1. FIX IT LATER LATE
FIX IT
REWORK REWORK SYSTEMS,
SYSTEMS,
NOT LIFESTYLES
NOT LIFESTYLES
ADAPT GRADUALLY
ADAPT GRADUA
AND SYSTEMATICALLY
AND SYSTEMATIC
Climate change is a crisis for every consumer.
Environmentally and socially responsible
consumption requires accountability of
production.
This means going local.
PIXELATE
PIXELATE
MAXIMIZE LAND USE
MAXIMIZE LAND USE
DIVERSITY
DIVERSITY
MAKE LOCAL; BUY LOCALLOCA
MAKE LOCAL; BUY
CREATE REGIONAL
CREATE REGIONAL
ECONOMIC AUTONOMY
ECONOMIC AUTONOMY

2. 2030’s Perfect Storm
“If we don’t address [climate change], we can expect major
destabilisation, an increase in rioting and potentially significant
problems with international migration, as people move out to
avoid food and water shortages”
- Sir John Beddington, Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government
Peruvian Asparagus Farms
174 million pounds: asparagus imported to the US every year
74,400 acre-feet: US virtual water footprint from Preuvian asparagus

3. Mega-Retail
The contemporary global economy relies more and more upon mega-retail. these companies drive both what is produced and what is
consumed
$405 billion
$71.4
$71.3
1973
store count:
55
n mega-retail. these companies drive both what is produced and what is
$64.9
llion
...
1
and Walmart is still growing...
1/3
2005
square ft.
2011
530 million
698 million
100 million Americans
1,587
# of shop at Walmart every week 4,557
million
Walmart
7 stores out60%
side the U.S. live within 5 miles
90%
live within 15 miles
1986
100 million Americans
store
shop at Walmart every week count:
900
60% live within 5 miles
2012
90%
live within 15 miles
store count:
4400

4. Walmart’s Sustainability Mission
1. To be 100% supplied by renewable energy
2. To create zero waste
3. To sell products that sustain people and the environment
A Success Story:
Resources saved over the next three years included:
Walmart said it will
only distribute
concentrated detergent
400 million gallons of water
95 million pounds of plastic
2x
500,000 gallons of diesel
125 million pounds of cardboard

5. Big Box Math
(
20 million tons
of CO2 are generated
by Walmart’s stores and
truck fleet
(
(
1.5 million tons
of CO2 saved each year
by energy-efficiency
improvements made to
stores
400,000 tons
of CO2 saved each year
by energy-efficiency
improvements made to
the US truck fleet
1.9
million tons
28.1
million tons
(
10 million tons
(10-20, really) of CO2
are generated annually
by drives to Walmart

6. Even if Walmart altered its existing model to be carbon neutral, the ramifications of its land use, etc mean that its carbon footprint will
increase dramatically
Walmart or Whole Foods?
1.5 million — approximate metric tons of CO2 saved each year by energy-efficiency improvements Walmart has made to U.S. stores built before 2006
<2 — percentage of Walmart’s U.S. electricity consumption that currently comes from its solar projects and specially purchased wind energy

7. Advantages of Local
going 100% local will turn crisis into job opportunity, end the environmental and human rights abuses of of corporate globalization, and force
going 100% local will turn crisis into job opportunity, end the environmental and human rights abuses corporate globalization, and force
americans to to adjust their lifestyles accordingly.
americans adjust their lifestyles accordingly.
A 10% shift to local (state-wide) food
would save 310,000 gallons of fuel and
reduce Co2 emissions by 7.3 million lbs.
$100 spent at mega-retail
$100 spent locally
$13 stays in the community $45 stays in the community

8. international regulations have failed. but climat change is an international problem.
2030 perfect storm crisis.
Food and water shortages as a result of climate change and growing populations are likely to trigger mass migration and unrest