Are You Guilty Of Disposability Consciousness?

When you study the development of civilization over the past 10,000 years it becomes readily apparent that mankind’s lifestyle has shifted from one of respecting nature to one of consuming nature – not a sustainable trend!

The Global Oneness Project has produced a very thought provoking video featuring Julia Butterfly Hill, in which she speaks of how modern society has sadly embraced the habit of living a disposable life, and the consequences of our doing so.

How often do we think about where trash ends up? And do you ever consider where that trash came from in the first place? Julia brings such questions to light and gives us pause to consider how our waste is, in turn, wasting the planet itself. Spend five minutes watching this video, then reflect on your own lifestyle for a moment.

Have you added your name to the National Do Not Mail List?
Do you diligently practice Reduce, Reuse and Recycle?
How efficient is your method of transportation?

Julia Butterfly Hill

Julia Butterfly Hill brought attention to the plight of the world’s last remaining ancient forests when she climbed 180 ft into the branches of a thousand year-old redwood tree and refused to come down. Her protest of the environmental destruction that was caused by the clear-cutting of ancient redwoods culminated after 738 days with an agreement that provided permanent protection for the tree known as Luna and a 3 acre buffer-zone around it.

Julia Butterfly Hill

Julia Butterfly Hill is an activist, a writer and a poet. She is the author of the national best seller The Legacy of Luna and the co-author of One Makes The Difference. Julia founded the non-profit organization, Circle of Life to promote the sustainability, restoration and preservation of life, speaks regularly on university campuses, has addressed the United Nations and lobbied congress, and has continued to stand on the front lines of environmental and social justice issues all over the world.

Are you living a life based on disposablility consciousness?

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