See also:
- Business: Investing: Socially Responsible (276)
- Science: Environment: Sustainability (252)
- Shopping: Niche: Green Living (129)
- Society: Lifestyle Choices: Voluntary Simplicity (42)
- Society: Politics: Green (30)
Buy Nothing Christmas
buynothingchristmas.org
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.
Center for a New American Dream
newdream.org
National non-profit organization challenging the "more is better" definition of the American dream.
Apoplectic Press
apoplecticpress.org
Subversive political and anti-Christmas greeting cards, free graphic images and GIF animations, original protest music and resources for activists and other misfits.
Consumers Anonymous
springcreek.oregonstate.edu
Promote innovative alternatives to consumerism, for people seeking better ways to live with the Earth.
Mall-aise
efn.org
Offbeat look at shopping centers in America.
The Story of Stuff
storyofstuff.com
A 20-minute animation of the consumerist society, narrated by Anne Leonard, to view online or download. Includes footnoted script, credits, blog, and resources.
All-Consuming Passion: Waking up from the American Dream
ecofuture.org
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 lifestyles.
Consumer Citizenship
hihm.no
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.
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