Marlo et al -
If you haven't yet seen the short film "The Story of Stuff", it's
enlightening in terms of exploring this exact question.
I highly recommend it - it's available for viewing on-line.
http://www.storyofstuff.com/
For many of us, Annie Leonard offered that sane kind of epiphanous "aha"
moment about our personal consumption.
Betsy Taylor from the Center for a New American Dream has been speaking
about this for some time.
http://www.newdream.org/live/audio/index.php
As has Vicki Robin:
http://www.yourmoneyoryourlife.org/
Marian
marlo capoccia wrote:
i just read (skimmed, really) this article in the NYT and had a
strange realization. perhaps others have more substantial thoughts
about this, but is it possible that our economy is based on buying
crap? by this i mean items with a short shelf life that will be
replaced within a year. food and fuel are items that will never go
away (though they need to be addressed more thoughtfully), but the
rest of our economy seems as if it's about getting "stuff." (my
husband would say "light dawns in marble head." affectionately, of
course.)
what happens to our economy when "stuff" is no longer constantly
available? what other models have been considered? more local?
alternative national economy? no wonder it's hard to wean ourselves
from mindless buying. i don't think the government is ready for us
to do that yet. i'm really curious about this.
-marlo
Marlo Capoccia
Garden Gate
www.gardengatedelivery.com
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