Difference between revisions of "Category:Consumption"
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[http://www.panda.org/news_facts/publications/living_planet_report/footprint/index.cfm Interesting chart] of our collective ecological footprint | [http://www.panda.org/news_facts/publications/living_planet_report/footprint/index.cfm Interesting chart] of our collective ecological footprint | ||
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| + | [http://projects.flowingdata.com/walmart/ Watch the spread of Wal-marts] Interactive map | ||
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Logo:_Taking_Aim_at_the_Brand_Bullies ''No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies''] is a book by Canadian journalist Naomi Klein. | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Logo:_Taking_Aim_at_the_Brand_Bullies ''No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies''] is a book by Canadian journalist Naomi Klein. | ||
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[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/3326551/Confessions-of-an-Eco-Sinner-Long-distance-calling.html ''Confessions of an Eco-Sinner''] by Fred Pearce, traces where our things come from (includes excerpt). | [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/3326551/Confessions-of-an-Eco-Sinner-Long-distance-calling.html ''Confessions of an Eco-Sinner''] by Fred Pearce, traces where our things come from (includes excerpt). | ||
| − | + | ''You Are Here : exposing the vital link between what we do and what that does to our planet'' / Thomas M. Kostigen | |
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| + | McH Stacks - GF75 .K674 2008 [http://libportal.ucsc.edu/iii/encore/record/C|Rb2949106|Syou%2Bare%2Bhere|Orightresult?lang=eng&suite=def Link] | ||
| − | + | ''The Shadows of Consumption : consequences for the global environment'' / Peter Dauvergne | |
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[http://www.billmckibben.com/bio.html Bill McKibben] author of classic ''End of Nature'' | [http://www.billmckibben.com/bio.html Bill McKibben] author of classic ''End of Nature'' | ||
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By Kai T. Erikson Recounts the devastating personal and communal effects of the 1972 Buffalo Creek, West Virginia, disaster on a tightly knit Appalachian community suddenly uprooted and dispersed. | By Kai T. Erikson Recounts the devastating personal and communal effects of the 1972 Buffalo Creek, West Virginia, disaster on a tightly knit Appalachian community suddenly uprooted and dispersed. | ||
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| + | [http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/10/poptech2007-chris-jordan.php Stunning images] of accumulated consumer goods and resources by Chris Jordan. [http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/279 TEDtalk video] [http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/09212007/watch3.html PBS episode] | ||
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| + | [http://www.edwardburtynsky.com/ Photographer Edward Burtynsky] documents how humans alter the world, and to a lesser degree the people engaged in doing the work [http://www.edwardburtynsky.com/WORKS/Ships/Shipbreaking/Shipbreaking_11.jpg (example)]. [http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/edward_burtynsky_on_manufactured_landscapes.html Video of TEDtalk accepting his award]. A video, ''Manufactured Landscapes'', [http://www.mongrelmedia.com/press/Manufactured_Landscapes/Man_Land.mov (trailer)] was made about his trip to China and its factories and the Three Gorges Dam. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67j7JlEZzpQ Excerpt]. | ||
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| + | [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67j7JlEZzpQ ''Manufactured Landscapes'']. Photographer [http://www.edwardburtynsky.com/ Ed Burtynsky] goes to China to document manufacturing and E-waste. | ||
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| − | + | [http://www.sfbayview.com/2008/in-focus-congos-bloody-coltan/ Our laptops, game consoles and cell phone use Coltan], which is at the center of civil war and much suffering in the Democratic Republic of Congo. (See [http://ic.ucsc.edu/college8core/c8wiki/index.php/Category:Africa Africa page]). You can help Congo gorillas by [http://www.eco-cell.org/ recycling cell phones]. | |
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| − | + | [http://www.foryourhealth.eu/content/barry-schwartz-ted-talk Barry Schwartz] is a sociology professor at Swarthmore College and author of The Paradox of Choice. In this talk, he persuasively explains how and why the abundance of choice in modern society is actually making us miserable. (TEDtalk video) | |
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Revision as of 00:59, 10 January 2009
Currently most information on this topic is in Where Are We Now
Extensive new report, includes video ***
Interesting chart of our collective ecological footprint
Watch the spread of Wal-marts Interactive map
Books
No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies is a book by Canadian journalist Naomi Klein.
Confessions of an Eco-Sinner by Fred Pearce, traces where our things come from (includes excerpt).
You Are Here : exposing the vital link between what we do and what that does to our planet / Thomas M. Kostigen New York, NY : HarperOne, c2008 McH Stacks - GF75 .K674 2008 Link
The Shadows of Consumption : consequences for the global environment / Peter Dauvergne Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2008 McH Stacks - HC79.C6 D38 2008
Bill McKibben author of classic End of Nature (excerpt)
Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future (excerpt) 2007 interview on book
and new book The Bill McKibben Reader: Pieces from an Active Life 2008 interview.
Everything in Its Path By Kai T. Erikson Recounts the devastating personal and communal effects of the 1972 Buffalo Creek, West Virginia, disaster on a tightly knit Appalachian community suddenly uprooted and dispersed.
Images
Stunning images of accumulated consumer goods and resources by Chris Jordan. TEDtalk video PBS episode
Photographer Edward Burtynsky documents how humans alter the world, and to a lesser degree the people engaged in doing the work (example). Video of TEDtalk accepting his award. A video, Manufactured Landscapes, (trailer) was made about his trip to China and its factories and the Three Gorges Dam. Excerpt.
Manufactured Landscapes. Photographer Ed Burtynsky goes to China to document manufacturing and E-waste.
Video
Our laptops, game consoles and cell phone use Coltan, which is at the center of civil war and much suffering in the Democratic Republic of Congo. (See Africa page). You can help Congo gorillas by recycling cell phones.
Barry Schwartz is a sociology professor at Swarthmore College and author of The Paradox of Choice. In this talk, he persuasively explains how and why the abundance of choice in modern society is actually making us miserable. (TEDtalk video)
Articles in category "Consumption"
The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
