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Readily Renewable Resources

Renewable resources are things you may use or experience every day without realizing it. Renewable resources are things you use that replenish themselves quickly and at a somewhat steady rate. Just because some resources are renewable doesn't mean you can be lax on conservation. If consumption outweighs the reproduction rate of some renewable resources, they can disappear.

  1. Sunlight

    • The sun shines brightly and consistently on most areas in the world. People have no part in the production of sunlight, but they can harvest its energy for personal use. No matter how much sunlight humans consume, there is always more beaming down and ready for use. You can collect and use sunlight by setting up solar panels to collect energy and feed it through to a building. You can also use the sun as a heater. The sun can heat your home naturally through skylights or through a thermal collector to heat water.

    Wind

    • A wind turbine rotates in the breeze, which creates electricity through friction. The electricity caused by the wind can help power electronics in a home or business. Wind turbines can populate wide-open spaces like cattle fields without much impact on the terrain. Cows can graze around the base of the wind turbine without disrupting it. People can never use up all the wind. It will continue blowing despite the number of turbines erected.

    Water

    • Water doesn't simply disappear once it circles the drain. It is common practice to treat and recycle water through underground sewers. Water recycles itself naturally as well in a process called the "water cycle." No matter how much water a populace consumes, it will also return. Water can disappear in certain locations, though. For example, a stream can dry up as the water evaporates. If the area does not receive proper rainfall, the stream can disappear, but that water will fall again somewhere else.

    Food

    • Plants and animals can reproduce on their own if necessary. Human interference just helps streamline the reproduction process for most food sources. Proper conservation of food resources (this means avoiding overhunting, poisoning the soil and destroying farmland) can keep food supplies plentiful. Some food shortages are a result of poor weather and lack of resources like water and sunlight. Expansion of metropolitan areas also diminishes the surrounding ecosystems and farmland, which can deplete the available food sources.

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