TL;DR: SDG 12 – Responsible Consumption and Production

• SDG 12 promotes reducing waste, conserving natural resources, and encouraging sustainable consumption and production practices.

• Current global consumption exceeds the Earth’s capacity, using the equivalent of 1.75 planets per year.

• Responsible consumption means making conscious, sustainable choices around food, water, energy, products, and waste.

• Responsible production requires companies to shift away from fossil fuels, reduce emissions, and adopt circular, ethical manufacturing practices.

• Global trends like meal kits, plant-based diets, renewable energy growth, and sustainability reporting show positive momentum.

• Governments, businesses, and individuals must collaborate to shift mindsets, policies, and habits toward sustainable systems.

 Responsible Consumption and Production! 

In 2015, leaders from 193 different countries agreed on 17 global goals they felt the world needed to achieve by 20...

Inequality amongst the human race is something that has caused a lot of pain and suffering over the centuries, and unfortunately, injustice continues in present times.

Let’s look to the past to inform our present. The foundations of many of today’s inequities are centuries old and they have remained through centuries of change.

Slavery, being one of the most insidious, with its first peak in ancient Egypt and the Roman empire.  One might think that in modern times slavery does not exist anymore, but unfortunately, in 2019 approximately 40 million people, of whom 26 percent were children, were enslaved throughout the world, despite it being illegal.   

It is shocking to me that slavery is still happening in our society. For many people across the globe the term “slavery” is something of the past, historic. It is hard to grasp this concept because we don’t see it with our own eyes, but it is a plight of our time.

So how does slavery relate to Climate Change?

With colonization and th...