consumption
From Volume 3, Issue 4
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Considering water is a natural and public resource, it seems ironic that private companies are making billions by selling it. In the U.S., sales of bottled water have already surpassed those of beer and milk, and are now only second to soda; bottled water is
60,000. That’s the number of plastic bags used in the United States every five seconds. In his current collection Running the Numbers: An American Self-Portrait, artist Chris Jordan aims to visually examine standard statistics, that may be hard to comprehend when it comes to just numbers. “… I hope to… Read the rest
Looking for a reason to take shorter showers, turn off the tap when you’re brushing your teeth and drink tea instead of coffee?
Well, look no further, because this guy is still out there, climbing water towers, plotting against your local reservoir and ending summer water fights early . If… Read the rest
According to a New York Times blog post, the Natural Resources Defense Council has released a study revealing that video game consoles consume an estimated 16 billion kilowatt hours per year, which is roughly equal to the annual electricity use of the city of San Diego.
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Imagine the world without you and me. But don’t imagine it in terms of civilization ending by some cataclysmic event; just envision that we humans are suddenly inexplicably but entirely removed from Earth. That’s what Weisman considers in his book in order to investigate how
