Consumerism: an Historical Perspective
2009-04-26 18:54:00 by Sharon Beder21 February 2009The Pacific Ecologist, whence this article came, provided this editorial note: Sharon Beder explores the history of consumer societies from the 1920s when over-production of goods exceeded demand. Instead of stabilising the economy, reducing working hours, and sharing work around, which would have brought more leisure time for all, industrialists decided to expand markets by promoting consumerism to the working classes. The social decision to produce unlimited quantities of goods rather than leisure, nurtured wastefulness, obsolescence, and inefficiency and created the foundation for our modern consumer culture. People were trained to be both workers and consumers in a culture of work and spend.Consumption was promoted through advertising as a "democracy of goods" and used to pacify political unrest among workers. With the help of marketers and advertisers exploiting the idea of consumer goods as status symbols, workers were manipulated into being avar...
KFC UK Goes For Eco Packaging
2009-01-27 13:00:00 Fast food restaurants are having a hard time in the UK over waste paper and packaging, in order for KFC to reduce their annual rubbish out by fourteen hundred tonnes, they are planning on changing their packing to a more eco friendly type. Instead of the traditional cardboard boxes and clamshells, they will putting their food ...
Trash Into Energy
2009-01-27 12:00:00 Producing your own energy normally means the use of wind turbines or solar panels, but now there is another way of producing power and it also deals with most the waste too. IST Energy has means to dispose of an organisations waste products and turn it into energy all in a container sized unit that ...
London awakes to Polar Bear on the Thames
2009-01-27 11:36:00 It sounds so amazing that it could have true, in fact an iceberg floating down the river Thames is not a normal occurrence, at least I have never seen it before. However, an iceberg with a stranded polar bear and its cub on, well it just has to be a great piece of PR. Of course ...
Furniture Made From Scrap Metal
2009-01-26 13:00:00 This is definitely not going to be for everyone, but it does have some redeeming features mainly that it has been made from scrap metal from outside factories, where it would have ended up is anyone?s guess, yet here it is made into something worthwhile. The downside of this furniture is that it is not going ...
Cut Price Sunforce Wind Generator
2009-01-26 12:00:00 This is a great opportunity to get a roof top wind generator at a great price; it will assist in the running of all the electrical appliances in the home. What makes this device interesting is that it only has two moving parts and has been designed to operate in a smooth and quiet manner. Features: Volts: ...
Recycled Cardboard Makes Great Furniture
2009-01-26 11:00:00 It is amazing really that something as simple as a piece of cardboard can be fashioned into everyday objects that can be used throughout then home and just about anywhere else too. Cardboard is such a creative material that is can be manipulated into some useful eco friendly items. These are designed and made by Argentinean, ...
New Packaging for Eco-friendly Milk
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Mojitos in Used Jam Jars
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Waste Food From Supermarkets Turned Into Power
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Europe Could Become Wind Powered
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Alcatraz Gets A Sun And Wind Powered Boat
2009-01-22 12:00:00 With over 1.4 million visitors every year taking a trip across to Alcatraz Island that works out at a lot of fuel and a huge carbon footprint, luckily Alcatraz Cruises have recently launched their solution to this the problem, the Hornblower Hybrid ferry. This vessel has two wind turbines and a solar array, which generates power ...
One Wind Farm Providing 30% of Kenya?s Power
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Great Tree Loving Basic Tee
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Banana Republic Launches Green Collection
2009-01-18 05:59:00 Now that fashion statement is all about how eco-friendly you can be, Banana Republic is the latest clothing line to launch an eco-friendly collection made up of recycled fabrics and materials. The new Heritage Collection which is scheduled to hit shops by the summer, has clothes made from organic soy silk, bamboo and cotton. We’re ...
Solar Powered Road Studs
2009-01-16 13:00:00 Road stubs have been traditionally been made from glass beads set into a rubber casing, these are often damaged and do not the job anymore which is potentially dangerous. Which is why solar power and LED lights could quite easily take their place at some point, provided that the technology and cost can be partnered ...
Polar Bear Rug
2009-01-16 11:21:00 If there is one iconic vision of climate change, it has to be the melting ice flow and the plight of the polar bear. This rug appears to be the ocean with a small piece of white on, but upon closer inspection, it suddenly becomes clear that the small speck is a polar bear trapped ...
Old Style Light Bulbs Phased Out
2009-01-12 14:00:00 In the UK, it is the end of the line for the older less energy efficient incandescent light bulbs, in fact since the announcement of this phasing out; stores have been selling out of the old fashioned to the point that it is virtually impossible to any of these lights bulbs anywhere in the UK. This ...
From Road Blocks To Seating
2009-01-12 12:00:00 It is amazing how some people think things up, take students Jeffrey Gerlach and Andrew Stanley they have realised that when the Department of Public Works puts up a road block, the barriers that that use could easily be recycled into easy to assemble seating. As the barriers come in two pieces all these need is ...
