What Does Biodiversity Loss Tell Us About Science and Technology?

Vo, Nguyen; Holroyd, Mia; Jordan, Megan

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What Does Biodiversity Loss Tell Us About Science and Technology?

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The world is in the middle of an environmental crisis, one that is causing permanent damage to the communities we live in and to our bodies. We are seeing weather system damage like we've never seen before and the loss of biodiversity at an astounding rate. The one major cause for this is technology, or STEM. STEM, better known as science, technology, engineering and mathematics, has revolutionized our lives but has also produced many unneeded tools that go to waste. It has put out massive amounts of pollutants that have destroyed the world around us. The true extent of what technology has done will not be known for many years, but in the here and now one can see the massive effects that technology has on biodiversity. Biodiversity is known as the variation of life around us. Biodiversity is an important aspect of our lives, providing for us and helping us succeed in many cases. There are many things within technology that are actively destroying the environment, some of which are political systems, cultural systems, economic systems and science itself. As society moves forward, we've grown to rely on technology. Some being AI drones, and predictive systems. These act as stepping stones for fixing the loss of biodiversity. In addition to this, people must take a more pragmatic view of the world around us, not just anthropocentric and not just biocentric, but somewhere in the middle where we understand the needs of the environment but also the needs of ourselves. Next, society should adapt certain beliefs to help structure the change that must come, these being spirituality, minimalism and care ethics. By utilizing these beliefs, we can look at the damage that is caused and understand the steps that need to be taken to repair this and prevent this from happening in the future. This paper acts as a call to action for us to hopefully change what we once thought was a destined end.

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