Most things that we think we require in life can be boiled down into two different topics: want, or need. Water, for instance, is a need, essential for our life. but ice-cream, is a want. It is something that is not necessary for your well-being to be alive, and we as a society have thinned that line into almost invisible. We  have added things that we don't require and put them into the list of things we need. This has greatly impacted the carbon footprint we leave on the earth and the amount on greenhouse gasses we release into our atmosphere. I propose we fix this by realizing what is truly a need, and what is simply just a want. we need to only buy what we need, not what we want. Our "simple treats" that we get from day to day hurt our environment more than we know, and we need to reduce our overall consumption over our unnecessary possessions