Tag: Consumerism
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US Bottled Water Sales Hit New Record High in 2011
How did buying individual portions of water in plastic bottles become an acceptable alternative to clean and available public tap water?
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Swap-O-Matic Vending Machine Lets You Trade But Not Buy
A novel vending machine lets users take and leave objects, but no money is involved.
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5 Ways Cell Phones are Helping Environmentalism
Cell phones are now in the hands of more than half the world's population, which has made them one of the most accessible and effective tools for environmentalism.
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Expect 2°C Temperature Rise by Mid-Century, Club of Rome Report Says
On a more positive note, the report also notes that population growth with stabilize sooner than expected, at about 8 billion people by 2042.
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You Do Need to Help a Documentary Called "Do I Need This?"
We get a ton of requests to help publicize a Kickstarter push for a project, so many in fact that I've had a near blanket policy of not writing about any of them. Today I'll violate that rule and tell you about one of them.
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The Week in Pictures: The Freaky Future of City Driving, "Supertrees" Take over Singapore, and More
The lightweight Renault Twizy could shake up the automotive world, 18 biometric "supertrees" are turning Singapore into a lively forest, and more.
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Pebble Watch Raises Over $4 Million on Kickstarter, Proves We Still Like Wrist Watches
We thought the days of wristwatches were over, but the designers of a "smart" watch have turned over a new pebble and prove they're still popular.
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Ask the Experts: What's the Greatest Resource Scarcity We Now Face?
What's the most critical resource constraint we now face and what's creating that scarcity? Janet Larsen from the Earth Policy Institute answers.
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Consumerism Leads to Depression, Study Finds
In other words, those most prone to trying to buy happiness in the form of stuff are probably more likely to experience an emotion quite the opposite.
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How Happy Is Bhutan, Really? Gross National Happiness Unpacked
Gross National Happiness has lots of cache in the environmental and social justice community, but how is Bhutan actually calculating it and how well are they doing?
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From Environmentalism's Future to the Politics of Bread: TreeHugger Talks With Resurgence Editor Satish Kumar
"I'm optimistic that in the next 40 years we'll see a big change in consciousness. People will turn to a lifestyle that is elegant and simple, where you can live well within the means of the Earth. All of that is to come."
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The $1300 Chicken Coop: Williams-Sonoma Goes Agrarian
The iconic, expensive kitchen equipment retailer is branching out into backyard gardening and farming. But it doesn't come cheap.
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Google's Augmented Reality Glasses Offer a Peek Into Our Consumerist Future
How will Google's 'Project Glass' change our daily lives?
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Nearly 90% of Chinese 18-25 Year-Olds Want Brands to Cut Carbon Emissions
In the US and UK the numbers of people saying they're more likely to be loyal to brands cutting carbon approach 60%...
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Peru: The Only Nation in the World Hitting the Sustainability Sweet Spot
Peru is the only nation both meeting the UNDP definition of high human development while at the same time consuming natural resources in a globally sustainable way.
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From Clothing Swaps to Tool Libraries, Sharing is Not Rocket Science
With new "Collaborative Consumption" models spreading like wildfire, it's easy to forget how simple sharing can be. Two new videos bring us back down to earth.
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Foot Locker Buys Back Old Sneakers, Offers Gift Vouchers as Incentive
The shoe retail giant announces a major "buy back" program. It's just a shame it will only last a few weeks.
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Want to Create the Next Air BnB? Here's What's Stopping You
Collaborative consumption is very big business, but there are obstacles to new businesses. TriplePundit learns how industry veterans have overcome them.
