Key Words: Environment, Literary texts, Ecocriticism, Surfacing by Margaret Atwood, Changing ecology of Canada, Self exploration, Self sustainability, Oneness with nature …show more content…
The all around innovative and technical innovations and developments that have upgraded our standard of living to a great extent have simultaneously wreaked havoc on our ecology. Thus the need for sustainability assumes mammoth proportions if we are to keep the world inhabitable for our future generations. Sustainability will help achieve a balance in the ecology. In this age of ‘instant gratification’ we refuse to look beyond our needs and desires but this irresponsible attitude has contributed to the steady decline of our environment. Sustainability will provide the key to “how we might live in harmony with the natural world around us, protecting it from damage and destruction”