ABC-DEFinitely Gross: The things parents don’t tell their kids about the environment

Many parents know that fuel and food costs are rising, and will continue to rise, but are sticking with Plan A.

Plan A: Consume everything in sight without thought of future generations and don’t think or worry about the natural limits of excessive consumption.

Many parents will never read or pass along the following: About 1960 average global consumption could still be supported by only about 50 per cent of global ecological capacity. However, about 1985, for the first time in human history, average global consumption matched global ecological capacity.

"Since that year we have been living beyond our means, supporting consumption through an increasing ecological deficit." [pg. 253, The Little Green Handbook by Ron Nielsen]


Many parents will never devise a realistic Plan B in order to set an example to their children or the next generation of consumers.

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