3 Environmental Problems We Need To Fix To Survive On Earth

We pollute the earth in so many ways and the consequences will be dire.

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I’m not an activist for the environment. I don’t volunteer at environment organizations, and I’m not an environmental speaker. And yet, you don’t have to be Greta Thunberg to realize that we’re taking the path to the wrong future.

I remember playing Anno 2070 a few years back. One of the main features of the game was that when you build factories and such, you lower the environmental health of the island you were managing.

The island changed to reflect the score. It seemed to grow darker, the overall population happiness was low, and crops would take a penalty to production.

And you know what? That isn’t so much different than reality! I mean, if the bees were extinct than crops would surely take a penalty. Also, environmental anxiety — called Eco-Anxiety — is a thing now that affects people’s mental wellbeing around the world.

Anno 2070 depicts a future where we didn’t manage to stop pollution from making an irrevocable damage to the earth and that’s why people live in small islands.

Let’s explore the three main threats to environmental health we face today.