Sustainability is a way of life that works to use natural resources in such a to reduce waste and overuse of such resources. APES have shown me that radical changes are needed to prevent global catastrophe. Before I thought that we could continue to live at such levels of comfort as we had been. Now I know that we must work to reduce our level of consumption and our wasteful society.

This Graph shows a human population curve. Currently we have exceeded our environments carrying capacity by a large margin. Unless we take drastic steps we will soon experience a massive dieback of population. This graph how unsustainable our current culture is.





These satellite pictures show the shrinking of the Aral Sea. This shirinkage was caused by human waste. The loss of the valuable water has affected many. These pictures show how human interference can have a devastating effect on valuable natural resources in just a few years.





This graph shows the gradual spike in global temperature over the past 200 years. This graph provides clear evidence of global warming. It shows the harmful effects that pollutants are having on our atmosphere and the planet itself