Tag: Buy Nothing - Page 2
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Happiness: No Purchase Necessary, Says Study
It turns out, in this age of consumerism and gadgetry, that all this stuff we buy isn't really making us any happier--in fact, it's kind of bumming us out. According to the latest research, the key to finding happiness is
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Annie Leonard Tells The Story of Stuff
Since Annie Leonard created The Story of Stuff, the short web film has been watched some ten million times. But the twenty-minute film was twenty years in the making. So Leonard decided to write a book, telling the tale of her explorations through the
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12 One-Year Personal Stunts We Can't Stop Talking About
Call them New Year's resolutions on steroids: The past few years have seen a variety of people publicly pledge to spend 365 days living a more environmentally friendly life, whether by eating locally or giving up money altogether.
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10 Eco-Friendly Alternatives to Wrapping Paper
Ahh, the holidays are fast approaching. So, you've decided to go green this year: you've perused our green gift guide, donated to some great green charities, and now you've got a pile of gifts that need to be wrapped. But wait! You've
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Dive! the Film: Living Off America's Trash
You know you've thought about it. Whether you've actually done it or would admit to your friends that the food they are dining on was pulled from a dumpster is another matter. Either way, that scavenger-hunt for adults, known as dumpster diving, does
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Attention Green Shoppers: Buy Nothing Day on Cyber Sunday, Too?
Yesterday was the recommended "Buy Nothing Day" in North America. Today, November 28 is "Buy Nothing Day" for the rest of the world, when consumers (that means most of us)
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Give Your Stuff Away Day: A Celebration of Generosity
No sooner had I published my post on Tuesday about rethinking our relationship with stuff, that I get a press release for Give Your Stuff Away Day. Billed as a fun, community event, the idea is to create a
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What Would Gandhi Do? Certainly Not Buy a Luxury Fountain Pen
Mahatma Gandhi, born 140 years ago today, is remembered as the father of modern India but it was his simple lifestyle that has continued to inspired activists around the world. This humble aesthetic, however, is at odds with
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Sneak Peek at Exclusive Clip From No Impact Man Movie
In early 2007, writer Colin Beavan started an experiment, which he described as follows: A Guilty Liberal Finally Snaps, Swears Off Plastic, Goes Organic, Becomes A Bicycle Nazi, Turns Off His Power,
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Rate Your Stinky Hippy Factor: Do You Really Need Deodorant?
An informal survey of the global TreeHugger gang revealed an interesting (and perhaps slightly redolent) tendency to move away from the use of deodorant each and every day. In fact, the majority of responding THers
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No Impact Man Documentary Film Is Low on Carbon, High on Awareness
TreeHugger attended a pre-release screening No Impact Man, a documentary made about Colin Beavan (aka No Impact Man) and his family's yearlong experiment to live a zero waste lifestyle in New York City. We were happy to see that the movie treated its
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Save Money at the Bank of Happiness
If you live in Estonia, you can soon save your money at the Bank of Happiness. What a wonderful name for a place that doesn't exist. It is an idea, not a building.
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Dumpster Diving Documentary on the Joy of Free Food (Video)
Dumpster Diver Finds Holy Grail Usually when someone at TreeHugger writes about dumpster diving, or 'skipping' as it is known in the UK, the responses range from extremely supportive, to those who find it disgusting - and perhaps worry about the image
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Need a Little Help Reaching Your Environmental Goals?
We all need to have goals. Goals help guide us and give us wings to reach new heights. Becoming green is not a natural process for everybody, and in fact, many of us could use a little help here and there. Maybe we are trying to
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In Defence of Stuff
We recently pondered, of all we accumulate in a modern life, what 'stuff' is really important? We suggested that a life lived with less clutter might be more fulfilling and less strain on natural resources. But there is an interesting flip side to this
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Stuff: How Much Do You Really Need?
Lloyd's recent review on The Power of Less, a book about uncluttering one's life, reminded me of an opinion piece I'd seen, following the tragic aftermath of the recent Australian
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How Green Was Your Valentine's Day?
Valentine's Day gets a pretty bad wrap as far as not being particularly among the green variety, as holidays go. Not that any holiday is particularly green when you take part
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Send Me Dead Flowers in the Morning
The day after Valentine's day, decapitated flowers will go on sale at heavily discounted prices everywhere. But there are more romantic alternatives to giving over priced dead flowers to your partner
