George Monbiot is appearing tonight at an event co-hosted by The Ecologist on consumerism and ecological crisis. Tickets still available.
… Consumerism is global crisis Staff Reporter | 17th May 2021 | News Consumerism Capitalism Climate Breakdown … at an event co-hosted by The Ecologist on consumerism and ecological crisis. Tickets …
Our economies and our jobs depend on mass consumption, argues Oliver Williams. If we all consume less to save the planet, the economy will tank and millions will lose their jobs. The answer is not frugality, but reductions in population.
… Anti-consumerism is not enough Oliver Williams | … 2014 Comment Green Economy Economics Society Consumerism nanyuki-market-kenya.jpg Our … of green jobs, those who advocate anti-consumerism alone as the solution to …
Marketing strategies and product design employed by major tech companies put profit before sustainability.
… Marketing, technology and consumerism Liz Lee Reynolds | 26th February … obsessed with growth and compulsive consumerism. In our capitalist system, a drop … piece about the superficiality of green consumerism comprised a staunch defence of the …
Food is so much more than a heap of pre-processed consumer products snatched from supermarket shelves or websites, writes Paul Mobbs. And the key to unlocking its deeper meaning is to prepare, bake and cook your own from basic ingredients: in the process expressing creativity, developing skills, building independence from the industrial food machine, meditating in doing, saving money ... and making some pretty amazing hummus!
… skills, resilience and relaxation beyond consumerism Paul Mobbs | 16th May 2017 Ethical Living Food Consumerism hummus-garlic-cut.jpg Food is so … hummus crisis ... The myth at the heart of consumerism is that it is economically and …
Backlash against the decision to ban Iceland's orangutan advert over-emphasises the power of green consumerism.
… Green consumerism is not enough Liz Lee Reynolds | … Iceland Deforestation Orangutans Greenpeace Consumerism Thought Leaders … advert over-emphasises the power of green consumerism. Every once in a while a new …
Last month my friend Satish Kumar said in Sustained magazine that the happiest people are those who live close to the land and use their hands – craftspeople and farmers. As a naturalist, keen gardener and soon-to-be vegetable-plot devotee, this resonates with me.
… The end of consumerism Jules Peck | 16th April 2009 Comment Consumerism Consumption Consumerism Climate Change Society …
from the pulpit
We interrupt our regular programming for a moral advisory…
I'm the Reverend Billy.
… Billy Bill Talen | 1st December 2004 Comment Consumerism Fundamentalism Advertising Products Consumerism Politics And Economics Society … hammer-my-brain Fundamentalism. Double Consumerism, our souls choked by tinsel, is a …
There is a simple solution to the problems of rampant consumerism, debt and a lifetime of servitude, writes Samuel Alexander - radical down-sizing to a truly tiny house. For a start, it's only big enough for the things you really need. And it's so cheap to build, that it's paid for from a month or two's salary. Just one question - what will you do with your freedom?
… Sick to death of consumerism and debt? Find freedom in a tiny … January 2015 Ethical Living Building Finance Consumerism tiny-houses-nc-cut.jpg This is the … a simple solution to the problems of rampant consumerism, debt and a lifetime of servitude, …
The bulk of our motives for buying green are selfish, say psychologists. So would appealing to social positioning help shift behaviours better than moralising?
… News Green Living Psychology Society Green Consumerism Consumption prius.jpg Sales of the … book, Requiem for a Species . He says green consumerism has failed to make significant … nature of consumer lifestyles, green consumerism threatens to entrench the very …
Author Clive Hamilton on why we've left it too late to stop climate change, his horror over geoengineering and the urgent need to become citizens rather than consumers
… TL: You talk about the failure of green consumerism, do you think our desire to … used it. People are afraid of change and use consumerism in our types of affluent societies … I don't think we can. However, I don't think consumerism is essential to human nature. Most …
We interrupt our regular programming for a moral advisory…
‘Endangerment of life is ignored when it is real, but sold in bulk when it’s a good enough apocalypse for a movie’
… Talen | 1st March 2005 Comment Apocalypse Consumerism Products Shopping Invisible Article Consumerism Politics And Economics Society … – easier. This is where we must admit that CONSUMERISM IS THE DEVIL! Endangerment of life …
As public spaces become blighted by the £18 billion global outdoors advertising industry, community groups are fighting back to reclaim both ad-free areas or use billboards in a socially beneficial way
… Society Politics & Economics Advert Activist Consumerism Junk Food Greenpeace Amnesty … warned that climate change and a culture of consumerism were the greatest threats to the … and there is no doubt that advertising drives consumerism.. Emeritus professor of …
XR protests outside the BBC demand courage and compassion in the face of extinction.
