Understanding How Today’s Economy Has Impacted The Environment and Human Health- through the Movie 'The Lorax'
By Asra Asim Image Retrieved from: Pixels Today we live in a world driven by capitalism (an economic system where very limited people own the production of goods and the majority are those that work for those people or are the consumers of those goods), where Industries dictate the way we live, the way we purchase certain goods and most importantly decide in what kind of environment we live in. Have you ever paused to wonder the carbon footprint of certain goods we use? (Referring to how many greenhouse gases were released to make a certain product). We as consumers have the power to be more conscious of the kind of products we purchase and keeping account of how many natural resources went into making them. According to a study done by Crowther, Glick & Covey et al. (2015) approximately 15 billion trees are cut down every year for reasons ranging from deforestation, to collect wood to produce wood fire, to make furniture, to make paper products and he...