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On AlterNet: consumption

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "consumption"

Triple Shock Strikes the Global Economy

Triple Shock Strikes the Global Economy

Eric Le Boucher, Le Monde. March 20, 2008.
The American growth model will have to change.

Who Needs Meat When You've Got Bugs?

Who Needs Meat When You've Got Bugs?

Kerry Trueman, Huffington Post. February 14, 2008.
We may find the idea of insects as livestock disgusting, but could a bug farm possibly be any more foul than our fetid feedlots?

The Threat of Population Growth Pales Beside the Greed of the Rich

The Threat of Population Growth Pales Beside the Greed of the Rich

George Monbiot, Comment Is Free. January 31, 2008.
Some blame the poor for growing pressure on the world's resources, but the wealthy West takes the lion's share.

Consuming Our Way to Unhappiness

Consuming Our Way to Unhappiness

Terrence McNally, AlterNet. January 10, 2008.
Our excessive consumption is trashing more than just the planet.

How to Really Love Your Country: Five Objectives for True Patriots

How to Really Love Your Country: Five Objectives for True Patriots

Paul Buchheit, AlterNet. December 4, 2007.
A Top 5 list of criteria for a better America.

Latina Traditions Remade in America

Latina Traditions Remade in America

Lakshmi Chaudhry, TheNation.com. November 17, 2007.
The crass commodification of Latina traditions and rites of passage is disintegrating the familial and communal relationships they are meant to celebrate.

Our Grandparents: The Real Environmentalists?

Our Grandparents: The Real Environmentalists?

Clayton Dach, Adbusters. October 3, 2007.
Whether by choice or harsh necessity, those who came of age during the Great Depression might have a thing or two to teach us about being green.

Is Eating Local the Best Choice?

Is Eating Local the Best Choice?

David Morris, AlterNet. September 11, 2007.
Those who say eating local is not always the best choice for the planet are forgetting one very important part of the equation: community.

Pentagon vs. Peak Oil

Pentagon vs. Peak Oil

Michael T. Klare, Tomdispatch.com. June 15, 2007.
How wars of the future may be fought just to run the machines that fight them.

Overcoming American Gluttony

Overcoming American Gluttony

Alan Bisbort, Smirking Chimp. June 5, 2007.
Americans make the biggest environmental footprint on the planet but we have hundreds of excuses for never changing our behavior. Number one is that we are Americans.

Not Saving? Strategies To Help You Start

Not Saving? Strategies To Help You Start

G. Jeffrey MacDonald, Christian Science Monitor. March 7, 2007.
Americans have been spending more than they save for nearly two years, and 2006 was the worst year for saving since 1933. To turn it around, experts say, know your weaknesses.

Is It Good that Big Businesses Are Going Green?

Is It Good that Big Businesses Are Going Green?

Jason Mark, Kevin Danaher, Grist.org. February 20, 2007.
Can Americans retain their bad habits of overconsumption but simply switch to earth-friendly products? In truth, we are not going to spend our way out of a social and ecological crisis 500 years in the making.

Consumption Has Finally Caught Up With Us

Consumption Has Finally Caught Up With Us

Michael T. Klare, Foreign Policy in Focus. December 7, 2006.
We're closer than we think to an age when gasoline becomes a luxury and restaurant meals become unattainable.