According to Buckle the environment is a critical factor for nations to flourish. For example the only reason for the Eastern nations to flourish is because of warm climates. The Northern nations were innovative and industrious to survive the cold, producing a large quantity of food. But by modern times the Southern nations stagnated. So in South Africa we have different climates in different parts of our country. For example in the Freestate the warm weather is great for producing food and they also get enough rain to produce a large quantity of food too. But in the Karoo where the weather is extremely hot, they struggle with producing food and they also have little but no rain each year which makes it even harder to try and produce food.

Human societies are being exempt from the ecological principles and constraints that govern other species. Because of the pro-development paradigm, environmental degradation and crises takes place. Human beings are known for overpopulating and for all the pollution around the world. For example in South Africa, we have a lot of factories so that contributes to the air pollution that affects our ozone layer. 

So all the environmental problems within society are resilience, because although people need to change their behaviour and accept the challenges they are faced with, in SA it is not possible. In SA our service delivery are almost non- existant, so our government will no be able to help other people who suffer. For example in South Africa, the government can't help those people who have water shortages, the public needs to go out and help them.