Brown - Plan B 4.0 ch 1-3 & 10

"If we cannot get the brakes on population growth, we may not be able to eradicate hunger. (Brown 5)"

End World Hunger: Source

Population is booming!  All over the world, people are trying to find new ways to accommodate this rapid growth. As the text stated, the issue is the location of this population growth. The majority of population growth is happening in areas that already have too many people living there, and has low or depleting water & food supplies. This mass of people living in one spot causes resources to deplete because we are using them quicker than the earth can replace them. Advances in medicine and lack of birth control in poor countries also contribute to population growth. 

Here is a link to an interactive world population map!  

“With each passing year the chorus of urgency from the 

 scientific community intensifies. Each new report indicates that we are running out of time.” (Brown 38)

We are running out of time Source

I strongly agree with this statement. Each year new studies come out and result in depleting resources and a dying planet. Plan B speaks about how dangerous climate change actually. It highlights what we are doing wrong and possible outcomes to fix it. In present day, I feel like people always want to see immediate results and that it is hard to focus on the bigger picture. As with all good things, restoring nature and our planet takes time – a lot of it! Many people are concerned with technology and exploiting the environment for their own profit. Technology plays such a big role in our daily lives. Why can’t we use it to better the environment instead of ignoring it? 

"Ever since civilization began each generation has left the next a planet similar to the one it inherited. Our generation may be the first to abandon that tradition. (Brown 55)"

Example of a destroyed forest Source

I also strongly agree with this statement. In previous generations, like in A Land Remembered, people only took what they needed from the land like the first generation MacIveys. But by the time it got to Sol, the third generation, the land was exploited. Early civilizations and settlers did not have the need to take extra from the land. They took only what they needed to survive. In recent times, people are always concerned about a profit rather than preservation or conservation. People don’t realize the consequences of their actions until its too late.

“The choice will be made by our generation, but it will affect life on earth for all generations to come.” (Brown 268)

Wall-E can change the world! Source

This is such a powerful quote. It made me realize that the choices we make towards the environment today will not only affect local areas, but the state, country, even the world. Our generation is cleaning up a mess made by previous generations and the next generation will have to clean up ours. This will never end.  Change can start with just one small thing. Anyone can help create a brighter future. 

The video below is from the movie Wall-E's end credits. It shows future humans rebuilding the earth from one plant! Everyone can make a difference.