Innocent build an all-electric drinks factory called The Blender. It smells of strawberries (but still makes millions of plastic bottles) REGEN ECONOMIES, NEW ECONOMICS, TECHNOLOGY, 4TH SECTORpat kane16 April 2023manufacturing, consumption, consumerism, food, drinkComment
What would a "fair consumption space for all" look like? Between high-carbon Canada and low-carbon Indonesia, there are a range of options PLANETARIAN, NEW ENERGY SOURCES, NEW ECONOMICS, REGEN ECONOMIES, 4TH SECTOR, BEHAVIOURpat kane2 May 2022consumerism, consumption, climate crisis, sustainabilityComment
What do we mean by public luxury? Glorious spaces that people can use and enjoy freely, cutting consumption and increasing connection CREATE THE FEEL, CREATIVE INDUSTRIES, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, EQUIP FOR THE FUTURE, INGENUITY, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENTpat kane28 January 2022public luxury, monbiot, consumerism, ethical consumerismComment
We can't just blame the corporates for climate catastrophe, says Zhiwa Woodbury. We consumers must share it, then act to rectify it ACTION, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, PRACTICE, INDIVIDUALpat kane8 January 2022corporate, response-ability, ethical consumerism, consumerismComment
The late Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi identified happiness with a state of “flow”. The idea can still help us detach from consumerism BEHAVIOUR, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, PRACTICE, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, CREATE THE FEEL, ACTIONpat kane25 November 2021flow, psychology, consumerismComment
He knows if you've been bad or good... Given that, here's a good list of non-Amazon retailers for Xmas NEW ECONOMICS, 4TH SECTOR, INDIVIDUALpat kane17 December 2019ethical consumerism, consumerism
"What if we stopped buying stuff and started making it?" The saving craft of cabinets, knives, blacksmithery and spoons MANIFESTOS, INGENUITY, INDIVIDUAL, COMMUNITY, NEW ECONOMICSpat kane16 December 2019craftivism, consumerismComment
Buy items for refugees in the Choose Love shop--& leave with nothing. Anti Black Friday? Or just more consumerism? 4TH SECTOR, CREATIVE INDUSTRIES, NEW ECONOMICSpat kane24 November 2018consumerism
Christmas, Consumerism and Confusion: some thoughts from Perspectiva PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, INDIVIDUAL, NEW ECONOMICSpat kane19 December 2017consumerism