… a pulpit into the bargain. Everyday consumerism I remember being invited onto a … It brings discomfort into everyday consumerism. What is consumerism? In my last article for The …
An interview with George Monbiot and audio of his talk at the Gillian Lynne Theatre in London.
… Climate Breakdown Neoliberalism Capitalism Consumerism georgemonbiot_2019t-embed.jpg An … scope of his speech to include capitalism and consumerism. This is the unholy trinity: capitalism is the father, consumerism the son and neoliberalism is the …
Civil society may have been kept out of the COP21 conference centre, even forbidden to march on the streets, writes Thomas Dekeyser. But climate activists have found an new means of expression: the 'Brandalism' of 600 advertisements in bus shelters across Paris, replacing corporate brand-building with subversive messages on climate and consumerism.
… December 2015 Activism COP21 Climate Change Consumerism Media Protest Corporations … with subversive messages on climate and consumerism. It's 72 hours before the official … light of environmental friendliness? BUGA.UP consumerism! The cultural jamming practice of …
New book says when you're in a hole of overconsumption and climate pollution stop digging, by ending the adverts that promote them.
… | 21st November 2023 | Comment Advertising Consumerism Climate Change Behaviour Change … - the nervous, status obsessed backdrop of consumerism - in fact have the opposite … than half a century - of debt-fuelled hyper consumerism, rising consumption per person in …
An interview with George Monbiot, ahead of his talk at the Gillian Lynne Theatre in London on 11 February 2020.
… Climate Breakdown Neoliberalism Capitalism Consumerism georgemonbiot_2019t-embed.jpg An … scope of his speech to include capitalism and consumerism. This is the unholy trinity: capitalism is the father, consumerism the son and neoliberalism is the …
Over in Davos world leaders are desperately trying to find a 'fourth industrial revolution' to keep the 'growth' juggernaut rolling, write Bennet Francis & Rupert Read. But their efforts are doomed: the real challenge we face is to build a healthy, more equal society and a green, sustainable future for us all.
… Read | 22nd January 2016 Comment Economics Consumerism China consumerism-cut.jpg Over in Davos world … that the 'fairy-tale' is coming to an end. Is consumerism running out of steam? Against this …
Ever since the 1970s we have lived with the growing awareness that our ecosystem is fragile and the perpetual exploitation of our natural resources impossible. By the late 1980s, even The Sun newspaper had its own green correspondent. Everything we buy, use and throw away has an impact somewhere on the ecological continuum, and nowadays the most bullish Western consumers’ consciences are regularly punctured by shards of eco-worry. We also increasingly realise that working ever harder for more possessions, more options, more stuff, doesn’t tend to make us more content.
… to Shop? John Naish | 1st January 2001 News Consumerism Evolution Sufficency ConsumerismConsumerism Science And Technology Society …
How can we reduce our ever increasing throughput of raw materials? By breaking out the the 'iron cage of consumerism', writes Mariale Moreno: make things to last - whether clothes, houses, cars, or washing machines. Join a car club. Share domestic appliances with neighbors. And bring back the laundromat!
… 13th March 2014 Ethical Living Green Economy Consumerism Waste Recycling laundromat-cut.jpg … By breaking out the the 'iron cage of consumerism', writes Mariale Moreno: make … yet we're still locked into an ' iron cage of consumerism '. Shifting to a future in which …
The Encyclical published today by Pope Francis represents a profound religious and philosophical challenge to the mainstream narratives of our times, writes Steffen Böhm, and a major confrontation with the great corporate, economic and political powers, as it spells out the potential of a new world order rooted in love, compassion, and care for the natural world.
… 23) Challenging the logic of the market and consumerism This stands in stark contrast to, … - attack on the logic of the market and consumerism, which has been expanded into all … Since the market tends to promote extreme consumerism in an effort to sell its products, …
The call to join Extinction Rebellion is a psychological and spiritual call, as much as it is political.
… advanced motivational manipulation. As such, consumerism did not just happen. It has been wilfully created. Consumerism, more than levels of population, … edge of human impact on the planet. I define consumerism as consumption in excess of what …
The textile industry has had a reputation for massive waste and water usage for years, but a focus on moving away from fast fashion, the textile industry could become more sustainable.
… know waste is a problem. And yet single-use consumerism has taken hold of society, rabid … a water treatment plan that allows for reuse. Consumerism One way eco-conscious companies … hope to promote social responsibility in consumerism. Repair Total implementation isn't …
Worldwatch's influential State of the World 2010 report tells us why we need more stories addressing climate change and fewer shocking facts
… reversal of thrift values and an explosion of consumerism that ignited in the United States … the broadcast of messages that ran counter to consumerism's values. And the emergence of … to play a role in the transition from consumerism to sustainability, they will need …