Exploring the root causes of

Hunger:
Awakening the Dreamer

The Impact of Western Consumption

Fact:

The U.S. represents 5% of the worlds population, but consumes about 30% of its resources.

Fact:

If everyone consumed at U.S. rates, wed need 3-5 more planet earths.

Fact:

We only have one.

What are the consequences?

Fact:

75% of global fisheries are fished at or beyond capacity.

Fact:

80% of the earths original forests are gone in the Amazon alone, we are losing 2000 trees every minute.

Fact:

Because of the way we live, other people suffer, and go hungry.

Quote:

Todays consumption is undermining the environmental resource base. It is exacerbating inequalities. And the dynamics of the consumption-povertyinequality-environment nexus are accelerating.
Human Development Report, 1998 Overview United Nations Development Program

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Conversation Circle:

So, why do we consume so much?

Exploring our Unexamined Assumptions

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Examining Unexamined Assumptions

Actions/Outcomes

Culture/Values

Worldview
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