Was the Industrial Revolution a revolution or evolution ?

The era of industrial revolution is noted by population
growth and the emergence of industries. These two factors brought higher consumption and
higher production. Consequently, human activity is capable to massively exploit the
world’s resources. Industries has as much impact on the planet as a city population has
on their municipality or a family on their own house.

If a
city or a house is neglected, it can rapidly become a mess. If nobody intervenes while
it degenerates, the damages inflicted to the specific environment grow, and eventually,
it crumbles. Once that point is reached, there is no other alternative but to leave the
area, or to destroy and rebuild it.

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Human activity
has a big impact on the
environment

The planet is
no different. Human activity has such an impact on the global environment that we can no
longer count on the magnitude of the planet to absorb pollutants. Massive pollution
provokes general ecological changes. As we approach a point of no return, it becomes
necessary to assess the inflicted damages and find ways to manage
them.

As obvious as it may seem, we have no alternative but
to stay on planet Earth. In the case of a global deterioration, we would have nowhere to
go. This is why environmentalism is not to be taken lightly. It is imperative to assess
the damages human activity inflicts on the ecosystem in order to avoid any kind of
irreversible
damages.