Sustainable Living and Resource Consumption

We are living 1.75 Earths worth of resources every single year, which means we're

stealing from future generations to maintain our current lifestyle. This concept connects directly to planetary

boundaries, the nine critical thresholds that keep Earth stable. We've already crossed

six including climate change, biodiversity loss, and biogeochemical flows.

The tragedy of the commons shows us why this happens. When resources are shared,

individuals exploit them for personal gain until nothing remains for anyone. Our oceans,

forests, and atmosphere all suffer from this pattern. Human activities

have fundamentally altered every ecosystem on the planet. Industrial agriculture destroys soil,