Dell Offers Green Packaging
2008-12-22 14:00:00 Reducing the carbon footprint of any company is an essential thing these days, not just because it is the right thing to do, but because their customers demand it, and it that demand that has driven toe computer company Dell to introduce the green initiative. To this end Dell have replaced the usual paper and cardboard ...
Lamp Made From Milk Bottles
2008-12-22 12:16:00 There are many things that can be turned into lamps, but milk bottles are not always going to be top of the list as the idea material, for some reason they are always over looked as a source of material for any recycling unless they are going to be melted down and turned into something ...
Is Krispy Kreme Donuts Unhealthier?
2008-12-21 21:28:00 Krispy Kreme has gotten a lot of headway as far as opening various branches in countries like the Philippines but recently, there has been talk that the yummy donuts that they serve have something to do with growing child obesity. The unhealthy ingredient is the trans-fat issue to which other factors that include milk ...
Monkey Toy Socks from Maggie? Organic
2008-12-20 22:10:00 Here is something that anyone would love. Toy socks are something we don?t usually give much attention but there is something in these monkey toy socks that makes people purchase them. And Maggie?s Organics is simply motivated to produce more together with their organic clothing line. These Monkey Socks may seem ordinary, perhaps close ...
Wrap Gifts Up the Eco-Friendly Way
2008-12-19 21:55:00 Gifts are expected to be among the hot items that people are concerned right now but don?t expect the traditional gift wrappers we see to complete them. In fact, you may be surprised to note that a new kind of wrapping expertise is on the horizon. Through the years, all of us are bound ...
Wines Shifting to Cardboard Tubes
2008-12-19 21:52:00 Corks were known to seal in the freshness of wine over the years but wine makers shifted towards plastic corks to somehow jazz up wine a bit, particularly to open them easier outside the cork popping hardships that would require people have a trusty cork screw in hand to open them. While the intent was ...
The Willow Bowler From Canopy Verde
2008-12-19 14:00:00 This Canopy Verde business has only been in existence a few months yet they have still had time to produce a nice range of bags that are made from a mix of organic cotton and bamboo, finished with chrome free leather and free of chemicals. Features: Earth-friendly materials & construction: Organic cotton and bamboo blend fabric and ...
Plant Man Hole Cover
2008-12-18 14:00:00 This planter is a representation of a manhole cover, just like the ones found on every street, yet this mini version displays the strength of nature over the man made world, it is a good reminder that everything will build can eventually succumb to the way of nature, maybe we should remember that point. Product Specs Dimensions: 3.75″W ...
Solar Power Glasses
2008-12-18 13:00:00 When it is sunny a lot of people like to wear sunglasses, these has been seen to be a good source of solar power because most people only wear them when it is sunny. So this design is not only a great way of protecting the eyes, it is also a good way of charging ...
Mister Donut Branches out with Eco-Friendly Expansion
2008-12-17 21:45:00 Business are faltering but the franchises still show some potential. Pair that with optimistic entrepreneurs and you can expect some expansion from wherever parts of the metropolis they may want to put them up. Mister Donut is a small donut chain that is a rival of well known donut retailers like Dunkin Donuts and ...
Score One for Hotel and Environmental Awareness
2008-12-17 21:43:00 Most of us have surely been to hotels and while we want to make the most out of our stay, we tend to forget the effects it has on the environment as a whole. This includes leaving the lights on and using profusely the room condiments like soap, shampoo and toothpaste. While they do ...
Passengers Are Alternative Energy Producers
2008-12-16 13:00:00 Around the world there are large organisations looking to find ways of producing energy from alternative sources, which is no mean feat. However, the more innovative organisations have been looking around at their resources and are coming up with some interesting ideas. The East Japan Railway Company (JR East) has discovered that they can use their ...
Reasons Why You Should NOT Buy a Plasma Television
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Find Out the Secrets Why Companies Use Rebates
2008-11-30 13:00:00 Rebates are a marketing tool used by manufacturers to increase sales, by lowering the cost of a product in the eyes of a customer, without actually dropping the price on the shelf. The company makes available a rebate for those buying the product, let’s say, $20. You buy the product, send the company the filled-out ... Find Out the Secrets Why Companies Use Rebates
Cuff Links made from Baseball Stadiums!
2008-06-09 15:00:00 Baseball Stadiums are being upgraded and retouched here and there all of the time, so what happens to all of these bits and pieces that have been removed? At one time they have been thrown away, but now these materials are recycled into some great gifts, like these cuff links. Features: MATERIALS: sterling silver, reclaimed wood NOTE: ...
