This document discusses the natural and technological environment and their impact on marketing. It outlines three trends in the natural environment: growing shortages of raw materials, increased pollution, and increased government intervention in natural resource management. It also discusses environmental sustainability and developing strategies that support indefinite economic growth within planetary limits. Additionally, it covers how new technologies create opportunities for new products and markets for marketers, though every new technology replaces an older one. Radio frequency identification is provided as an example and how it can be embedded in products to track them and reduce staffing needs for manual inventory checks.