Consumer Culture

The Polarities Of An Occupying Ethos

Eric Simpson | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Unemployment, Capitalism, Occupy Movement, Occupy Wall Street, Bell Hooks, Consumerism, Consumer Culture, Occupy Faith, Christmas, Christianity, Consumer Spending, Christian Social Justice, Religion News
Eric Simpson

An occupation of diversity and of transformation is an occupation and a vocation for which we are born, which is to be in communion with all things and each other through love.

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Occupy Hanukkah And Christmas

Rabbi Michael Lerner | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Consumer Culture, Consumerism, Hanukkah, Occupy Faith, Christmas, Christianity, Capitalism, Consumer Spending, Judaism, Religion News
Rabbi Michael Lerner

One of the reflections of the way both religions have lost their ethical core is that the vast majority of people in both religious worlds have allowed their winter holidays into orgies of consumerism.

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Christ and Consumerism: 'Priceless' At What Price?

Jennifer Danielle Crumpton | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: The Empathic Civilization, Advertising, Advent, Occupy Wall Street, Economic Crisis, Prophet Isaiah, Occupy Faith, Corporate Greed, #Occupywallstreet, The Price of Civilization, Christianity, Consumer Culture, Christian Consumerism, Religion News
Jennifer Danielle Crumpton

I'm not so sure that the reality of Christ has a Return On Investment that would be attractive to the big banks. They are two very different ideas of what's "priceless."

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The Limits of Consumption

Peter Block | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Neighborhood Connections, Abundance Mindset, Consumer Culture, Community Competence, Abundant Community, Peter Block, Neighborhood Power, Consumer Society, John McKnight, Family Function, New Economics, Healthy Living News
Peter Block

In our effort to find satisfaction in consumption, we're converted from citizens to consumers. The implications are profound. Consider the impact on just two parts of our lives: the family and the community.

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Monsanto: The World's Poster Child for Corporate Manipulation and Deceit - Part 10

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iaastd, Secretary Vilsack, Small Farmers, The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Monsanto, Consumer Culture, Global Population, Usda, Biotechnology, Union of Concerned Scientists, Local Food Systems, Feed the World, Community Food Security Coalition, Genetically Modified Foods, Dupont, Ge, American Academy of Environmental Medicine, Gmos, Hans Herren, Vilsack, Supermarket News, Bill Gates, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, GM Food, Natural Foods, Syngenta, Gribusiness, Hunger, World Food Prize, Consumer Trends, GE Food, GM Crops, Science and Technology for Development, GE Crops, Green News
Jeffrey Smith

http://www.responsibletechnology.org/blog/30 When Forbes magazine declared Monsanto as the Company of the Year for 2009, millions of surprised people...

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Rude Awakening

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iaastd, Secretary Vilsack, Small Farmers, The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Monsanto, Consumer Culture, Global Population, Usda, Biotechnology, Union of Concerned Scientists, Local Food Systems, Feed the World, Agribusiness, Community Food Security Coalition, Genetically Modified Foods, Dupont, Ge, American Academy of Environmental Medicine, Gmos, Hans Herren, Vilsack, Supermarket News, Bill Gates, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, GM Food, Natural Foods, Syngenta, Hunger, World Food Prize, Consumer Trends, GE Food, GM Crops, Science and Technology for Development, GE Crops, Green News
Jeffrey Smith

There's overwhelming evidence showing that genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are unsafe. And there are plenty of sources for non-GMO corn.

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PLU Codes Do Not Indicate Genetically Modified Produce

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iaastd, Small Farmers, Consumer Culture, Global Population, Union of Concerned Scientists, Local Food Systems, Feed the World, Agribusiness, Usda, Vilsack, Genetically Modified Foods, Dupont, Ge, American Academy of Environmental Medicine, Supermarket News, Bill Gates, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Syngenta, Consumer Trends, GE Food, GM Crops, GE Crops, Smart Shopping, Food News
Jeffrey Smith

No, the 5-digit PLU codes on produce do not tell you what is genetically modified or natural. These numbers, organized by the Produce Marketing Association, have nothing to do with you.

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Monsanto: The World's Poster Child for Corporate Manipulation and Deceit - Part 9

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iaastd, Secretary Vilsack, Small Farmers, The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Monsanto, Consumer Culture, Global Population, Usda, Biotechnology, Union of Concerned Scientists, Local Food Systems, Feed the World, Agribusiness, Community Food Security Coalition, Genetically Modified Foods, Dupont, Ge, American Academy of Environmental Medicine, Gmos, Hans Herren, Vilsack, Supermarket News, Bill Gates, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, GM Food, Natural Foods, Syngenta, Hunger, World Food Prize, Consumer Trends, GE Food, GM Crops, Science and Technology for Development, GE Crops, Green News
Jeffrey Smith

http://www.responsibletechnology.org/blog/32 When Forbes magazine declared Monsanto as the Company of the Year for 2009, millions of surprised people...