Britney downsizes her cars
2008-06-06 17:00:00 Its great when you see celebrities cutting back on their huge cars and excessive travelling, take Britney Spears she has been known to drive around in great big SUV?s and other large vehicles. But here you can see that she has made an effort to cut back on the fuel that her vehicles use by turning ...
Collection of recycled artwork
2008-06-06 16:21:00 Go the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York you may be in for a little surprise in what you find there. For it may not be as contemporary as you first may of thought. The work on display has been made by students from various Universities. But one who student from the Appalachian State ...
Table made from recycled materials
2008-06-06 15:00:00 It would seem that you are able to made useful items out of virtually any material, and in the case of these tables it is clear that it is true. These tables have been designed by Artists For Humanity to use reclaimed materials and present them in a way that looks really cool. The main material ...
The recycler wine bottle bag
2008-06-05 17:00:00 This is a bag that has been specifically designed to someone with the recycling duties as the bag has been given some dividers which keep the bottles from clinking together and smashing, which will not do the recycling scheme any good at all. Its great for using when you take the empties down to the bottle ...
Pillows and cushions made from old clothes
2008-05-30 19:00:00 This is a really novel way of recycling older clothes which have either outlived their usefulness or just do not fit anymore for whatever reason that may be. The clothing has been designed by Ximena Orozco, who has some really great design lines covering baby clothes and accessories, bags and soft furnishings, like these cushions, which ...
Woody Harrelson to go ?Lost? on island
2008-05-29 19:34:00 The eco friendly actor Woody Harrelson cannot wait for the next break that he gets between filming as he plans to spend forty days on a remote island. But it will not just be the loneliness that will get to him, for he will only drink water and eat nothing for the whole period that ...
Daryl Hannah?s worm bin rocks
2008-05-29 15:00:00 It?s great when a celebrity starts something worth while and Daryl Hannah has been doing just that with the Beautious Bamboo Worm Bin, where making worm fertilizer has become a part of the kitchen, rather than sitting outside in the garden. As this one is in the kitchen it is a lot easier to dispose of ...
McDonalds go eco with coffee
2008-05-28 18:00:00 Those people who love to have a quick coffee in an Australian McDonalds will be pleased to see that very soon there will be a new type of coffee available. This is going to be an eco friendly brand which is grown under strict eco friendly conditions. This is a good move by the Australian branch ...
Beer cans into beer jewellery
2008-05-13 16:00:00 Most cans are quite nice to look at, they are brightly coloured and have some interesting designs on the outside too, so making them into a piece of jewellery would be a sensible move. This is why it is no surprise to find these Beer Can Cuffs from Elsewares. The metal on the tin is very ...
Companies Using Eco-friendly as a Marketing Tool
2008-05-09 19:38:00 Effective business practices today need the proper updates as far as latest trends in marketing and promotion is concerned. Among the leading indicators that can really boost the popularity of most companies and manufacturers today is adding that green certification and awareness that everyone is going crazy about. Let us face it. Even if there ...
Make an apron from old jeans
2008-05-06 18:00:00 The idea behind this is the fact that next week, the 12th May to be precise is National Wear Your Apron Day, so naturally we though that it would be nice if you made your own apron from an old pair of jeans. What you will need for this task: Supplies: Pant leg Bias tape binding 1″ twill tape ...
When eco friendly tastes so nice
2008-05-01 16:00:00 The great thing about living the eco friendly life is that so many things can be considered ?Green? these days, but one thing that could have been over looked is Chocolate. You would have thought that considering all of the transportation that is involved that it could not even be considered as green. However it ...
Try this for Earth Day 08
2008-04-22 18:39:00 One of the biggest problems affecting our planet is over-consumption. Especially prevalent in more affluent countries is the idea that everyone can have everything they can buy even if it is harmful, wasteful, or unnecessary. We have also been taught that progress can only be measured by GDP and that they only way to increase ...
How Rising Gas Prices Could Affect Your Diet
2008-04-17 12:38:00 In an age when American’s are becoming more aware of the importance of a healthy diet, it is really upsetting to see what a huge impact the rising gas prices are having on our nations’ food costs. There are many factors that go into just how the price of gas is effecting our food prices ...
DHL Uses Eco-friendly Bags
2008-04-12 09:19:00 Couriers and packages need to be delivered to various places and normally, the standard of plastic bags have become a cause for concern for eco-friendly standards. DHL, a leading logistics and express courier service has taken this issue by heart and has started to employ the use of eco-friendly courier bags. These new bags are ...
Eco-Sensor Phones Brings Nokia to the Green
2008-04-11 20:58:00 Nokia has added another feather in its cap as far as going green is concerned. Most companies today are trying to figure out a way to go green and Nokia, a known cellular phone giant manufacturer, has just offered the world another dimension towards green living standards by using recycled materials and offering an OLED ... |
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