Too much consumption
There are so many article this time of year about how we've warped the idea of Christmas that most of us have probably tuned them out. But I happened to run across an article in the Dec/Jan issue of Fast Company called "Feeding the Beast - Sustainability is about more than eco-friendly burger boxes". It doesn't relate to Christmas specifically, but it comments on consumption (albeit from a business's point of view) by saying this:And the problem for business is, in fact, systemic. It has less to do with what we toss out than with what we consume, which is why it's so difficult to fix. Simply put, we buy and use too much; consumption has become a form of cultural addiction -- and it's that addiction that has the most profound impact on the environment. All of their well-intentioned programs to reduce waste notwithstanding, most companies are just feeding the beast.Certainly a different way of looking at how we deal with our environment. Instead of spending so much time thinking of ecologically friendly ways of disposing of all of our waste, perhaps we should think more about not creating some of it in the first place.
posted by Paul Wilczynski @ 11:55 AM
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