What drives your decisions?
We live in a world of consumer convenience. Plastic bottles of water make hydrating on-the-go easier than ever. Coffee pods make single-serve cups of joe a snap. Meal kits arrive at our door making cooking a delicious meal a cinch. Almost anything we want is available with a swipe and a click. Yes, the on-demand world is ostensibly convenient. But while that convenience has undoubtedly given us added efficiency and efficacy, it has also made us more disconnected in some respects.
What drives your decisions?
Bottled water has become so prevalent in our society, a lot of us don’t give it a second thought. Every single second, Americans go through about 1500 plastic water bottles. That’s a staggering 50 billion water bottles a year. And out of the 50 billion bottles of water being bought each year, the vast majority still end up in a landfill — where they take over 1,000 years to bio-degrade, and if incinerated, they produce toxic fumes. And it’s not just plastic water bottles, it’s also plastic straws, plastic bags, plastic cartons, diapers, lighters – the list goes on and on.
Food, namely animal protein, also poses one of the biggest dangers to the planet. Start to take note of how much meat you consume and where it comes from.
Over the past several decades, the global consumption of animal protein has doubled, and is expected to nearly double again by 2050, when the global population reaches at least 9 billion. The reason for this surge can largely be attributed to the economic growth in developing countries. People can afford more animal protein. And while less poverty is obviously a good thing, it takes a lot more resources to meet the growing demand.
The World Health Organization that annual meat production will increase from 218 million tons in 1997-1999 to 376 million tons by 2030.
