New Year: So what?

WHILE the dawn of a new year is good time for warm fuzzy feelings, given the global challenges we face today, it is also a time to ask some hard questions. How can my lifestyle be more responsible and responsive to the ‘alarming’ depletion of nature’s resources (even if I can economically afford it)? How can my business do the same?  If those of us who have an abundance of GEMs (Greed, Ego and Materialism) can ‘prune’ it, the world will be a better place.