In nature there is no such thing as waste. In nature nothing is wasted; everything is recycled.

Beyond reducing individual use, one of our top priorities must be to move from fossil fuels to energy that has fewer detrimental effects on water supplies and fewer environmental impacts overall.

We must pay greater attention to keeping our bodies and minds healthy and able to heal. Yet we are making it difficult for our defences to work. We allow things to be sold that should not be called food. Many have no nutritive value and lead to obesity, salt imbalance, and allergies.

Feeding our energy appetite is top of mind for many people these days.

If we want to move towards a low-polluting, sustainable society, we need to get consumers to think about their purchases.

Some solutions are relatively simple and would provide economic benefits: implementing measures to conserve energy, putting a price on carbon through taxes and cap-and-trade and shifting from fossil fuels to clean and renewable energy sources.

The voluntary approach to corporate social responsibility has failed in many cases.