Tag: Consumption

Meat consumption the three concerns

The more rational approach is to adopt a reduced meat consumption diet for two reasons: first, for the optimal nutrition of the human organism, and second, for the sustainability of the planet. Meat production with current demands depletes natural resources at an unsustainable...

Sustainable Consumption: How labels impact the way we eat

In 2021, Alex Berke, a PhD student in the City Science group at the MIT Media Lab, made a pitch to the Lab community: align the Lab’s food expenditures with the Lab’s sustainability goals by not serving meat at catered events. The proposal polarized the community — why? To answer t...

Contribution vs. Consumption

You know, I can’t quite recall if I heard these two concepts put together in a book somewhere, or if it’s an original idea I put together myself. I’m sure it was inspired by some other source outside of myself, as that’s usually how cross lateral thinking of all kinds works. ...