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Monsanto: The World's Poster Child for Corporate Manipulation and Deceit - Part 8

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iaastd, Secretary Vilsack, Small Farmers, The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Monsanto, Consumer Culture, Global Population, Usda, Biotechnology, Union of Concerned Scientists, Local Food Systems, Feed the World, Agribusiness, Community Food Security Coalition, Genetically Modified Foods, Dupont, Ge, American Academy of Environmental Medicine, Gmos, Hans Herren, Vilsack, Supermarket News, Bill Gates, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, GM Food, Natural Foods, Syngenta, Hunger, World Food Prize, Consumer Trends, GE Food, GM Crops, Science and Technology for Development, GE Crops, Green News
Jeffrey Smith

http://www.responsibletechnology.org/blog/36 When Forbes magazine declared Monsanto as the Company of the Year for 2009, millions of surprised people...

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Monsanto: The World's Poster Child for Corporate Manipulation and Deceit - Part 7

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iaastd, Secretary Vilsack, Small Farmers, The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Monsanto, Consumer Culture, Global Population, Usda, Biotechnology, Union of Concerned Scientists, Local Food Systems, Feed the World, Agribusiness, Community Food Security Coalition, Genetically Modified Foods, Dupont, Ge, American Academy of Environmental Medicine, Gmos, Hans Herren, Vilsack, Supermarket News, Bill Gates, GM Food, Natural Foods, Syngenta, Hunger, World Food Prize, Consumer Trends, GE Food, GM Crops, Science and Technology for Development, GE Crops, Canola, Soybeans, Green News
Jeffrey Smith

http://www.responsibletechnology.org/blog/39 When Forbes magazine declared Monsanto as the Company of the Year for 2009, millions of surprised people...

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Monsanto: The World's Poster Child for Corporate Manipulation and Deceit - Part 6

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iaastd, Secretary Vilsack, Small Farmers, The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Monsanto, Consumer Culture, Global Population, Usda, Biotechnology, Union of Concerned Scientists, Local Food Systems, Feed the World, Agribusiness, Community Food Security Coalition, Genetically Modified Foods, Dupont, Ge, American Academy of Environmental Medicine, Gmos, Hans Herren, Vilsack, Supermarket News, Bill Gates, GM Food, Natural Foods, Syngenta, Hunger, World Food Prize, Consumer Trends, GE Food, GM Crops, Science and Technology for Development, GE Crops, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Green News
Jeffrey Smith

http://www.responsibletechnology.org/blog/43 When Forbes magazine declared Monsanto as the Company of the Year for 2009, millions of surprised people ...

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Monsanto: The World's Poster Child for Corporate Manipulation and Deceit - Part 5

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iaastd, Secretary Vilsack, Small Farmers, The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Monsanto, Consumer Culture, Global Population, Usda, Biotechnology, Union of Concerned Scientists, Local Food Systems, Feed the World, Agribusiness, Community Food Security Coalition, Genetically Modified Foods, Dupont, Ge, American Academy of Environmental Medicine, Gmos, Hans Herren, Vilsack, Supermarket News, Bill Gates, GM Food, Natural Foods, Syngenta, Hunger, World Food Prize, Consumer Trends, GE Food, GM Crops, Science and Technology for Development, GE Crops, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Green News
Jeffrey Smith

http://www.responsibletechnology.org/blog/45 When Forbes magazine declared Monsanto as the Company of the Year for 2009, millions of surprised people...

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Monsanto: The World's Poster Child for Corporate Manipulation and Deceit - Part 4

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iaastd, Secretary Vilsack, Small Farmers, The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Monsanto, Consumer Culture, Global Population, Usda, Biotechnology, Union of Concerned Scientists, Local Food Systems, Feed the World, Agribusiness, Community Food Security Coalition, Genetically Modified Foods, Dupont, Ge, American Academy of Environmental Medicine, Gmos, Hans Herren, Vilsack, Supermarket News, Bill Gates, GM Food, Natural Foods, Syngenta, Hunger, World Food Prize, Consumer Trends, GE Food, GM Crops, Science and Technology for Development, GE Crops, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Green News
Jeffrey Smith

http://www.responsibletechnology.org/blog/48 When Forbes magazine declared Monsanto as the Company of the Year for 2009, millions of surprised people...

