Elephant Journal

JANUARY 12, 2016

Was it really self-inflicted though, or was it because I was born into a culture that shoved unattainable images of perfection in my face that everyone else was able to achieve except for the deep thinking, authority questioning, unconventionally dressed, nature worshiping rebels like me? I can feel that years of self-pity have been not only useless and destructive but purely and undeniably selfish. What could I have done with all those hours of self-inflicted suffering?

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Consumer culture Consumer Culture 2016 63

Celsias

OCTOBER 26, 2012

If everyone lived like the average American, according to the Global Footprint Network, the Earth could sustain only 1.7 billion people—a quarter of today’s population—without undermining the planet’s physical and biological systems. Overconsumption in industrialized societies and among developing world elites causes lasting environmental and human impacts.

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Consumer culture Consumer Culture Alternative 50

Elephant Journal

DECEMBER 21, 2015

Arts & Culture Conscious Consumerism (Sustainable Business) Ecofashion Love & Relationships (see below for Sexy) Sustainability (Business, Entrepreneurship, Livelihood) Z ADMIN Love Featured Today advertisement conscious gifting consumer culture diamond forever love holiday materialism

2015 83

2015 Consumer culture Consumer Consumerism 83

Elephant Journal

APRIL 18, 2014

As a culture we are having a collective remembering of the playfulness of mindfulness. Blog (always click 4 all blogs) Enlightened Society (Politics, Active Citizenship, Social Good) Health & Wellness Non-New-Agey Spirituality (Religion, Philosophy) WAYLON: Today Only Yoga awareness consumer culture health wellness mindfulness spirituality

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2014 Consumer culture Consumer Culture 87

Green Prophet

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Consumption is Richard Allenby-Pratt’s latest personal photography project; like Abandoned , which was woven together by a central theme, this new series will examine the impact that consumer culture has had or is having on the environment.

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Environmental impact Environmental Impact 2013 97

Elephant Journal

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Blog (always click 4 all blogs) Enlightened Society (Politics, Active Citizenship, Social Good) Love & Relationships (see below for Sexy) break up consumer culture dating ego boost online dating relationships social mediaWith so many individuals at our fingertips, have we come treat people as though they are disposable?

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Consumer 2016 People Consumer culture 63

Elephant Journal

APRIL 15, 2014

Blog (always click 4 all blogs) Enlightened Society (Politics, Active Citizenship, Social Good) Non-New-Agey Spirituality (Religion, Philosophy) abundance consumer culture feminine love MAsculine money patriarchy shakti Shiva At the core of everyone, at our essence, we seem to be androgynous pure beings that are both masculine and feminine, and neither at the same time.

2014 78

2014 Consumer culture Consumer Culture 78

Green Prophet

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

It’s time for us to turn our backs on consumer culture and reclaim our hearts. :: Jordan Times. Lifestyle & Culture consumer culture environment green issues valentines day

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Iraq 2012 Jordan Greed 94

Green Prophet

APRIL 24, 2012

When we think of consumerism and the consumer society, the Middle East is not the first thing to come to mind. Even so, over the last half a century the region has been transformed into a consumer society. How Data Mining Turns You Into A Super Consumer.

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Consumer Society 2012 Saudi Arabia 96

Living Green & Saving Energy

OCTOBER 17, 2013

But between the state of the economy and the growing awareness of the environmental costs of our consumer culture, more and more people are thinking twice before tossing that busted lawn mower or lamp into the garbage. Americans produce around 250 million tons of trash a year, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

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Reuse 2013 Trash Consumer culture 130

Elephant Journal

JULY 26, 2015

It’s so easy to be swept away by the busyness and the consumer culture of Western society, always craving more, wanting more or wallowing in a feeling of not having, being or doing enough.

2015 114

2015 Consumer culture Consumer Life 114

Elephant Journal

AUGUST 1, 2014

It’s not really surprising that this advice is so prevalent in modern consumer culture. But its ubiquity in yoga culture is far more mysterious. All of the ancient yoga literature treats the self as a construct. It has no essence, no core or “true nature” to which one can turn to “be oneself.” The self is an illusion, and the point of practicing yoga is to see through that illusion to break free from that illusion. In short, yoga is about getting over your “self.”.

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Consumer culture 2014 Culture Consumer 80

Green (Living) Review

JANUARY 25, 2017

A true march of the makers will turn the tables on our abusive consumer culture and deliver the richer relationship with ‘stuff’ that our economy is crying out for Materialism has become synonymous with consumerism – wasteful, debt-fuelled and ultimately unsatisfying.

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2017 Consumer culture Consumerism 2012 135

Elephant Journal

AUGUST 21, 2014

It is pretty obvious if we take a close look at our consumer culture that depends on feelings of lack and depravity in order to illicit appropriate responses from customers.

