels at a rapid ad dangerous rate. This burning of fosil fuels is resultin in the extremely high releases of Carbon dioxide. The access amounts of Carbon Dioxide in the air is affecing the earths sustainabilty, for the present and the future.

"The Earths Climate is a fundamntal part of our life support system." (sustreport.org). Earths climate forms how we live on this planet, but how we live is changing earths climate. Human activities are releasing to many green house gasses into the air. This high release of green house gasses is causing the earths atmosphere to heat up. The atmospheres heating up makes the earth more prone to weather extremes, tornadoes, floods, droughts, and wild fires. This warmer weather also interferes with natures ecological system. With the earths weather extremes the wild life is being interfered with. Habitats are being shifted due to the warming temperatures. This heat is also melting the polar ice caps, which could cause the earth to flood, and the melting of these ice caps is destroying a mojor source of fresh water. Or, the melting of these ice caps will flood the earth and the human race will be no more. The excess burning of fossil fueld and heating of the earths atmosphere is putting our present and future in great danger,

Glolbal warming can be slowed down, if drastic changes occur in the way we currently live. A switch to cleaner energy would drasticly cut down on the release of green house gasses. Solar power, wind power, and water power are three of natures most powerfull forces. We could use these forces to power our planet, an we could do it without damaging our planet. In recent years we have become much more conciouss of our planets rapid increase in temperature and releases of greenhouse gasses. Though we may be moving in the right direction in sustaining a healthy atmosphere and cleaner living, much more needs to be done.

Ryan May

http://www.sustreport.org/issues/climate_ch.html

http://knowledge.allianz.com/en/globalissues/climate_change/global_warming_basics/global_warming_definition.html