final paper 2

In doing the research for this paper, I explored the idea of global population growth over the last century and how that has increased global consumption of goods worldwide.  Global population has exploded, due to technology progress to make living conditions globally better and advances in medicine and other things. This has allowed what were previously considered third world countries to make advances in their purchasing power and join our American ways of consuming and disposing of goods and contributed to the obsolescence of all things in their countries as well. This also contributed greatly to the amount of "garbage" that is not biodegradable in our planet. It makes me wonder if continued export of our way of life is the right way and how we can change things before they reach a point of no return. Interesting thoughts....how they will fit into my paper will be also interesting.