Ready to pick up your stake, take a stab at saving electricity and fight vampire power? Lucky for you, the battle against this energy waster comes down to two tactics: Identify which electronic devices drain power when not in use. Replace these electronic items with energy-efficient devices or...
Freegans aren't homeless; in fact, most could easily afford to buy their own food. They've instead chosen to live what they believe is an ethical, unadulterated lifestyle and disassociate themselves from capitalism and consumerism. The word freegan is a combination of "free" -- as in it's...
In a 2011 Black Friday edition of the New York Times, the retailer ran a full page ad that read “Don't buy this jacket" in a push to fight consumerism. The ad detailed how, despite the jacket being made primarily with sustainable materials, it would leave behind two-thirds its weight...
Good news in the fight against pancreatic cancer Laura Indolfi 10:33 May 2016 This tiny particle could roam your body to find tumors Sangeeta Bhatia Related Topics global issues technology business consumerism shopping pandemicExplore TEDx TED Fellows TED Ed TED Translators TED Institut...
Consumerism is the devil! While sure, I don’t think luxury items are necessarily making the world a better place – I also think that if you work hard, and they make you happy, then go for it. This is about what you want, not what about what society wants you to have. The ...
and the resulting consumerism, they say. "Whether it's for medicinal use, or status – there are different reasons depending on what it is – more people want more stuff, and they've got more money to be able to buy it," says Yvonne Sadovy, who is working on the conservation of thre...
All of this takes the fun out of shopping and means there’s a limit to how much consumerism can grow. [4]This is deeply worrying to companies,and some of them have started to fight it,by creating artificial scarcity(短缺).For example,Swedish rapper Adam Tensta has limited access to ...
avoiding indulgence and anti-consumerism meant that most people had no desire to be featured in an advertisement. Commercial modeling and stock photos did not yet exist. Faced with few choices, advertisers resorted to backdoor purchases. In an arrangement Barbas dubs ...
Edited:Fight Clubdeals with the theme of consumerism, such as when the main character criticizes people’s desire to buy new things. “Advertising has these people chasing cars and clothes they don’t need,” he says. 5Find another primary or secondary source to include in your writing ...
On the beaches of remote Western Australia, where the sea is the same colour as the sky, the next generation of Aboriginal gameledes (custodians) have reclaimed their heritage and are using tourism to showcase their customs and knowledge to travellers in