Since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, humankind has radically transformed societies in many regions of the world to meet the needs of a rapidly growing population. This has placed a lot of pressure on the environment and also on humans. There are two aspects of the crisis that should be highlighted. First, we need to look at the impact of social and human development on the environment, and secondly, look at how the impacts we produce spill over onto humanity itself. For example, population expansion in the global North and South has made poor countries more vulnerable to the impact of environmental damage. In these countries, the effects of environmental destruction push more and more people towards the edge of poverty and can lead to social unrest. The increase in the world's population has accumulated pressure on all renewable resources, in particular on fresh water, soil, forests, the atmosphere, the climate and the oceans. In turn, environmental destruction can lead to a reduction in the availability of natural resources for human consumption. There is also the case of building new infrastructure to support development in the northern and southern hemispheres of the world which has led to dangerous environmental disasters such as oil spills in our oceans and increased greenhouse gases in our atmosphere. Furthermore, underdeveloped nations are seen as the culprit of environmental destruction and often blamed for the outcome of man-made disasters. Therefore, I believe it is unfair to blame marginalized countries as the main contributors to environmental destruction, since environmental degradation can be localized in both developed and underdeveloped regions of the world. To understand the relationship between and...... middle of the paper...they want to see. Developing countries produce much of their air pollution through outdated factories and infrastructure, while developed countries locate their factories in third world countries for cheaper production. Furthermore, poorer countries cannot afford greener technologies to support their economy due to the high cost of new technologies. I believe that if humans started using environmentally efficient machinery at the beginning of the industrial revolution, we would not be faced with the consequences we see today. I also believe that if large companies became leaders in fighting environmental pollution, more individuals would be influenced to participate in environmental protection. It is important to note that developed and developing countries are both responsible for environmental degradation. You can't blame just one person, it's everyone's fault.