Make Wealth History

I subscribed to Make Wealth History's feed and have been reading a lot of interesting posts from them. I like their tag line: "Because the earth cannot afford our lifestyle".

As someone living in a modern, first world country, it is hard to remember that most of the world doesn't have the luxury of living like I do. It's something I know, of course, but not something that I fully grok. Because I don't have to see it everyday. I simply can't imagine a world in which resources were scarce. I watched Waterworld last night and while I know that's a fictitious story, I do know that some people in this world live by scavenging.

As Make Wealth History points out, we have a responsibility to start watching what (and how much) we consume. Because the way it is right now, it's not fair.

If everyone on the planet enjoyed the same quality of life as we do, one world would not be enough. If we can't create a fairer world at this level of consumption, then we have to scale back our lifestyles, for the planet and for each other. MakeWealthHistory.org