Although the human species in one form or another have lived on planet Earth for millions of years, it is only during the last 10,000 years or so that the impact of human activities has been experienced starting with early agriculture, which led to the alleged civilization of the human species into what we are today.
It is only during the last six or seven decades, largely due to our advancement in all of the sciences and the advent of the resultant technologies, which has made us all aware of the detrimental effect most human activities are having on Mother Earth.
