Impact of Modern Human Consumption on the Environment and Human Health 1. As discussed in the podcast “fighting fire with fire” Humans have lived in harmony with fire for thousands of years. wildfires play an important role in many different habitats and ecosystems, without them many species of plants and animals would suffer. Unfortunately over the past one hundred or so years, humans have shifted their viewpoint of wildfires from something that can cleanse and rejuvenate the land to something whose sole purpose is t be violent and destructive. In the podcast, the hosts discuss how humans have been harming the environment by not letting natural wildfires burn, as a result of the immediate extinguishing of small fires larger fires have more fuel and are significantly harder to put out. These larger hotter fires can have significant negative effects on the health of the environment and of the people living in the surrounding areas, o...
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