The environmental degradation refers to deterioration of the environment through depletion of resources which includes biotic and abiotic elements that constitute our surrounding. Environment has been deteriorating for the last couple of centuries and almost every part of the earth has been touched. The major and primary factors of environmental degradation are both manmade like as modern urbanization, industrialization, overpopulation, deforestation, agricultural intensification and natural such as flood, typhoons, droughts, rising temperatures, fires and many others. The industrial revolution of 19th century mechanized the production and manufacturing of goods and introduced the use of machinery and other heavy equipment; which in turn, used fuels as source of energy. The modern advancement in technologies on which we feel proud is actually the root cause of the environmental deterioration. The industrialization increases the number of poisonous gases like oxides of sulfur, nitrogen, carbon, and smoke in the atmosphere. The degradation has adverse effects on humans, plants, animals and microorganisms and even on food safety. To cope up with the critical situation, we need to make optimum use and management of resources, sustainable development; adoption of green concept. In present communication efforts has been made to overview the impact of environmental degradation and its consequences and plans to strategies to reduce the effects of development on environmental degradation.