Acting As a Responsible Consumer
In recent years, the world has pushed and strengthened the many initiatives that we as humankind need to strive for a more sustainable world. This concept of sustainability has been pushed into many concretes of society, ranging from the reevaluation of the energy we use, the teaching curriculum in institutions, and the way the government assembles regulations, which all incorporate the idea of sustainability to some levels. Given the scale of damage we cause within the world today, we as a society are utilizing the resources on this planet unsustainable. Based on the worsening climate change every year and the extinction of various species around the globe, there are many steps that individuals could have taken to alleviate this global issue. However, the mentality of we only have one life and that people ought to live their lives to the fullest has also correlated with the wasteful use of resources that adds burden on this planet. From doing a little reflection on ...