Natural Resources In Garrett Hardin's Tragedy Of The Commons

Garrett Hardin in his essay “Tragedy of the Commons” discusses the elimination of natural resources through the actions people take without consideration to the environment. Most people want the resources only to themselves, not allowing others to establish a stable form of living neglecting nature’s natural intent for interdependence. Earth’s natural resources are often taken for granted but their limitations are commonly overlooked by those who only seek to benefit themselves.
We as a society are mainly only focused on the end product of what we have in front of us that we do not consider the steps needed to get to the finished product, disregarding the small necessities for the resources we take advantage of. Geomorphologist, David Montgomery, …show more content…
In the essays “Getting to Know Your Bacon: Hogs, Farms, and Clean Water” by Jeff Opperman, senior advisor at the Nature Conservancy, and ““Putting Farmland on a Fertilizer Diet” by Dan Charles, food and agriculture correspondent for National Public Radio, both address the issue concerning the overproduction of materials creating a false sense of sustainability. With the mass production of materials comes the large of amounts of waste products that were once needed by said materials that need to be disposed of. The waste materials end up in places such as lakes and rivers infecting our once reliable sources of consumable water. The focus always seems to be put on how we can create a solution for something that we don’t see the damage placed onto other …show more content…
Roman Krznaric in his writing “Empathy and Climate Change: A Proposal for a Revolution of Human Relationships” discusses the connections of relationships between people and how that transpires into the relationship between people and the environment. Krznaric points out the lack of empathy through time and space, saying that we don’t seem to be taking into account how the damage done to the environment in this generation will affect future generations not only in our region but in multiple communities in other regions. An example of this comes from the article “Gender and Climate Hazards In Bangladesh” by Terry Cannon, author and researcher, saying that the damage done in first world countries also greatly affects the people in third world countries in ways such as flooding and global warming leading to permanent damage for future generations. In order for us to coexist together we need to take into account helping not only those around us but also create a better environment for the less fortunate and the future