Misra says, “When 11% of the UK’s recycling is incinerated, switching to a reusable mindset is an obvious must. If we truly believe that the time for change is now, which is indisputable, then we must shift the general consumer mindset. Consumers will find an impressive selection on the website. MORE

Many companies offer token green products – and they are nothing but tokens and often not as green as advertised – with the hope that consumers won't see how unsustainable the whole system is to begin with. Alas the consumer mindset will take a while to eliminate. To live within our Planet's ecological limits, we are going to have to find a way to consume less, both of renewable and non-renewable resources. MORE

How do you get consumers to think differently about the way they buy clothes? Esponnette: I’m excited where consumer mindsets are going. Custom-fit jeans startup challenges fast fashion mindset. The perfect pair? MORE

This is a fallacy, however, for it is a mindset rather than being dependent on location. Living the good life” of a homesteader, as said, is dependent on your mindset much more than it is on your location and it also does not just and only mean growing your own food. It is very much a mindset and one that we must redevelop for the good of the Planet and for our very survival on this Planet. Too many eco-warriors are still in a consumer mindset rather than one of producer. MORE

I found it really sweet and moving to see people expressing their desire to free themselves from the numbing consumer mindset. Wattpublishing, Flickr.com. It was last year around this time that I decided 2012 would be a year of buying nothing new. MORE

While many hotels are working to lower energy consumption, the fact remains that a large hotel consumes way more energy than a local home. While on vacation it can be easy to adopt an extra-consumptive mindset, using justifications like, “I’m on vacation, what the heck” or other vague reasons to be excessive. Keeping a limited consumption mindset is a great way to lower your overall earth impact. Fun is in abundance if you step outside of the consuming mindset, you can ?nd MORE

The way the world produces and consumes food causes huge environmental impacts, and yet 3 billion people worldwide are unable to afford a healthy diet, and up to a third of the food we produce is wasted. As the demand for the resource overwhelms the supply, each additional unit consumed directly harms those who can no longer reap the benefits. One juicy hamburger for you equates to (about) 600 gallons of water consumed, 0.126 pounds of methane released, 13.5 MORE

A Canadian company is touting its “mine local” and “mine revival” mindset showing investors that when renewable energy resource mining, the industry should also walk the walk for reducing carbon emissions. . Recycling mines as part of the new eco-mindset? . MORE

A dozen years later, it’s still a massive problem — although data released this week by Morgan Stanley suggest that shifting consumer mindsets about electronics recycling, refurbishment, repair and trade-in programs could be a catalyst for change. Interest in seeing that change is growing among consumers — at least before the pandemic really set in — according to research fielded in February by Morgan Stanley. MORE