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consumers to ask the question, does this house, this car, this appliance , thiscucumber and this light conform to the ideas and principles of a sustainable future?If the answer is no, then we need to remind ourselves to find a creative alternative .These alternatives save you money in the long term, are better for your health, an dwhen combined holistically can transform our lifestyles to one that is sustainableand far more satisfying.In my own life, the need to change seems more and more obvious to me as I openmy eyes, ears and thoughts to the natural world and how it affects my children. Inmy own neighborhood, and in the city of Toronto, near where I live and work, Ihave found the following:R increasingly frequent smog alerts caused by cars and trucks, clogging theexpanding road systems with less emphasis on public transit , and the increasinguse of fossil fuel powered power plants (that also cause smog),R mass-produced and factory -farm produced meat and poultry products for fastfood restaurants,R vast expanses of good farm land destroyed by pesticides, fertilizers, andgenetically engineered fruits, vegetables and grains; or developed for housing, golfcourses, and shopping centers,R urban sprawl development for housing and industry that requires artificialenvironments supplied with fossil fuel based heating, hot water and airconditioning,R home construction that uses minimal insulation of the lowest possible quality,to xic materials, non-renewable materials, and which does not take advantage ofsolar orientation or solar design principles,R horrible smells caused by overloaded sewage treatmen t plants,R tainted water caused by contamination of ground water from livestock waste, asweve seen in Walkerton.Trees are dying by the sides of roads and highways. Grayish yellow smog in the skydrifts far from our cities. The odors are bec oming noxious further and further fromtheir source. Lake Ontarios beaches are closed more frequently due to increasedlevels of bacteria from the increasing sewage loads and industrial pollution beingpumped into this vast fresh water lake.> Lakeview Coal Generating Station, near Toronto.41