The following answers for the causes and consequences features are examples and are not intended to represent a comprehensive list. in addition, the sequence of items is not meant to connote relative importance. strong demand for material goods; cultural influences that encourage consumption; rising per-capita affluence; excess waste and pollution of air, water, and soil; depletion of natural resources; habitat loss and ecosystem degradation; improved efficiency of manufacturing processes; enhanced technologies to reduce impacts of goods and activities; adoption of cultural changes to reduce desire for consumption; sustainable harvest of resources