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Why good intentions create cognitive dissonance

I donate to wildlife conservation but I also buy products that probably come from deforested land and I know I'm funding both sides of the same problem.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Our interconnected economy makes it nearly impossible to support causes without simultaneously undermining them through our consumption patterns.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Animal rights and our ethical relationship with nature?”

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