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    Harm Reduction and Environmentalism for Pet Owners

    How can the pet industry help the environment? How can pet owners take small steps that make a big, positive impact–without feeling guilt, overwhelm, strain, or stress? Let me introduce to you a topic I’m learning about: harm reduction. Before we dig into the pet industry and our role as pet owners, let’s take a big leap backwards and unpack the concept first. What is harm reduction? Because I can’t say it any better, here’s the intro to a paper published in Harm Reduction Journal (bolded text by me): Harm reduction refers to interventions aimed at reducing the negative effects of health behaviors without necessarily extinguishing the problematic health behaviors…