Joe Maderios--Sustainability

I was happy to finally have a lecture on sustainability because it has been a major concern of mine for a long time. It was very alarming to here the statistics of a typical day in the world. The main number that caught my attention was the 116 miles squared of rainforest that is destroyed everyday. What!? At that rate I am surprised that there is any forest left and no wonder our biodiversity is in such a critical state. Our generations to come are relying on us to sustain our resources and be more conscientious about how much we abuse consumption. If not there will sure be many larger hurtles that they themselves will be forced to deal with at a much more critical point then we are now. During this economic hardship it is so important for us to sustain our economy by reusing all materials so that we can conserve what we have left.