ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION FROM USE AND THROW ATTITUDE OF THE HUMANS

Abstract

In this present research paper the challenges   in the sustenance of life and a dream of offering our future a better place to live-in is discussed. Environmental degradation is the deterioration of the environment through depletion of resources such as air, water and soil; the destruction of ecosystems and the extinction of wildlife. We have only one EARTH. Our environment is deteriorating through depletion and pollution of resources such as air, water and soil. There are problems at different hierarchy-local, regional, national and global. Bangalore, one of the major centers of outsourcing activity, has grown rapidly both demographically and economically and as a result is facing myriad urban infrastructural and environmental problems. Urban consumption is quite visible in the mushrooming of opulent apartment complexes and upscale shopping malls, hotels, and restaurants. The elite and the poor differ in their consumption patterns and therefore in their impacts on the environment. But, environmental degradation is evident at both ends of the income spectrum- the rich pollute due to the wasteful overuse of resources and the poor degrade the environment by surviving at its expense. With increasing population and income, the lifestyle of urban residents is changing. Urban India is thus becoming a ―throw – away society‖. The tonnage of solid wastes is disposed of each day by our consumer society. This mounting problem is due to the negligence attitude and shopping habits. The burden is on family ill- health and onset of variety epidemics. The Tsunami, earthquakes, high temperature and certain unknown diseases are instances of environmental disturbances.