We live in an insatiable consumer society, surrounded by material goods and far removed from the natural world. Our "hunger" to consume means that we need more and more natural resources and that we produce an ever increasing quantity of pollution.

Common sense tells us that this cycle is not sustainable; we sense that we are destroying our planet. But we are too busy with our everyday lives to stop and think of the implications that our daily activity has on the environment.

Recent studies prove that things are coming to a head. Without a rapid and radical change in the way we are treating our planet, we are certain to begin experiencing grave consequences in the very near future.