When glyphosate is used on all fields with GMO seeds, it effectively wipes out milkweeds in those fields. Which makes these areas unsustainable for monarch butterfly populations. Citizens can help by planting high quaility milkweed plants in their gardens.
Plastic straws are not sustainable. In the last three years there has been a growing awareness of the problems caused by plastic straws. Alternatives to using plastic or paper as straw material include glass, stainless steel, silicon, bamboo, paper, hay and grass.