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The Story of Stuff - http://www.storyofstuff.com/
A 20-minute animation of the consumerist society, narrated by Anne Leonard, to view online or download. Includes footnoted script, credits, blog, and resources. |
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Center for a New American Dream - http://www.newdream.org/
National non-profit organization challenging the "more is better" definition of the American dream. |
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Consumer Citizenship - http://www.hihm.no/concit/
European effort, based out of Hedmark University College in Norway, to get consumers to actively participate in developing and improving society by considering ethical issues, diversity of perspectives, global processes and future conditions on a global as well as regional, national and local scale when securing one's own personal needs and well-being. |
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Buy Nothing Christmas - http://www.buynothingchristmas.org/
National initiative started by Canadian Mennonites to de-commercialize Christmas and re-design a Christian lifestyle that is richer in meaning, smaller in impact upon the earth, and greater in giving to people less-privileged. |
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Mall-aise - http://www.efn.org/~hkrieger/mallaise.htm
Offbeat look at shopping centers in America. |