Plastic: The Side Dish You Get with Every Meal

This book provides an eye-opening revelation about how our current practices continue to harm the environment and all its inhabitants. To ensure a more sustainable future for the planet, we must adopt new ways of doing things and eliminate consumer products and practices that cause the most damage to natural ecosystems and threaten life on Earth.

Wildlife species, ecosystem functions, and human health have all been negatively impacted by the excessive amounts of garbage produced globally every day. Many commonly used products linger in the environment for years after disposal, resulting in grave consequences for essential wildlife organisms and their ecosystems, including water sources, land, and soils. Natural resources have been rapidly depleted for decades, diminishing habitats and generating excess pollution.

The time is now to take decisive action. We must move towards using alternative materials and methods that reduce environmental harm caused by today’s common products and practices. This shift is crucial in minimizing the increasing risks of climate change and preserving our planet for future generations.

Renewable Resource Management graduate, Kimberly Joyce Koyczan of Tahltan First Nation, local to the Yukon Territory, shares her passion for the environment, the importance of natural ecosystems, the roles they play, and how current practices and consumer products continue to cause environmental harm. In pursuit of a better future in regards to climate change and the excessive amounts of garbage produced on a daily basis, Kim highlights the potential of industrial hemp to reduce the impact of our current practices that put human, wildlife and environmental health at risk.