Critical Issue House Two Group Exercise:

A Minor Case Study in Conscious Consumption

Group Members:
(1)Raven Wooten Shepard
(2)Samuel van der Swaagh
(3)Allison Rivas
(4)

Consumption Choice: We are deciding whether or not to take a taxi from the East Side of Manhattan to the West Side of Manhattan.  

As conscious consumers, we would consider the following impacts of our taxi ride on:

• The environment:
• Impact 1: The greenhouse gases or emissions from the gas pipe that contribute to Global Warming or other negative environmental issues.
• Impact 2: Taxis pollute our water systems when gasoline comes out the exhaust pipe and pours into our rivers.
• Our personal health:
• Impact 1: this adds on to factor of being lazy and can make you less prone to exercises.
• Impact 2:this can contribute to the release of pollution from the taxi.
• The well-being of those who are impacted by our consumption:
• Impact 1: This could led to people breathing in Toxic chemicals in the atmosphere.
• Impact 2: Also, This can lead to dangerous traffic.

We imagine the following alternatives that would fulfill the same purpose as our taxi ride without some of the negative impacts:

In our lives today, these alternatives may or may not be possible.  Here is an explanation of how achievable these alternatives are, and what barriers exist to choosing these alternatives: