oday we can see excessive consumption of natural resources such as air, fresh water, oil, and so on. The usage is increasing at a very dangerous pace and is already reaching critical levels. What are the reasons contributing to this? What should be done to minimize the effects?

The world in the 21st century is marked by the over-using

resources

that humans extract from nature for their demand in different aspects, leading to the risk of depletion of natural

resources

. The goal of

this

essay is to elaborate on the causes and outline some practical approaches to minimize

this

issue. As regards the causes, one of the primary factors giving rise to

this

issue is the dramatic increase in the number of humans on the Earth, requiring the excessive usage of electricity, water and other

resources

to meet the demand of their daily life. Equally noteworthy is the explanation that the lack of awareness in environmental protection results in the careless

consumption

of clean water and electricity, especially in rural areas where commuters seem to have less opportunity to adopt higher education. From a different angle, the

third

cause of

this

matter is the drastic development of technology, which greatly increases the speed of deforestation in comparison with the past when it took hours to cut down a tree with lots of saws and labours.

Besides

, the rising

consumption

of

resources

is derived from the consumerism culture, explained by the extraction of

resources

to produce unnecessary commodities like jewellery or diamond or several decorative items.

Moreover

, consumerism

also

poses the problem of using necessary commodities in an excessive amount of what is needed for their life, causing the waste of what they have. There may be various ways to address

this

situation, but the following suggestions can be substantially effective.

Firstly

, I believe the government should put some regulations to control overpopulation.

This

solution is being applied nationally by the authorities of several developing countries where the birth rates exceed the death rates, resulting in the striking spread of the population.

For example

, the Vietnam government has encouraged each family to have the maximum number of two children for nearly half of a decade, so that they could effectively handle the high density of population in recent years.

Besides

, other endeavours,

such

as raising the awareness of saving natural

resources

by imposing higher taxes on factories, production of which consumes natural

resources

including diamond production, wooden furniture industry and so on. Another measure that should be given equal consideration is concentrating on renewable energy. Due to the thrilling

consumption

of non-renewable energies, some are prone to become exhausted in the near future.

Therefore

, finding alternative

resources

which are naturally replenished on a human timescale including carbon-neutral sources like sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves and other similar sources of useful and clean energies is a long-term method to deal with the high demand.

Besides

given solutions, people must take responsibility for planting the forest after cutting down them to get materials and lands for industrial, economic or agricultural purposes. To make people follow

this

measure to protect the natural

resources

, it is compulsory for the authority to impose regulations to enforce individuals and organizations upon the afforestation. In conclusion, the discussion above has pinpointed the main causes of

this

pressing problem. Personally, I believe that the authorities should

accordingly

have

further

considerations on the issue of natural

resources

’ excessive

consumption

, and the suggested methods above can be of great help to alleviate the situation.