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9 sites in Consumerism

All-Consuming Passion - Waking up from the American Dream Save
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."
http://www.ecofuture.org/pk/pkar9506....   
Apoplectic Press Save
Subversive political and anti-Christmas greeting cards, free graphic images and GIF animations, original protest music and resources for activists and other misfits.
http://www.apoplecticpress.org/   
Being a Ghost - Doing Very Little - Helps the Environment Save
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.
http://www.geocities.com/davdd.geo/in...   
Buy Nothing Christmas Save
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.
http://www.buynothingchristmas.org/   
Center for a New American Dream Save
National non-profit organization challenging the "more is better" definition of the American dream.
http://www.newdream.org/   
Consumer Citizenship Save
European effort, based out of Hedmark University College in Norway, to get consumers to actively participate in developing and improving society by considering ethical issues, diversity of perspectives, global processes and future conditions on a global as well as regional, national and local scale when securing one's own personal needs and well-being.
http://www.hihm.no/concit/   
Consumers Anonymous Save
Promote innovative alternatives to consumerism, for people seeking better ways to live with the Earth.
http://springcreek.oregonstate.edu/co...   
Mall-aise Save
Offbeat look at shopping centers in America.
http://www.efn.org/~hkrieger/mallaise...   
Trade and Environment Database Save
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.
http://www.american.edu/projects/mand...   
See also
Business: Investing: Socially Responsible (11 259)
Science: Environment: Sustainability (11 230)
Shopping: Niche: Green Living (15 123)
Society: Politics: Green (39)

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