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Extraction Extraction is technically natural resource exploitation, in other words, trashing the planet. We are running out of resources, we are destroying our planet to get natural resources. For example, we blow up mountains to get the metal inside, we use up the water and wipe out animals. For the past 3 decades, one third of natural resources have been consumed. The problem is that we are using more than our share, leaving most of the countries in this world with not enough resources. Production From materials, they move on to production. We mix toxic chemicals with natural resources to make toxic contaminated products. We are interacted and exposed to all kinds of chemical toxics. Babies are getting the highest lifetime dose of toxic chemicals from breastfeeding from their mothers who work with reproductive toxics in factories. They move dirty factories overseas to pollute someone else’s land but the thing is, air pollution comes right back through wind currents. Distribution Distribution is selling all the toxic contaminated junk made through production as quickly as possible. There is a main goal, where the price must be kept low so more people will easily and quickly consume the products. Company owners externalize the true costs of production. People involved in making the product pay with loss of their natural resource base, they pay for loss of their clean air, they pay by having to cover own health insurance. They pay all this to pitch in so we can get the products for a good low price. Consumption We are all consumers, we shop and shop, 99% of the stuff we run through our system is trashed within 6 months. We consume more than we used to 50 years ago, to spiritually satisfy us and our ego. The economy’s purpose is to produce more consumer goods, we are exposed to more advertisements than ever. These ads tell us everything about us is wrong, and that we must shop to correct ourselves. They also make new products look different so people know when you are not contributing recently. Our natural happiness is declining, we have more stuff to occupy us and less time for leisure, and for friends and family. Disposal Since we consume at this rapid rate, not everything fits in our homes, and it all goes into the garbage. We are making twice as much garbage as we did 30 years ago. Burning garbage and dumping it into landfill creates air, land and water pollution. Sometimes burning garbage creates new super toxics. Recycling is a solution but its not enough, especially when not everything is recyclable. But one solution is better than none. Another way There is a new way of thinking based on sustainability and equity: Green chemistry, zero Waste, closed loop production, renewable energy, and local living economies. It is already happening, although many people don’t believe it and think that it is unrealistic. Too many people want to continue in old path, but old path was created rather than just happened. Therefore we can create a new path, to save the earth, we can create things and make things happen.