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As many of us prepare to be the "grown ups" of the Earth; the responsible and positively contributing members of society that will continue to further our nation and planet, we are seeing what past generations' choices have resulted in. Unfortunately in some cases the effects to their decisions haven't been pleasant. While we're seeing an increase in environmentally conscious business practices (or at least an increase in publicizing them), and an increased awareness in American homes, it's going to be our responsibility as business people, technological innovators, artists, and humans to develop and implement our own standards and solutions in business as well as life.
Alternative energy, hybrid or at least fuel efficient cars, minimized waste, knowledge about our food and where it comes from. These are just a few of the things that we can adapt to in our first big life decisions; our first cars, our first house. Keeping tabs on the health of yourself and your future family. We have to some extent accessible tools if not solutions to some of the nation's biggest problems. While it may be hard to change your ways of living after 50 or 60 years, at 19 or 20 it's not really that difficult to set a healthier, more beneficial standard of living that includes being conscious of your environment and how you affect it. While some may argue that high school or college students either don't make the decisions or don't have enough money for the best choices to be available, I think just educating yourself and those around you will definitely have some positive influence on the choices of who knows how many people. Blog Action Day