‘Stuff’ & Consumption: Currently Reading…
The Information Diet: A Case for Conscious Consumption (@NPR). “Just because your boss doesn’t see you looking at that Kim Kardashian post on The Huffington Post doesn’t mean that it’s not without consequence. When you click on it, you’re making it so that it’s more visible to other people. That means an information diet is something that’s of ethical consequence to you and others…”
An interesting case on how we are voting for our content. +1 on the ‘think-before-you-click” as an ideal for conscious consumption.
The Quest for a Universal Sustainability Score For Stuff We Buy (@fastco). The Story of Stuff asked ‘what’s in our products?’ and found some answers about our materials economy; Andrew Dent asks, ‘can we create a standard for what we put in our products?’. More difficult to answer.
We’re Eating Less Meat. Why? (@markbittman for nytimes). “…conscious decisions are being made by consumers. Even buying less meat because prices are high and times are tough is a choice; other “sacrifices” could be made.”
Story of Stuff’s Annie Leonard on the Colbert Report (@storyofstuff). From September, but quite good and got me to turn off the TV ;). The newest video is “The Story of Broke”: “The US isn’t broke; we’re the richest country on the planet and a country in which the richest among us are doing exceptionally well. But the truth is, our economy is broken.” Posted as OWS peaked in November.
Ways To Reduce Our Reliance on Corporations (And Our Exposure to Ads) (@kerismith). Not trying to hate, but I like the way she thinks on this one + a comments section you’ll actually want to read :D
