The world we live in is one of ever increasing interdependence between all inhabitants of the world. Our daily lifestyle choices impact all aspects of our planet in an economic, environmental, and social manner. Often these impacts are not discussed, and not readily evident. Often there are hidden costs involved in our daily decision-making such as negatively impacting future generations we may never meet or adversely affecting places we may never visit or live in. These hidden costs of our actions can often have dire, far reaching, negative impacts on our global world.
All selections are quick reading background material for teachers.