This document discusses how human activity impacts the environment. It focuses on how human development and use of resources has changed views of nature from something beautiful to something being destroyed. Research looks at how concepts of beauty and cleanliness relating to the environment have changed over time. Results show acceleration of deforestation and rising carbon dioxide levels due to fossil fuel use. Artwork depicts negative effects of industrial pollution through images like dead animals and chopped down trees. The conclusion is that human progress for personal benefit has altered the view of nature from art to symbols of destruction.