If you start to consider the water, the energy, or if you want to look at it from a climate perspective with CO2, it’s a pretty significant savings.” “In the US, the number is about 58 billion. “It’s ubiquitous.”Īnd you might think, as I did, what’s the big deal? Don’t we have corporations belching toxic chemicals in the air to should worry about first? Who gives a shit about a few paper cups lined with plastic? “Globally, we’re looking at about 300 billion paper cups being landfilled every year,” she said. “I looked to find the most highly visible sign of disposability, and it was the paper cup,” Tucker said. “I’m constantly in the tyranny of choice.”Īfter Tucker spent time “looking at the intersection of violent conflict and sustainability” and teaching design at Parsons, she found that there “was a significant disconnect between the far-reaching impacts of seemingly innocuous daily choices.” Coming up with Vessel turned out to be a solid intersection of her interests: sustainability, design, and those damn unintended consequences. “I live much more in that world than I would care to admit!” she said. in International Peace and Conflict Resolution, has spent the last 20 years of her life thinking about them. Vessel founder Dagny Tucker, who has a Ph.D.
And for every one of your actions, there are unintended consequences. But buying a coffee in a paper cup is a choice. I certainly didn’t, and I drink enough to-go coffee to caffeinate several med school students. When you go to a coffee shop, you probably don’t think twice about the paper cup containing your drink.
#Naruto tsuki no ookisa full#
Even drinking one single paper cup full of coffee has consequences