Question

our environment through time
describe the lifestyle, resource consumption, and environmental impact of each of the following societies. you will need to do some investigating in order to complete this assignment. textbook pgs 9 - 11

	life style	resource consumption	environmental impact
agricultural society		they collected seeds of plants
industrial society

which type of society do we have today? is it one of the ones you researched above or is it changing? support your answer!

Explanation:

For hunter - gatherers: Lifestyle was nomadic, moving from place to place. Resource consumption involved gathering plants and hunting wild animals. Environmental impact included setting fires to burn prairies to promote the growth of grass for game.
For agricultural society: Lifestyle became more settled as people began farming. Resource consumption mainly involved collecting seeds for planting and using land, water for cultivation. Environmental impact included deforestation for farmland, soil erosion from over - tilling.
For industrial society: Lifestyle is urban - centered with a focus on factory work and mass production. Resource consumption is high, including fossil fuels, minerals for manufacturing. Environmental impact includes air and water pollution, habitat destruction for industrial sites.
Today, we have a post - industrial or information society. It is different from the ones above. In a post - industrial society, the economy is based more on services, information technology, and knowledge work rather than primary production (hunting - gathering, agriculture) or heavy industry. There is still resource consumption and environmental impact, but the nature of work and consumption has changed. For example, there is a greater emphasis on digital resources and less on physical resource extraction in some sectors, and there is also more awareness and efforts towards sustainable practices to mitigate environmental impact.

Answer:

Society Type	Life Style	Resource Consumption	Environmental Impact
Agricultural society	Settled, focused on farming	Collected seeds, used land and water for cultivation	Deforestation, soil erosion
Industrial society	Urban - centered, factory - based work	High consumption of fossil fuels, minerals	Air and water pollution, habitat destruction
Today's society (post - industrial/information)	Focus on services, knowledge work	Digital and traditional resources	Varying, with more sustainable efforts