The Humanist Carbon Footprint

Consumers sometimes get a bad rap. People making purchases for their families are often trying to do the best they can to juggle value and quality while also being mindful of the most recent social issues news media tells them to prioritize. In this episode, I reflect on some old and new ways in which labeling and company gimmicks to look eco-conscious obscure the deeper problem: the fact that the onus of "being a good citizen" is so often passed on to the end-user, when it's really an industry-scale problem we need to resolve.