environment
In politics, the
environment as an issue generally referes to the problem of
sustainability - that our civilization currently consumes far more resources,
energy, food, freshwater, land than nature can afford and still sustain itself.
Related Issues:
climate change,
habitat conservation,
pollution, land use
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sprawl,
extinction,
endangered species,
consumerism,
ecology,
deep ecology, green philosophy
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[+] Position: Human civilization is part of the environment.
The notion that humans are somehow seaprate from nature is unfounded. Right now humans are simply outcompeting other species on the planet, and that is OK by the laws of nature.
[+] Position: "the environment" is a flawed term - use Ecology.
"Environment" is a far too generic word, it means simply "what is outside". The proper term is
ecology, which means the intertwined systems of life.