How do humans impact the environment? We could start here, with videos on stuff.
Take the footprint quiz. I think we live modestly in HK: no car, vegetarian, mama is cruel on the air con. But we run two fridges, buy milk from Australia, and travel by air to England, burning up the atmosphere as we go. What adjustments do you think we can make?
What can we do as citizens and consumers that put pressure on the manufacturers and producers? Is consumer pressure an effective way to tackle industrial waste problems, pollution, toxic runoff, resource depletion, landscape destruction, habitat loss?
Individual pressure is fine, but change also has to grow from institutions and communities. Not all is doom and gloom. There are projects which seek to create urban spaces that don't trash the environment. Find out about Eco Cities project; Sustainable cities; Transition network.
Let's spend some time this week reviewing the materials and making notes.
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