For Carol Tokuyo, one of a group meeting under the banner "Youth and Environmental Justice", the culture of consumption and private gain is the root of the problem - the reason why humanity is on an unsustainable track.

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The British Liver Trust said it was on the rise because British culture continues to embrace daily consumption of alcohol, fatty food choices and a lack of exercise.

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Again, without a culture specific, consumption specific account of risk, the claim is meaningless, a product of the arbitrary weightings of the risk model.

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In a Democrat-dominated state, the Clinton-Gore message, chiming with the goal of reducing California's oil consumption by 25% in ten years, rings in tune with a culture of environmental activism.

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