National non-profit organization challenging the "more is better" definition of the American dream.
Offbeat look at shopping centers in America.
National initiative started by Canadian Mennonites to de-commercialize Christmas and re-design a Christian lifestyle that is richer in meaning, smaller in impact upon the earth, and greater in giving to people less-privileged.
So concerned about over-consumption, David has become a ghost (recognised, but having little effect), living on under US$900 per year while buying everything and sharing housing. It's a real-life economics experiment.
Offers a critical look at overconsumption in the first world, which it asserts helps create poverty elsewhere and environmental damage.
Aims to convince people of the case for Anticonsumerism, where people need not feel they must constantly buy new items and use up the world's resources.
Is there really any evidence that the world could be on the edge of an environmental breakdown due to the overconsumption and misuse of resources?
Puts anticonsumerism in the context of "green consumerism" and "ethical consumerism".
Inventory for cases of trade and environment. From these cases, TED is also a point of context for research and discussion of trade and environment topics. Papers, virtual conferences.
Statistics, compiled by the New Road Map Foundation, describing USA consumption patterns and their effects on personal lives and the environment. Advocates a cultural trend toward "low-consumption, high-fulfillment" lifestyles, also known as "voluntary simplicity."
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