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No Impact Week: The Most Ridiculous, Wasteful Consumer Products Ever (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Slidepoll, Green Living, American Consumerism, Bacon, Pet-Products, Pet Snuggie, Noseaid, Wrapped Tic Tacs, Spinning Ice Cream Cone, Unnecessary Products, Tic Tac Silvers, Snuggie-as-Seen-on-Tv, Consumer Spending, Crazy-Japanese-Inventions, Products, Tatermitts, Avocado Slicer, Consumerism, Snuggie, Umbrella Hat, Exercise Machines, Automatic Ice Cream Cone, Funny, Funny Ads, No Impact Week, Green News

A major theme throughout No Impact Week has been consumption, and how much we buy (and waste!) that is unnecessary. Here at HuffPost Green we've been ...

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The New Face of Fashion: Sustainable Luxury

Jeffrey Hutchison | Posted 09.19.2009 | Style

Read More: Green Fashion, Retail Industry, Green Architecture, Retail Sales, Eco Fashion, Architecture, Retail, Department Stores, Fashion/Apparel, Fashion Trends, American Consumerism, Profitable Businesses, Corporate Sustainability, Consumerism, Recycle, Advertising, Recycled Materials, Reuse, Sustainability, Marketing, American Consumers, Style News
Jeffrey Hutchison

Embracing sustainability and crafting a new face of luxury need not be at odds; by exploring ways to achieve both simultaneously, an exciting new era of of design can be borne.

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Latest Consumer Spending Data Much Worse Than Expected

Sheldon Filger | Posted 09.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Federal Reserve, Commerce Department, Retail Sales, Consumer Spending, Recession, Interest Rates, Deleveraging-the-Economy, American Consumerism, Automaker Bailout, Wall Street Bailout, Obama Administration, Fiscal Responsibility, Global Economic Crisis, Unemployment Numbers, Global Recession, Federal Bailouts, Consumer Confidence, Unemployment, Economic Stimulus Package, Federal Budget Deficit, Cash for Clunkers, Recession Fears, Consumers, Recession Watch, Business News
Sheldon Filger

The centrality of the U.S. consumer to the overall global economy has meant his pulling back on a debt induced shopping spree, which has sparked a worldwide synchronized recession.

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New York's Consumerism

Reverend Billy | Posted 09.10.2009 | New York

Read More: Texas Oil, Monetization, American Consumerism, Consumer Confidence, Consumerism, Corporate America, Michael Bloomberg, New York City Apartments, American Culture, Corporate Greed, Consumer Spending, 1950s, New York City, New York News
Reverend Billy

Consumerism is what they call a "totalizing system." It expands outward across the landscape and simultaneously into the individual's psyche. It must expand.

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A Time for Adaptation

Anthony Anderson | Posted 04.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Financial Crisis, Green Economy, Evolution, Organic Food, Fruit Trees, Economic Crisis, Consumerism, American Consumerism, Adaptation, Green Policy, Green News
Anthony Anderson

Recession? Depression? Adaptation. Go green for your survival in the 21st Century. Darwin would be impressed at your foresight.

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My Imitation Future Lifestyle

Jeffrey Shaffer | Posted 03.20.2009 | Style

Read More: Status, Money, Humor, Costumes, Online Shopping, Fake Watch, American Consumerism, Spam, Ford Ranger, Imitation Rolex, Imitation, Rolex, Fraud, Fake Rolex, Bmw, Consumerism, Branding, Style News
Jeffrey Shaffer

I need to hold off on procuring the imitation Rolex until I can augment it with an imitation BMW, imitation Armani wardrobe, and the all-important imitation second home in Telluride.

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Are Americans Becoming Less Acquisitive?

Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 01.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Bob Herbert, U.S. Economy, American Consumerism, Consumerism, Christmas Shopping, Shopping, Recession, Living News
Marlene H. Phillips

Standing in the nearly empty mall observing the lack of buying interest, I wondered if maybe the American way of measuring status by stuff and price tag is getting turned upside down.

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Conspiring Against Consumerism at Christmas

Tri Robinson | Posted 01.21.2009 | Green

Read More: U.S. Economy, Sustainable Living, Consumerism, Environmental Footprint, American Consumerism, Christmas, Environment, Advent Conspiracy, Simplicity, Green News
Tri Robinson

In the midst of these tumultuous economic times in our world, it's curious how our culture perceives increased consumption as the answer to this problem.

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