Resource depletion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource_depletion From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Resource depletion is the consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished.Resources are commonly divided between renewable resources and non-renewable resources. (See also Mineral resource…
Tragedy of the commons http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The tragedy of the commons is an economic theory by Garrett Hardin, which states that individuals acting independently and rationally according to each’s self-interest, behave…
Resource use and its consequences http://www.umweltbundesamt.de/en/topics/waste-resources/resource-use-its-consequences There’s no doubt about it: resource use is freighted with consequences. It inevitably generates emissions and other untoward environmental effects across the entire lifecycle…