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Overcoming Consumerism
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Lawrence F. London, Jr.
mailto:london@sunSITE.unc.edu
mailto:llondon@mindspring.com
http://sunSITE.unc.edu/InterGarden
Title: Overcoming Consumerism
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Consumerism is a pattern of behavior that helps to destroy our environment, personal financial health, the common good of individuals and human institutions. This site details ways that you can help defeat consumerism, save money, work less and lead a more satisfying and environmentally benign life while helping to restore the economic self-sufficiency of your community. Another goal is to showcase Resources/References that can help the reader become an educated grass-roots activist starting from any level of commitment and knowledge.
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PHILOSOPHY
How Consumerism affects society, the economy and environment.
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individuals filed for personal bankruptcy in 1996
What does overcoming consumerism accomplish?
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Active resistance to consumerism.![tv_death](http://www.hooked.net/users/verdant/images/greytv5.gif)
TAKING ACTION
Easy hands-on methods to save resources and money.
Two comparative families show the results.
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Our personal consumer choices.
Consumption chart to help quantify how much you use.
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GETTING AGGRESSIVE ABOUT IT
Resources/References for Education and Action.
Radical Anti-Consumerism.
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How to Raise and Plant Trees.
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How to raise your own food.
Arguments against the use of styrofoam products.
Contains detailed printable information to help community activists, or YOU learn why and how to persuade merchants to stop using styrofoam(polystyrene) hot drink cups, food containers and packing material.
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