GARBOLOGY

Agrinaut Training
Consumption
 What does consumption mean?
 What are some things we consume
every day?
 Where do these things go when
we’re done with them?

 Smoky Mountain in the Philippines

is an example of where our trash
goes
 What would you do if trash was
dumped in your front yard?
 How might this affect their water
supply or their air quality?
More Trash!
 Going Nowhere Fast
 Are we consuming too much
stuff?

 According to studies, Americans

consumer 32 times as much as a
developing nation does

 If everyone on the planet

consumed as much stuff as
Americans do, it would require 4
earths to take care of all the nearly
7 billion people!

 That’s a lot of stuff!

 Great Pacific
Garbage Patch
 Trash in Front of You
 Get into groups  What does all this have in
common?
 For example, they are all things we
throw away

 What is the difference between

luxury and necessity?

 Are any of these items luxury

items?
 Next time…
 Next time you take out the trash, just think of where it
may be going
 Think about what it might be doing to the environment
 Think of ways to reduce the amount of trash
 And always remember you are the future, you have the
ability to make a difference