2014 105

2014 Consumer culture Consumer Responsibility 105

Green Prophet

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

We are revolting against technology overuse, promoter and consumer culture. It was the only multiplayer game known to Ancient Egypt. It’s called mehen and maybe possibly for the first time in 5000 years it is brought back to glory in a Kickstarter campaign by Pandora Games.

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2020 Progressive Egypt Consumer culture 69

Greentumble

OCTOBER 8, 2018

And, what’s more, even if they could, should a culture of consumerism be something countries aspire to cultivate? Consumer culture and the environment. According to one study, the products we consume are responsible for 60 percent of greenhouse gas emissions.

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2018 Consumerism Sustain Sustainability 55

Celsias

MARCH 29, 2012

Volunteers who are skilled craftsmen, seamstresses or enthusiasts help those who want to fix things but don’t know how, entending the life of household items and belongings and resisting the disposable consumer culture. DUTCH CAFE DOUBLES AS COMMUNITY REPAIR SHOP.

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Netherlands Furniture Communities Consumer culture 52

Green (Living) Review

JULY 23, 2017

Researching her film The Story of Stuff, Annie Leonard discovered that of the materials flowing through the consumer economy, only 1% remain in use six months after sale.

2017 188

2017 Capitalism Upcycle Trash 188

Green (Living) Review

MARCH 16, 2017

For now, the following is a brief musing on the gains I have gleaned so far: On Growing Food Growing food transforms us into producers — something we desperately need in a passive consumer culture where we have become an audience watching life rather than producers making it.

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2017 Planting Plants Audience 135

Green (Living) Review

FEBRUARY 28, 2015

Already in the general introduction to the book the reader will be confronted with the origins of our consumer culture and how it was created and it may come as a surprise and even a shock to many how we are being duped into believing that we can buy ourselves happiness.

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Sustain Sustainability Sustainable Review 154

Wend Magazine

MARCH 10, 2011

Several documentaries in recent years have made American consumers rethink the many products they purchase and… well… consume. The film Bag It , directed by Suzan Beraza , may very well prompt eco-minded consumers to make those changes permanent.

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Plastic Bags 2011 Plastics Project 164

Green Prophet

APRIL 5, 2013

According to CoCreate , Smith said the works are meant to reflect upon “global capitalism, transforming the aerial landscapes of sites associated with industries such as oil, precious metals, consumer culture information and excess.”

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Las Vegas 2013 United Arab Emirates Nevada 114

Green (Living) Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

This box is also reserved by the neoliberals for those that refuse to take part in the consumer culture and go different ways, including making (do) and mending, demanding the right to repair, sharing, and much more.

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2017 Government Germany Consumer culture 135

Eco Chic

APRIL 28, 2017

We go to great lengths to tote and refill our re-usable water bottles everywhere, but why don’t most of us (ahem, me) re-think how we’re using and consuming shampoo, conditioner and body washes?

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Bottles Bahamas 2017 Usable 46

Green Prophet

OCTOBER 3, 2011

But Averda – informed by four decades of waste management and in-house research and development – has reached even further into the psyche of Emirate consumer culture by turning recycling into a golden advertising opportunity for the country’s big brands.

Opportunities 99

Opportunities Opportunity Waste Recycle 99

Green (Living) Review

JANUARY 8, 2016

The plenty that I am talking about here is the plenty as in raw materials, as in non-renewable resources, as in “consumer goods”. It will also mean an end to the consumer society and the rampant consumerism that we know today where almost everything is made to be thrown away (only that there, actually, is no such place as away).

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2016 DIY 2015 Transition 104

The Alien Next Door

DECEMBER 7, 2009

While we can, in fact, accept these as our stereotypic weaknesses (it is part of our shallow consumer culture and capitalist model, after all), it is for this very reason that the western woman represents the salvation of the world.

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2009 Professions South Dakota Louisville 242

Green Blog

AUGUST 19, 2010

Environmental advertising (or “green” advertising) assures consumers that they can evoke positive environmental change by adopting simple habits and by purchasing green goods provided by companies (Maniates, 2001). However, not all advertising is equally effective in empowering consumers.

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2010 Responsibility Impact 2006 85

Nature Conservancy - Science

DECEMBER 4, 2015

Depending on your politics, history, culture or geography, you may want to focus attention on over-consumption, or overpopulation, or the industrial revolution, big agriculture, fossil fuels or deforestation. We can’t halt the juggernaut of consumer culture.

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Wetlands 2015 Belize Fossil Fuel 52

Green (Living) Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

by Michael Smith (Veshengro) From October 10 to October 16, 2016 there was an exhibition in the museum of the city of Jena – Germany, formerly German Democratic Republic – about how the citizens of the German Democratic Republic, often referred to as (communist) East Germany were combating and overcoming the shortages in consumer goods with ingenuity and DIY. When then consumer goods were available, from various sources, many no longer wanted to be seen making their own things.

