CONSUMPTION
The increased consumption
of material goods has come along with unprecedented economic growth.
Planned obsolescence and disposable products become the norm. Many
people have viewed conservation as doing without, enduring hardship.
Solid waste and energy waste are on the rise, leading to increased environmental
pollution and increased consumption of resources. Sustainable solutions
to overdevelopment and overconsumption include recycling, substitution,
reducing needs, and practicing more energy-efficient policies.
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Adbusters
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between human beings and their physical and mental environment. We want
a world in which the economy and ecology resonate in balance. We try to
coax people from spectator to participant in this quest. We want folks
to get mad about corporate disinformation, injustices in the global economy,
and any industry that pollutes our physical or mental commons.
Affluenza
The online companion to the PBS program on the high social and environmental
costs of overconsumption and materialism, the site provides teacher's guides,
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Buy
Nothing Day
BUY NOTHING DAY is a simple idea with deep implications. It forces
us to think about the "shop-till-you-drop" imperative and its effects on
the rest of the world. On Buy Nothing Day enjoy a break from the shopping
frenzy. Relish your power as a consumer to change the economic environment.
The Council on
Economic Priorities
Shop Smart. What You Buy Matters. The Council on Economic
Priorities, producer of Shopping for a Better World, is a public service
research organization dedicated to the accurate and impartial analysis
of the social and environmental records of corporations
Enough!
Anti-Consumerism Campaign Website.
Full
Coverage Guide to Consumption and Consumerism
Oneworld.net's guides aim to challenge and inform, questioning assumptions
and suggesting alternatives on the subjects that really matter.
Guide
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Overcoming
Consumerism
A citizen-activist's anti-consumerism site, provides many unique tools,
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Shopping
for the Right Reasons
Work & Money article from the Christian Science Monitor.