Climate change is a large problem that is occurring in society today. Global temperature is rising, sea level is rising due to the melting of glaciers, longer growing seasons are happening in the north, and lastly more droughts and heat waves can occur.
In society today people are consuming too many things. We can reduce consumption throughout the world in a couple of ways. People need to stop buying unnessesary items, only buying what you need, don’t waste food, and recycle when you can.
The Life Cycle Assessment is an approach that quantifies all impacts from the beginning of a products life all the way to the end of the products life. We are interested in using this approach because we are interested in protecting resources and then comparing products processes.
Consumption, resources, and the environment: What you need to know 