Many people are now waking up to the fact that the earth’s resources are not inexhaustible, and also that buying cheap has a flip side, in that someone in this chain is being exploited. It’s also true that there are many who’ve borne their social responsibilities for years and continue to do all they can to make a ‘better’ world.
Money drives exploitation as always, rainforests are cut down to plant palm oil plants, heavy metals leach into river systems from open cast mines, the use of child labour has seen enormous rises particularly during the pandemic – it’s all fuelled by the desire to ‘make’ money.
