The boomerang effect of environmental degradation: The way forward

Abstract

Any action of man has a boomerang effect. Positive actions have positive effects and negative actions have negative effects. Thus, any action done in the environment has a corresponding effect on humans. When the environment is handled with care and respect, it would provide the needs of humans in appropriate measures. However, when the environment is mishandled, it would produce disastrous consequences like floods, acid rain, global warming, increase in ocean acidity, ozone depletion et cetera. These consequences that accrue from our wrong use of the environment would render the environment incapable of satisfying the teeming needs of man this work wishes to raise the consciousness of all to this fact. The work advises man to order his actions in such a way that the complementary horizon we share with nonhuman nature will be maintained. Every action that is geared towards harming the other (environment) would bounce back on the actor, because we share the same complementary horizon, which must be maintained, if we all hope to have a meaningful existence. This is necessary because development cannot be sustained if the environment is not preserved. It means Africa cannot hope to attain the height it guns for if appropriate actions are not taken to sustain the environment. Used for easily cloning the properly namespaced rect