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 lifestyles.

Subversive political and anti-Christmas greeting cards, free graphic images and GIF animations, original protest music and resources for activists and other misfits.

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.

National non-profit organization challenging the "more is better" definition of the American dream.

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.

Promote innovative alternatives to consumerism, for people seeking better ways to live with the Earth.

Offbeat look at shopping centers in America.

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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consumerism n. The movement seeking to protect and inform consumers by requiring such practices as honest packaging and advertising, product

Identifying and overcoming consumerism safeguards our livelihoods and the environment while it improves the future of communities, our society and the world.

Today's consumption is a major cause of environmental degradation. ... This page: http://www.globalissues.org/issue/235/consumption-and-consumerism. ...

Overview of anti-consumerism with background information, activist information, and criticisms of the issue.

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Quotations on Consumerism / Overconsumption. Give me neither poverty nor riches, ... the tragedy of consumerism: one acquires more and more things without taking the ...