Eventually, additional steps may need to be taken like advanced waste treatment methods to reduce water pollution. I will reduce my consumption of meats by eating at a lower trophic level more often. The two greatest advantages of doing this is that it helps promote sustainable agriculture and is good for my health. By reducing my consumption of meat, I help prevent desertification, a serious and growing problem in many parts of the world. Two reasons why topsoil becomes vulnerable to desertification are overgrazing and soil compaction.
Livestock are the culprits of overgrazing soil compaction.
In eating at a lower trophic level, I encourage agriculture to produce various crops -not just the grains needed by livestock. Agriculture could then implement methods like polyculture to become sustainable. I will reduce my use of fossil fuels by walking, taking the bus, or riding a bike. Not only do I help save energy and reduce air pollution, but also, I improve my health. As we learned in this course, fossil fuels will become depleted sometime in the next century.