A Green History Of The World

A Green History Of The World

The foundations of human history lie in the way in which ecosystems work. Human development depends to very high degree on the ability of attaining enough resources to survive. Major breakthroughs always lead to increases in population, and often have severe environmental consequences. Human history is, at its most fundamental level, the story of how ecological limitations have been circumvented and the consequences of doing so.

This article should give a brief overview of how natural resource use and human development are interlinked, and how the problems humanity is facing today are determined by the way human societies evolved in the last 10,000 years.

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