Consumerism
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The Downfall of the Plastic Bag: A Global Picture
by Janet Larsen and Savina Venkova Worldwide, a trillion single-use plastic bags are used each year, nearly 2 million each…
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The Art of Advertising
Let’s face it, we are surrounded by ingenious advertisements. Whether you drive or surf the net, you will inevitably be…
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The Truth About “Natural”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AftZshnP8fs Is your “natural” food what Mother Nature intended? Probably not. Thanks to Only Organic for this mockumentary. Want to…
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Report: Energy, Work and Finance
Click to download report (2.6mb PDF) Politicians and environmental activists often make it seem as if a transition to a…
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Plastic Bag Bans Spreading in the United States
by Janet Larsen and Savina Venkova, Earth Policy Institute Los Angeles rang in the 2014 New Year with a ban…
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Planned Obsolescence – The Foundation of Modern Consumer Society
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfbbF3oxf-E The Light Bulb Conspiracy – Planned Obsolescence (Duration: 53 minutes) ‘Planned obsolescence’ is the deliberate shortening of a product…
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Cheap Oil Begets the Centralization of Power
The oil age allowed us to do the wrong things with unprecedented speed and efficiency. Oil is an almost ideal…
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To the Last Drop: Canada’s Dirty Oil Sands (video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61X4IQqnmd0 Part I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8m5PFuYRSI Part II Residents of one Canadian town are engaged in a David and Goliath-style battle over…
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Save Our Foodbowl From Coal Mining (NSW, Australia)
Please take one minute to send an email to protect our national food-bowl, the Liverpool Plains, and the rich groundwater…
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The Meat Industry and Ideas for What We Can Do About It
Some practical ideas about the meat industry Spacious chicken houses — a stark minority (Photo by David Ashwanden) In many…
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Keystone PipeLIES Exposed
Keystone PipeLIES Exposed (Duration: 23 minutes) This film, produced by the Center for Media and Democracy, debunks the claims of…
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The Pig Farmer
One day in Iowa I met a particular gentleman — and I use that term, gentleman, frankly, only because I…
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