SUSTAINABILITY AND HUMANITY1
Introduction
In the race for success, the process of urbanization has brought in commodification
and the necessity to achieve a competitive position in life. With the widespread destruction of
biological species and lessening of the biological diversity, there has been a considerable
impact on the cultural diversities. In this race, languages have also suffered considerably.
From a count 6000, languages have come down to a number as low as 500 in the present
century (Davis, 2000). The earth is nothing but in a course of collision with the human beings
on one side and the nature on the other side. The unrestrained increase in the population has
resulted in the accumulation of wastes and affected the environment, comprising of the
atmosphere, water resources, oceans, soil, forests and the living species (Kendall, 1992). The
earth is a finite place with finite resources. However, the growing population is continuously
threatening the overconsumption of the resource, thereby depleting them and increasing the
pollution (Suzuki, 2011).
Discussion
The earth is the only planet that supports life but also diversity. With life and humans,
came the cultural practices that speak for the unique spiritual and intellectual achievement.
This reflects in the languages they speak. In the world where there is no incentive for the
accumulation of possessions other than wealth, everything else gets carried on one’s back.
Margaret Mead, an anthropologist, expressed her concerns before her death, stating,
“as we drifted toward a more homogenous worlds we were laying the foundations of a bland
and generic modern culture that in the end would have no rivals” (Davis, 2000). All she tries
to emphasize on is of a world where the complete human imagination would be limited to a
single form of intellectualism and modality. The languages need proper preservation and

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