First Touch on Consumerism

I recently did research on Consumerism for a class and it became a true learning experience on the society that we live in, how much we, as Americans, consume, and the future if things continue on the path that we're on right now.

I have my entire powerpoint presentation available for download right here

and a few snippets from the video as well.

"You work in a job you hate, to buy stuff that you don't need, to impress people that you don't like”
......... It’s the American Way!


Consumerism refers to a way of life in which people place a high value on material possessions, and in which people tend to consume more than they need.

Consumerism is economically manifested in the chronic purchasing of NEW goods and services, with little attention to their true need, durability, product origin or the environmental consequences of manufacture and disposal.


George Carlin speaks a bit about consumption here as well as talking about America:




Now here we talk about where all this STUFF that we have comes from. . because we rarely think about what had to happen to bring all of the STUFF that we had to our homes.




Here we're going to examine our priorities as a country overall and the way that we spend our money, but with spending that same amount of money how we could heal the world. This one may tug at your heart strings a little bit, if you're human.



Ask yourself this question: How old is the planet Earth? ........... Pretty old right? Well in the last 3 decades, we've consumed over 30% of the planet's resources for private consumption.

We LITERALLY, can NOT continue at this rate. Think about it.