Ecological collapse is typically represented by a landless peasant slashing the forest with his machete, or a tribal woman carrying a bundle of sticks on her head and a hungry child on her back.

生态崩溃所表现出的经典画面是失去土地的农民在用弯刀疯狂地砍伐树木，是身后背着饥饿的孩子，头顶捆柴草的部落女人。