1. A BETTER WAY Possible Solutions

2. Conscious Consuming: Aware of what you buy, and the impact it has on the environment.

3. Consumer Labeling: A label that tells how much waste was produced, and how the product was made.

4. Corporate Social Responsibility: Hold businesses responsible for ethical manufacturing of a product.

5. Cradle to Cradle Design: Everything used to create a product can be reused or recycled.

7. Fair Trade: Members of this organization agree to give fair wages and environmental sustainability .

8. Governmental Accountability: Government can give incentives for producing sustainable goods and services.

9. Green Chemistry: The use of nontoxic chemicals to produce goods.

10. Local Living Economies: Buy from people that live in the community.

11. Zero Waste: Eliminate waste and toxic chemicals in products, and make sure materials are not burned.