The impacts of over-consumption and over-waste

Earth Saver Inc., North Miami Beach, Fl

Some history...

• It becomes normal, that as countries become

wealthier, their level of consumption grows at

fast rates. People want to have more material

goods and feel that they will be happier owning

more. More land, more cars, more clothing,

more toys equal more happiness.

• After World War II, President Eisenhower’s

Council of Economic Advisors concentrated

their efforts of saving the economy on

consumption. As Victor LeBow, a retail analyst

pointed out in the 1950’s:

Some history...

"Our enormously productive economy ... demands that we make consumption our way of life, that we convert the buying and use of goods into rituals, that we seek our spiritual satisfaction, our ego satisfaction, in consumption.... we need things consumed, burned up, replaced, and discarded at an ever-accelerating rate."President Eisenhower's council of economic advisors chairman stated: "The American economy's ultimate purpose is to produce more consumer goods." Not better health care, education, housing, transportation, or recreation or less poverty and hunger, but providing more stuff to consumers.

All it takes is for us to ask our

grandmothers if back in the days they used to use each and every item they owned, and discarded it six months later…

Some facts…

Some facts…

Source: Annie Leonard on her site thestoryofstuff.com

Deforestation is one of the biggest

problems generated

by over-consumption

In the Amazon alone, we are losing 2000 trees per minute !

Source: www.rainforestlive.org.uk

Consumption

The United States has a population of nearly 290 Million people. This is nearly 5% of the total world population. At the same time $1 of every $5 consumed in the world is consumed right here. This is a considerable disproportion, and more so when we take the consumption of world resources where United States “eats up” 30%. Something needs to be done immediately because 30% of the world’s waste is produced right here, according to the EPA(Environment Protection Agency). Can someone imagine what would happen if every nation had a consumption the size of what we have here? We would need nearly 5 planets to live in !

Oil over-dependence and its consequences

The most important factor with regards to the world dependence on oil is the amount of CO2 being generated after the burning of such fuels.

This burning, generates contamination and greenhouse gases which in turn create acid rain and melting of the ice caps. These last two phenomenae kill animals and plants on one hand and change the weather dramatically on the other hand. If all cars and trucks were electric for example, the problem would be reduced drastically.

The Greenhouse Effect

Economically, it hurts the

country as well…The United States is the largest oil importer in the world, bringing in 13.5 million barrels per day (mbd)which cost nearly $1.3 Billion. This accounts for 63.5 percent of total U.S. daily consumption (20.6 mbd) Oil from the Middle East--specifically, the Persian Gulf--accounts for 20 percent of U.S. oil imports, and this dependence is growing. By 2017, the U.S. will be importing approximately 68 percent of its oil needs. The only way to beat this trend is to recur to alternate energy sources and to use less oil from different sources such as oil sands, oil shale, deep water oil, coal to liquid and gas to liquid and to go back to natural non-contaminating materials, eliminating the use of plastics and other bi-products of petroleum.

Source: The Heritage foundation

Most fish and even coral reefs may start to

disappear in 40 years

“The world’s coral reefs are in danger of being killed off by rising levels in greenhouse gases, according to a new study. Researchers from Britain, the US and Australia, working with the UN and World Bank, reported that 98% of the world’s reef habitats are likely to become too acidic for corals to grow by 2050. Dr James Hansen, Director of the Nasa Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York. Dr Hansen, one of the first people to warn of climate change two decades ago, argued that building new coal-burning power stations without the capacity to capture waste CO2 will tip the planet towards irreversible warming. “

Source: The weekly planet Dec.27th, 2007

Here’s HOW CONSUMERS do their part

- don’t use paper or plastic unless it is

absolutely necessary

- change my light bulbs for energy

savers

- unplug my gadget chargers while

they're not in use

- switch my electricity supplier to a

renewable provider

- take more showers than baths

- curb my love of flying in big airplanes

- overcome my fear of public transport

- drive less, if at all

- drive more efficiently

- make more of my bicycle and legs…

Our Strategy

We target the food retail market, selling

printed earth-friendly bags in natural

materials for all their eco conscious

clientele.

Our price point is highly competitive:

Approximately $1.00 per bag is our

wholesale price. The suggested retail price

of the item ranges between $2.00 and 3.00.

Our source is the most important supplier of

these items in India, who makes branded

and non-branded items for us and has

experience and high quality items for the US

and European markets.

Earth-saver is a registered trademark which

we own, and our company has been part of

Green America with all its products being

certified green in North America. We

advertise this advantage in all our products.

Our online strategy permits us to sell to

consumers and retailers through our

website, www.earth-saver.com

Earth-saver has participated in several

tradeshows both green and food related

such as the FMI Chicago, which now moved

to Las Vegas. These key shows have

helped us engage with the most important

food marketers in the nation, as well as

some food retailers in Latin America.

We use both organic and non organic 100%

cotton and Jute for manufacturing the bags.

The eco friendly public appreciates natural

products and each day this group becomes

larger and larger. The future client will be

completely aware of the necessity of

reducing the use of plastic bags to a

minimum.

The Earth-saver branded bag

Taking advantage of

the acceptance we

had with our earth-

saver bag, we

decided to launch it

both at the retail

and online

business to

consumer level.

Some of our clients

Some of our fashionable earth-saver

bags

Make the right decision: choose

EARTH!

20725 NE 16 Avenue-A17 North Miami Beach, FL 33179 email: info@earth-saver.com phone:(305)493-3940