It’s easy to take our way of life for granted. Television, the Internet and magazines show us a safe, comfortable world. But we know most people don’t live that way. However, instead of trying to change our ways or help others, millions of Americans continue to live their destructive lifestyles. Americans seem to be more concerned with the rich and famous who don’t need help, and forget those in poverty.

The average American consumer uses nearly 20 tons of raw materials each year, twice that of the average Japanese or European. A typical household in the U.S. uses 74 gallons of water a day. Also, a child born in America adds more to consumption and pollution over his or her lifetime than do 30-50 children born in developing countries. Each pers

Many people try to help these suffering people; even more only have a vague idea of what’s going on. Unfortunately not enough people want to help, or do not know how to help. It seems like nobody cares. If people gave ten cents for every room in their house, they could help out the people who live on a dollar a day. To help the millions of U.S. citizens who suffer from hunger, we could give them a nickel for every can of food in our kitchen. To help our waste issues, we could give 50 cents for every garbage can we own. For the refugee children, we could clean out our closets and attics and recycle our clothing and toys. We could give a nickel for every book we own to help educate uneducated children. If we gave a quarter for every faucet in our house we could help those in Africa with no drinking wate

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