Consumerism and the Environment / Konsum und die Umwelt / Consumismo e Meio Ambiente / Consumismo y el medio ambiente

Americans and Western Europeans have had a lock on unsustainable over- consumption for decades. But now developing countries are catching up rapidly, to the disadvantage of the environment, health, and happiness. Approximately 1.7 billion people worldwide now belong to the consumer class. Yhe group of people characterized by diets of highly processed food, desire for bigger houses, more ...