Normal habits that are outrageous and completely wasteful and disrespectful. Our opinions and perspectives are shaped by what we read on the latest Twitter post from the trending column. Brief, eye catching headline that could be completely different than what the actual article is about. If it’s a study, is the information actually truthful? It is very easy to create correlations without any causation. People read one article and believe they know all about a topic, when in reality it is very simple to forge the facts to create the image a company wants you to …show more content…
Technology has produced e-waste at rapid rates that is just piling up because it is deemed outdated and useless. Our soil is now rich with plastic. Our oceans are the dumping grounds for all things waste including nuclear waste, human waste, and trash. The ice is melting, oceans are rising, weather is chaotic, forests destroyed, life is becoming extinct. Why is this the norm? Slow violence tearing away at society and the Earth as we know it. Most people would say that there is hope with Solar and Wind power being some of the highest grossing products over the past couple of years, but it isn’t enough. I am not here to be negative and mocking of the progress being made in those categories, I’m just being realistic in the sense that it isn’t enough. A dramatic change must be made within society and its norms. We may fear the idea of being ostracised from our groups in order to make these