As consumerism grows, the earth suffers

"Approximately 1.7 billion people worldwide now belong to the "consumer class"—the group of people characterized by diets of highly processed food, desire for bigger houses, more and bigger cars, higher levels of debt, and lifestyles devoted to the accumulation of non-essential goods."

Click on the title to read the full article from National Geographic, as background to your 24 hour consumption diary, due next week.