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Environmental Culture And Technology Essay

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Environmental, Culture, and Technology
Technology is something that always been around and it continues to develop to make life as we know it a little bit easier. Though technology is far more advanced than it ever has been, it has always been in play. What we consider simple or obsolete now was once upon a time the greatest technological advance that man has ever seen. Yet, technology may not always be the most appropriate answer for whatever concern is being presented to the world. The technology that we have today also causes major environmental problems. This is also something that is not new to man. Whatever changes that man makes to technology, has a direct correlation to an environment effect. One example is the destruction of Aldous Huxley’s homeland in England. On page 521, Reilly says that the formerly luscious valley is now overrun with weeds and other forms of brush. He stated that the farmers introduced a disease known as myxomatosis and this single handedly wiped out the entire rabbit population. The rabbits were no longer there to eat the vegetation and …show more content…

When man goes into the forest to gain the materials they ultimately destroy the homes to many animals and other organisms. This eventually changes the entire ecology of that particular area of the land (Reilly, 2013, p. 522). One of the main forms of travel in the early years was by sea. At this time man did not have the materials like what we have to day to make their modes of transportation. They knew they needed wood and they knew that the wood came from trees. By solving one problem (the boats), they caused a greater problem (the ecology). Just like the people of Easter Island driving their plants and animals to extinction, the destruction of their forest and ultimately the over all destruction of their society (Reilly, 2013, p.

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