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"What if the looming calamities of climate change, plastic pollution, the
energy crisis and our whole environmental doom-scroll are symptoms of just one
malady and it’s something we actually can fix?
That’s right, the planet is fighting a single archvillain: Waste.
Americans live in the most wasteful civilization in history. This goes way
beyond what we roll to the curb each week. It’s rooted in what we eat and drink
and how we cook. It’s the main thing you pay for in your utility bills and at
the gas pump. Waste is so deeply embedded in our economy, products and daily
lives that it’s hard to see clearly, or to see at all.
Thinking of seemingly unsolvable Earth-destroying crises as byproducts of waste
is powerful and hopeful. There’s no partisan divide where one side says, “Yay
waste!” Instead there are ordinary blue state and red state people at work in
our neighborhoods right now, showing us how to tackle waste and the
catastrophes it drives — and saving, even making money while doing it.
The best opportunity for healing our economy, quality of life and the planet
begins with reframing the entire doom-scroll as waste. What we choose to use is
important, but it’s what we squander that’s killing us."
Via
Reasons to be Cheerful:
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Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
