The reading from Something New Under the Sun by J.R. McNeill talks about the priority of the situation with today’s environmental issues. Throughout the chapters, it talked about how today’s reality will affect our next generations and the way they view the environment. Due to the past, there has been a lot of different events that have shifted the view on the environmental status which is a huge deal today.
Honestly, I thought this was really interesting to read about because hearing about events like the industrial revolution impacting the environmental situation is not something I would have ever really thought of. “Over the course of the twentieth century, more and more people acquired greater and greater leverage over the environment, through new energy sources, new tools, and new market connections” (McNeill 296.) This quotation shows how through the recent advancements through today’s society, it has impacted not only our lives but the environmental status. One question I would want to ask is: since there were different events that occurred in the past that affected today’s environmental standing, what recent events will affect our future environment position?
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