Commentary: Holiday Overconsumption
According to the United Nations, the richest one-fifth of the world’s populace uses almost 90% of the planet’s resources. And much of that consumption occurs now, during the December holiday season. That got commentator Suzanne Elston of the Great Lakes Radio Consortium thinking.
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