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Monsanto: The World's Poster Child for Corporate Manipulation and Deceit - Part 3

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iaastd, Secretary Vilsack, Small Farmers, The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Monsanto, Consumer Culture, Global Population, Usda, Biotechnology, Union of Concerned Scientists, Local Food Systems, Feed the World, Agribusiness, Community Food Security Coalition, Genetically Modified Foods, Dupont, Ge, American Academy of Environmental Medicine, Gmos, Hans Herren, Vilsack, Supermarket News, Bill Gates, GM Food, Natural Foods, Syngenta, Hunger, World Food Prize, Consumer Trends, GE Food, GM Crops, Science and Technology for Development, GE Crops, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Green News
Jeffrey Smith

http://www.responsibletechnology.org/blog/52 When Forbes magazine declared Monsanto as the Company of the Year for 2009, millions of surprised people...

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Why Your Car Dealer May be a New-Fashioned Sexist

Catherine Lutz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Consumer Culture, Women, Marketing, Auto Dealers, Retail Sales, Auto Industry, Car Culture, Sexism, Auto Bailout, Rec, Recession, Business News
Catherine Lutz

Our interviews with owners, buyers and salespeople show that men, though on the whole more knowledgeable about cars -- tend to be less rational about their car purchases than are women.

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Consumerism: The Less We Take, The More We Become

George Elerick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Resources, Consumer Culture, Consumerism, Sustainability, Consumer Product, Green Living, The Bible, Religion News
George Elerick

We need a self-subversion party where we all get together across the country and find ways to encourage and empower one another to truly and honestly remove the things we don't need and then give those things to the people who have nothing. Maybe we can start one today.

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The Specter Of The Counterculture III: The Land Of False Dreams

James Block | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Forrest Gump, Cutural Crisis, Counterculture, Consumer Culture, Amnesia, Cultural Crituque, Culture, The Balanced Life, Healthy Living News
James Block

What so desperately needs forgetting? Drink the Kool-Aid like Chance the Gardener and the very question recedes. Americans want to live in Pleasantville, and every pill they take and ad they watch is their friend.

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Mad Men and the High Cost of Advertising

James Block | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Consumer Culture, Mad Men, Television, Don Draper, Suburbia, Corporate Culture, Entertainment News
James Block

That Mad Men chronicles the rise of contemporary advertising should be our first warning. The fantasy machine that propels the American consumer culture achieves this leverage simply with make believe.

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Los Angyork City

Steven Nereo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York, Los Angeles, Consumer Culture, Chain Stores, Whole Foods, Corporations, Starbucks, Gap, Los Angeles News
Steven Nereo

As for New York becoming LA, or LA becoming Berlin or Berlin becoming Dubai ... the truth is it's all becoming the same. Sameness is our present and more-of-the-sameness is our future.

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Consumed With Guilt

Matthew Modine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Consumer Culture, Sustainability, Consumerism, Climate Change, Moon Walk, No Impact Week, Green News
Matthew Modine

Can we transform from a society of consumers to a culture of sustainability? I think we can because history has shown that the human spirit is capable of so many things. Like going to the moon. Yes, we can.

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America's Health Care Addiction

Craig Bowron | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Consumer Culture, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, American Health Care, Health, Patient Satisfaction, Vioxx, Health Care Reform, Evidence Based Decision Making, Autologous Bone Marrow Transplants, Breast Cancer Treatment, Health Care, Human Life Expectancy, Per Capita Health Care Spending, Evidence-Based Medicine, Politics News
Craig Bowron

How does a country with perhaps the most innovative health care system in the world produce average health care outcomes? It's simple: much of the innovation hasn't delivered.

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Gratitude, or Platitudes?

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Consumer Culture, Oprah, Thanksgiving, New Age, George Bush, Gurus, Gratitude, Spirituality, Happiness, Style News
Michael Sigman

I often recall my conversation with a Jewish woman who worshipped an Indian guru. She was on the path to universal forgiveness and gratitude, she told me, there was one obstacle left: she was still working on forgiving Hitler.

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Moby Died For Your Sins: How Selling Out is Pretty Fabulous

Richard Laermer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Consumer Culture, Selling Out, Business News
Richard Laermer

No one bothers to bat an eyelash when people "sell out," because the mere idea in '08 of selling out is marrying the American Dream to American Laziness. Why do more for less when you can get more for less!

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