Going to a River will make you see life differently, when you see all the waste that washes up on the river banks and gets caught in trees and root systems, it causes you to reflect upon yourself as a consumer and it changes your consciousness as a shopper. Suddenly you start asking yourself questions about where the packaging ends up.  Single the climate is changing at a much faster rate than before the industrial age and obviously it's due to human activity Combine the effects of climate change with a stubborn refusal to slow down development...well, the west is in for a very rough future .Combine the effects of climate change with a stubborn refusal to slow down development...well, the west is in for a very rough future