In many societies, there is a growing emphasis on sustainable living and reducing environmental impact. What are the challenges of adopting a sustainable lifestyle? What practical actions can individuals take to contribute to sustainability?
Despite the increasing awareness about embracing sustainable lifestyles, many fail to do so, due to umpteen reasons. The forthcoming paragraphs shall delve into the causes of this, and offer plausible remedies to surmount these impediments.
To begin with, the major hurdle in attaining this objective is rising population, resulting in the need to establish more industries, and farms,to provide people with enough food, shelter and other essential commodities. Similarly, more population means greater demand and exploitation of available resources that is creating a stiff competition, by virtue of which lawmakers fail to implement any environment supporting rules or regulations. In addition to that, an unprecedented wastage by the rising population barely leaves anything to sustain for the future generation.
In addition to that, people have completely become used to comfort and convenience, resulting in reckless milking of nature even when not required. To exemplify, many reports by W.H.O (World Health Organization) show that more than 80% of individuals in various parts of the world, especially affluent countries, are prone to using cars even for distances less than a kilometer which ultimately causes 30% more pollution.
However, there are numerous ways to overcome these constraints: adopting more greener energy options and using resources prudently, especially water and electricity; and switching to recycling and avoiding fossil-fuel based vehicles can help a lot. Above all, preventing the use of plastics and wasteful practices like overshopping, dumping food, and overuse of personal vehicles can help mitigate the complications.
To conclude, the rising population is a big challenge against sustainable living, but there are credible remedies that can be followed to support a much more eco-friendly lifestyle for societies across the globe.
