The potential in many environmental issues is that if you undertake corrective action without appropriate understanding of the problem, then you wind up doing more harm than good.
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Fundamentally, if you look at where the environmental issues are coming from, it's all because of humans and our impact on the environment, so while it's true that one individual is not going to sufficiently fix the environment, it is a necessary thing.
What I have experienced over time is that environmental problems are easier to deal with in ways that don't go into their interconnections to the rest of what we are.
This whole idea that we address environmental issues by not doing stuff just doesn't work.
Sustainability is no longer about doing less harm. It's about doing more good.
I always get involved with the environment because once you go past the tipping point with the environment, you don't get it back.
People want to feel good about the choices they make. They want to know they're choosing material that's not going to harm the environment.
It's inevitable your environment will influence what you do.
Though many corporations honor commitments to reduce dangerous pollution, some cut corners and cheat. The marketplace doesn't always have mechanisms to correct bad actors.
We're not trying to reinvent the wheel; for any environmental organization to claim sole responsibility for any kind of victory is insane, because everybody attacks these problems as a group.
There are a tremendous amount of environmental issues that are on the table.
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