Recent progress in technology has brought some consequences including environmental problems. It is argued by some that a simpler lifestyle could help to control these problems. Although others believe that technology itself is the solution. I personally think that environmental problem is an urgent matter to address and simplifying people lifestyle is the fastest solution available.
On the one hand, there is this argument that human being is deeply stocked in consumerism culture and decreasing environmental issues can only be achieved by living simpler lives. According to a new study in United States, every person is consuming 6‐times an average person in previous century and produces an even larger scale of wastes. Such attitude leads to a huge invasion of nature to satisfy the need of modern human and to get rid of his wastes. Thus, if everyone lives a simpler life and manage his unnecessary needs, this will result in a cleaner and more stable environment.
On the other hand, some believe that technology itself can be the solution to all the problems human has made so far. Technology progress can help to bring clean sources of energy in hand and recycle most of our daily wastes. For instance, Tesla corporation is producing electricity using vehicles with zero air pollutions and water recycling systems are being employed all over India to decrease soil contamination with water wastes. These methods can massively decrease environmental damages and make earth a sustainable environment again.
All in all, technology can offer practical solutions for environmental problems in a long run, however, in the next few decades they will not be widely available and we need urgent solution for our current issues. I personally think that by controlling the culture of consumerism and living simpler lives, human can save time for technology to offer final solution for saving the environment.
