Tag: Conspicuous Consumption
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The Avengers Assembled out of Repurposed Items for Target Ad Campaign
Creative ad campaign turns everyday objects into The Avengers for Target promo.
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Selfish is the New Green
Because nothing says green like a pair of bikes on the roof of a Porsche Panamera.
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Scientists Find Billions of Inhabitable Planets We Can Use to Replace This One
A new scientific study reveals that there are likely tens of billions of rocky, potentially life-supporting planets in the Milky Way alone.
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Party Balloons are Depleting the World's Helium Supply
Some medical and scientific research may have to be disbanded. What a classic case of reckless consumption gone awry.
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I Want You, Useless iPad
The iPad is the epitome of the created want: A consumer product that fulfills no function that a laptop or smartphone cannot; and everyone who wants to buy an iPad already has one of those things.
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The Lorax 'Speaks for the Trees', and for Mazda Cars, Too (Video)
The Lorax, was an environmentalist who spoke for the treets. Now he's also a spokesperson for Honda.
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How Svpply, Pinterest, and Digital Bookmarking Reduce Wasteful Consumerism
New digital bookmarking tools are making it easier to collect ideas, but also to consume less, but better.
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Repair It Yourself Shoes: Simplified & Reversible Design Makes It Easy to Fix
Doing away with stitches, glue and conspicuous consumption, these shoes are simple to repair, rather than replace.
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Cyber Monday is as Bad as Black Friday. It's Just Not as Embarrassing.
Just because you don't have to be seen stampeding into Wal-Mart doesn't make 'Cyber Monday' any less of an exercise in mindless consumerism.
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Conscious Box: The Monthly Subscription Service Delivering Healthy Snacks and Skin Products to Your Door
Assorted goodies from ethical suppliers range from Glee Gum to Almond-Coconut Kind Bars, Honest Tea, and Pharmacopia body lotion.
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Blame The Boomers: They Have Highest Carbon Footprint Of Any Generation, And It Is Going To Get Worse
But the kids will get even when they take away the car keys and the boomer footprint gets a whole lot smaller.
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Changing Your Bank This Week? Find A Green Bank, Too
"Change Banks" is a great slogan, but will it do you more harm than good?
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Paper Coupons Destroy 13 Million Trees Every Year & 99% Never Even Get Used
A new ad campaign seeks to capitalize on the wasteful ways of paper coupons.
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How Alternative Currencies Can Help Save the Planet (Video)
Adopting alternative currencies can help discourage over-consumption and strengthen local economies, argues alternative money pioneer Gwendolyn Hallsmith.
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First Packaging-Free, Zero-Waste Grocery Store In US Coming To Austin, Texas
It's gotten harder and harder over the years to avoid excess packaging when shopping for everyday items, but plans are in the works for a store in Austin (also the home of Whole Foods) that will specialize in local and organic
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What Could the Oil Spilled in the Gulf Have Been Used For? Animated Video Explores the Answer
Chris Harmon, an animation artist and designer, wondered that question—what would the estimated 100-180 million gallons of oil be used for, if it hadn't been spilled into the Gulf? Harmon says he spent a month
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Film Review: To Buy, To Throw Away, To Buy; the Secret History of Planned Obsolescence
Last month, Catalan TV3 just aired a new documentary called "comprar, llençar, comprar", meaning "to buy, to throw away, to buy" in Catalan, right on time for the christmas shopping and the winter sales which started this week. You can now watch the
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Why Bother Chewing? Pepsi Out to 'Snackify' Beverages and 'Drinkify' Snacks
Pepsi is rolling out a new product next month: Tropolis, a drinkable snack. It's marketing its Tropolis "smooth blend of real squeezable fruit" to moms and kids, apparently to replace the role of actual fruit. Why is this not the
