Collectively, We Spend Only 45 Minutes Daily On The Activities That Produce The Most Pollution

20 Oct 2023 | Abstracted from The Conversation

"slightly more than three hours remain in which we deliberately alter the Earth and our environments. Nearly three-quarters of this time is directed to our food system and tidying inhabited areas...the final 45 minutes, approximately, of the average human's day - is where all resource extraction, manufacturing and construction occur."

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