I just started reading Jeff Rubin’s book Why Your World Is About To Get A Whole Lot Smaller; it got me to thinking, how would I and we deal with less of everything. Less food (imported or otherwise), less stuff (be that computers, coffee, cloths, clutter) and less waist (pun intended). Would we [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Consumerism’
The shrinking world we are moving into…
Posted in Book Review, Miscellaneous, Self-Sufficiency, Tips, tagged Consumerism, Environment, Globalization on 2009/07/14 | Leave a Comment »
A year to live more locally and wisely
Posted in Miscellaneous, Self-Sufficiency, tagged Budgeting, Consumerism, Downshifting, Self-Sufficiency on 2009/01/24 | 1 Comment »
With the start of 2009 and the current global economic situation that exists in much of the world (especially those in North America, Europe and the Far East, where those who live with greater debts of burden more likely live), a resolution we have made (in our household) is to raise more home-grown foods and [...]
Purchasing our happiness is coming to an end.
Posted in Miscellaneous, Self-Sufficiency, tagged Consumerism, Environment on 2008/09/23 | Leave a Comment »
North Americans seem to have a love affair with status and with purchasing items to create that status. So is this status really worth it and what can we do individually to change our view of and how we as a society see status?
