Our children are our greatest present and future assests when it comes to the health of something we all share in one way or another, the earth and all of it's resources; therefore, we must maintain a balance. The balance is not 100% one way or the other, quite the contrary. The balance is actually 50/50. I.e., 50% All Green methods and products and 50% all Traditional Ways and measures. Our carbon footprint does not have to be completely diminished, it is part of who we are. We are human and we are consumers; however, without the 50% Green methods of production, distrobution and utilization of anything including our own selves and health we will not be "humane", i.e., humane humans rather than just a "human race". We don't have to race. We have lived before and we will live again.