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Promote innovative alternatives to consumerism, for people seeking better ways to live with the
Earth.
http://springcreek.oregonstate.edu/consumersanonymous/
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StopSUVs.org
Attacks SUV high fuel consumption, parodies SUV ads, and attacks the war in Iraq and really about
oil.
http://www.stopsuvs.org/
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All-Consuming Passion - Waking up from the American Dream
Statistics, compiled by the New Road Map Foundation, describing USA consumption patterns and their
effects on personal lives and the environment. Advocates a cultural trend toward
"low-consumption, high-fulfillment" lifestyles, also known as "voluntary
simplicity."
http://www.ecofuture.org/pk/pkar9506.html
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Trade and Environment Database
Inventory for cases of trade and environment. From these cases, TED is also a point of context for
research and discussion of trade and environment topics. Papers, virtual conferences.
http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/ted.htm
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What Is Anticonsumerism?
Puts anticonsumerism in the context of "green consumerism" and "ethical
consumerism".
http://www.enough.org.uk/enough01.htm
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Overconsumption: A Scientific View
Is there really any evidence that the world could be on the edge of an environmental breakdown due
to the overconsumption and misuse of resources?
http://www.enough.org.uk/enough07.htm
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How Can We Change Consumerism?
Aims to convince people of the case for Anticonsumerism, where people need not feel they must
constantly buy new items and use up the world's resources.
http://www.enough.org.uk/enough08.htm
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Never Enough
Offers a critical look at overconsumption in the first world, which it asserts helps create poverty
elsewhere and environmental damage.
http://www.enough.org.uk/
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Ethical-shopping List
A discussion list for people anywhere to discuss the ethics and practicalities of sustainable
consumption. Academic, individual and organizational membership. Subscription by e-mail and/or web.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ethical-shopping/
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Being a Ghost - Doing Very Little - Helps the Environment
So concerned about over-consumption, David has become a ghost (recognised, but having little
effect), living on under US$900 per year while buying everything and sharing housing. It's a
real-life economics experiment.
http://www.geocities.com/davdd.geo/index.html
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Buy Nothing Christmas
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.
http://www.buynothingchristmas.org/
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Quick Guide to Ethical Shopping
A brief run-down of the major issues involved in shopping with a conscience, and some help in
identifying them. No shopping at this site, but links to useful informational sites.
http://www.rhizomatics.demon.co.uk/gvn/qges.html
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Mall-aise
Offbeat look at shopping centers in America.
http://www.efn.org/~hkrieger/mallaise.htm
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Center for a New American Dream
National non-profit organization challenging the "more is better" definition of the
American dream.
http://www.newdream.org/
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