Definition of ecological problems in today’s context is taken as environmental problems and the most important ecological problem is the air pollution. This issue has a long history and is impacting on the health of the individuals since 500 BC. Various human activities of that time have emerged and evolved with the passage of time and thus extended environmental issues. Air pollution is one of the major ecological problems. Environmental problems were first discovered at the time of ancient Athens and Rome when they complaint about environmental concerns (Bauer, 2007). This essay will look in detail about some of the human activities at the time of ancient Rome and Greek that helped in causing ecological problems. Along with this context,
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Since then, the concept of making energy from renewable resources took place and more and more people started using these resources. Situation got worse at the time of industrial revolution when industries started to make air pollution. One of the famous historians also commented about air pollution in his work by stating:
“Some 2,000 years ago civil claims over smoke pollution were heard before Roman courts, and in 535CE the emperor Justinian promulgated the institutes which included a section that acknowledged the importance of clean air to breathe (and pure water to drink) as a birthright: ‘By the law of nature these things are common to mankind – the air, running water, [and] the sea” (Hughes, 1997, p. …show more content…
Human activities like noxious emissions from the smelting and mining of various minerals also started at that time. These activities had limited impact at that time but they became difficult for future generations. During wars, weapons helped in protecting the empires but helped in emitting harmful metallic pollutants in the air like copper and lead. With the passage of time, the use of these weapons became common and these materials impacted negatively on the environment (Gliksman, 2003). These environmental issues not only impacted on the regional sphere but also impacted on the geographic sphere as the time passed. According to Hughes (1997) in his book environmental problems in the Ancient Rome and Greeks, problems started when people began to introduce various metals for making tools and weapons. These tools helped them in short term by giving the individuals of Ancient Rome and Greek benefits but these human activities were the basis of introducing ecological
Since then, the concept of making energy from renewable resources took place and more and more people started using these resources. Situation got worse at the time of industrial revolution when industries started to make air pollution. One of the famous historians also commented about air pollution in his work by stating:
“Some 2,000 years ago civil claims over smoke pollution were heard before Roman courts, and in 535CE the emperor Justinian promulgated the institutes which included a section that acknowledged the importance of clean air to breathe (and pure water to drink) as a birthright: ‘By the law of nature these things are common to mankind – the air, running water, [and] the sea” (Hughes, 1997, p. …show more content…
Human activities like noxious emissions from the smelting and mining of various minerals also started at that time. These activities had limited impact at that time but they became difficult for future generations. During wars, weapons helped in protecting the empires but helped in emitting harmful metallic pollutants in the air like copper and lead. With the passage of time, the use of these weapons became common and these materials impacted negatively on the environment (Gliksman, 2003). These environmental issues not only impacted on the regional sphere but also impacted on the geographic sphere as the time passed. According to Hughes (1997) in his book environmental problems in the Ancient Rome and Greeks, problems started when people began to introduce various metals for making tools and weapons. These tools helped them in short term by giving the individuals of Ancient Rome and Greek benefits but these human activities were the basis of introducing ecological