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Unhip Hippos

Gameli Anumu wrote 3 weeks ago: Hungry Hippos is a terrible game. It teaches people to be selfish and greedy and to over consume. Ho … more →

Tags: The Lunar Fox Press, Analytical Criticism, Games, decompetition, hungry hippos, Consume, Selfish, greedy, Gratuitous

Over Abundance2 comments

atmosphereconsulting wrote 1 month ago: Love the line from the new Microsoft ad I saw last night…  so relates to our life, our space, … more →

Tags: Organizing - benefits, Organizing - general, Abundance, Less Is More

Earth Week Grand Final Day!!

Geni Figaro wrote 2 months ago: The Story of Stuff Discussion - how to end the over consumption model SUN 26 APRIL  EARTH WEEK QUILT … more →

Tags: Earth Week Festival, built in obselesence, story of stuff

A Society Of B.S. (Bad Science)1 comment

thomaspainescorner wrote 3 months ago: By Sylvain Lamoureux 4/4/09 Over 5 billion people live on less than $10 a day on this planet but I … more →

Tags: Alienation, American Capitalism, American idiocy, American illusion, American Nightmare, American Way, atomization, capitalism, Hyper-individualism

SUSTAINABILITY: Jeffrey Sachs discusses the consequences of natural resource scarcity and the need for sustainability1 comment

Buck Denton wrote 3 months ago: On MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Jeffrey Sachs discusses the implications on national security that a … more →

Tags: development, Economy, Energy, Environment, Green, health, News, Policy, Politics

CONSUMERISM: The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard

Buck Denton wrote 4 months ago: Very recommended video (in case you haven’t seen it or need a refresher): What is the Story o … more →

Tags: activism, consumerism, Culture, development, Economy, Energy, Environment, environmental disaster, Environmentalism

Lifecycle of Democracies

Robert Parrish wrote 4 months ago: [The following post is excerpted from the forthcoming book, Bankruptcy of Our Nation: 12 Key Strateg … more →

Tags: Book Excerpt, national debt, democracy, public treasury, Citizens, Purchasing Power, War-on-terror, Government Spending, trade deficit

Arun Gandhi

rebeccaclaire wrote 4 months ago: On Tuesday the 10th, my friend Bailey Earith & I went to see Arun Gandhi speak at Pellissippi. … more →

Tags: Life, Arun Gandhi, Peace, non-violence, passive violence, active violence, Gandhi

Day of Reckoning for U.S. Economy2 comments

Robert Parrish wrote 4 months ago: [The following post is excerpted from the forthcoming book, Bankruptcy of Our Nation: 12 Key Strateg … more →

Tags: Book Excerpt, Economy, bankruptcy, global crisis, high-interest credit, Entitlement, military over-extension, illusion of prosperity

mitt romney 20122 comments

calrocks wrote 4 months ago: i think we might need to get on this as soon as possible and start campaigning.  one thing i’m … more →

Tags: Politics, $787 Billion Dollars, Barack Obama, Coca-Cola, health-care crisis, mcdonalds, Mitt Romney, Oil crisis, promote conservation

Debt-Fueled Excesses of the American Empire2 comments

Robert Parrish wrote 5 months ago: [Today's post is by Jerry Robinson, speaker, ministry founder and president, and author of the forth … more →

Tags: Author Article, america, bankruptcy, Debt, econimic stimulus, Economy, Wealth

MIDDLE CLASS ANGST: THE POLITICS OF LEMMINGS

thomaspainescorner wrote 5 months ago: “Suburbia is also a spiritual wasteland, a place where the wonder of nature is desecrated ubi … more →

Tags: capitalism, Capitalist criminals, Capitalist democracy, capitalist propaganda, Class issues, Class War, consumerism, Culture of Death, right-wing nation

Mcmansions, SUVs, Mega-Churches and the Baghdad Embassy: Life Among Dim and Brutal Giants

thomaspainescorner wrote 5 months ago: “In folk stories, when giants are about, drought and famine withers the land and starvation stalks … more →

Tags: corporatism, consumerism, Materialism, American Nightmare, american dream, Manufactured Reality, American Way, Moral Rot, Moribund Soul

The Gospel of Consumption: And the better future we left behind

thomaspainescorner wrote 6 months ago: May 5th, 2008 by Jeffrey Kaplan Published in the May/June 2008 issue of Orion magazine PRIVATE CARS … more →

Tags: Economics, capitalism, corporatism, consumerism, Materialism

RIDICULOUS & WASTEFUL PRODUCT AWARD

Buck Denton wrote 6 months ago: I see absolutely no utility in oxygen in a can or oxygen bars, except to make money off ridiculous a … more →

Tags: Culture, development, waste, consumerism, consumption, Ridiculous & Wasteful Product Award, commodification of nature, oxygen, Oxygen Bars

Kolkata (Part II) - May the forcefeeding be with you

babubasu wrote 6 months ago: Freelance writer, Babu Basu finds his stomach bullied into submission and practices the national spo … more →

Tags: Food & Travel, obesity, gluttony, Babu Basu, Kolkata, haggling, force-feeding, over-indulgence, Diet

The Story of Stuff5 comments

pwalzer wrote 7 months ago: Sorry for the lack of posts lately…  I was busy last week launching another blog (don’t … more →

Tags: Politics, obama, idtik, The, Barack, i don't think i know, Crisis, Economic, Financial

How We Were Blind-Folded and BRANDED (and what's being done about it)2 comments

under-covered wrote 7 months ago: By Candice Novak Consumerism is old hat, but the fast-paced and predatory nature of modern ads is r … more →

Tags: general under-covered, Money, Shopping, Ads, Marketing, advertising, Branding, Ad-Free, Culture

Buy Nothing Day sails over press' heads4 comments

under-covered wrote 7 months ago: While people are being trampled by customers in the wee hours of the morning on this Black Friday, m … more →

Tags: general under-covered, News, media, Economy, consumerism, under covered news, alternative news, Buy Nothing Day, adbusters


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