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Consumer 2016 Germany Homemade 104

Green (Living) Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Frugality seems to have gone out of the window and when people try to be frugal and live more or less outside the consumer culture they are being likened by governments to terrorists because they do not do their bit to get the economy growing. by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Over the last half a century and a little more we, in the developed world, have fallen prey to a serious addiction, aside from that to oil, the addiction to consumerism, of always wanting more, more and still more.

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Consumerism 2010 Growth Consumer culture 110

Green Life Smart Life

AUGUST 12, 2009

As the first and last word in disposable consumer culture, America has enormous and deep-seated habits that it must change, and all of those changes can’t, won’t and shouldn’t happen overnight. I don’t view green as an absolutist philosophy. There are shades of green, and that’s good. It’s a process, and those leading the green charge must be encouraging to everyone who is trying to make small, positive changes in their lives and in their lifestyles.

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2009 Hybrid Vehicles Hybrid Consumer culture 43

Eco Friendly Daily

MARCH 5, 2014

Many American’s even feel recycling to be an unnecessary practice in such a large consumer culture, but in a nation where the ability to buy new items on a regular basis is not so manageable, recycling comes into fashion more and more.

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China 2014 Cleaner Clean Air 56

The Green Changemakers

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Free State of the World 2010 Downloads The Rise and Fall of Consumer Cultures by Erik Assadourian A culture of consumerism has imperiled the environment and a new culture of sustainability is needed. Media: Broadcasting Sustainability by Jonah Sachs, Susan Finkelpearl, Robin Anderson, Pamela Miller, and Amy Han By entertaining and educating, the media can play a huge role in changing the culture of consumerism.

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2010 Consumerism Movement Culture 50

Eccorazzi

JANUARY 22, 2016

When it happens, it happens like this: I’m in a car, or out having drinks, or eating a meal with an animal-consuming friend, when this comment finds its way into the conversation: “you’re such a nice vegan, not one of those crazy, judgmental ones!” Committing to a vegan lifestyle demands we examine our ethical principles whenever we eat a meal or snack, put clothing on our body, or decide as a consumer, what goods to purchase.

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2016 Vegan Veganism Ethical 58

The Green Changemakers

JUNE 10, 2010

by Danielle Nierenberg Presenting a road map for environmentally sustainable meat production and consumption, Senior Researcher Danielle Nierenberg is speaking on a panel at the European Commission’s Green Week in Brussels today.

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2010 Rwanda Netherlands Kenya 40

Green Living Ideas

MARCH 7, 2013

Radical Homemakers- Reclaiming Domesticity from a Consumer Culture , by Shannon Hayes. People are not moving into the kitchen, garden, and garage just to fulfill gendered expectations, but rather to reclaim skills and knowledge that has been lost to a consumerist culture.

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Dumpster Diving Homemade Dumpster Reclaim 56

The Green Changemakers

OCTOBER 30, 2013

In addition, plenty of powerful forces benefit from consumer spending, and they won''t give up their positions of power without a fight. It is important not to underestimate these entities and the often subtle methods they use to influence consumers.

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Consumerism Consumer Stimulus Transition 52

Green Life Smart Life

MARCH 12, 2009

The full day symposium has multiple purposes including understanding the environmental, business and social implications of “greening&# consumer electronics products tackling all elements from design to disposal. Griffith was surprised when in the tracking exercise found he was a “planet fucker&# when it was determined he consumed roughly 30% more energy than the average American - this despite his aware lifestyle and sustainable practices.

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Greener Gadgets 2009 Consumer Electronics Audience 40

The Green Changemakers

MAY 4, 2016

Los Angeles Ecovillage , for instance, is an island of frugality in the heart of Southern California’s consumer culture, whereas Colufifa , a Senegal-based village network, is primarily concerned with hunger prevention.

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Communities Sri Lanka Senegal 2016 52

Green (Living) Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Indigenous cultures have a lot to teach us about sharing, sustainability, and a spiritual relationship to Mother Earth, explain Freddy Treuquil and Victor Lem Masc. The one who understands his culture can understand his past. We should only consume what is really necessary.

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Culture 2014 Communities Europe 142

The Green Changemakers

OCTOBER 10, 2013

That’s why consumer culture is a dead end. And for culture and leisure, we could look at the enabling infrastructure like policies for expanding public space.

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Opportunities Opportunity Cleveland South Korea 52

Eco Friendly Daily

MARCH 20, 2013

billion plastic grocery bags used by the Irish consumer, which was intended to curb their use. The program was a resounding success, and Irish consumers, like others all the world over, responded quickly to limit their payment of yet another tax. Is it about a solipsistic, narcissistic consumer culture that views the now as more important than the yet to come? It was pouring rain, and my wife and I had just settled into bed.

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Plastic Bags Plastics Usable clothes Usable clothing 58