I’ve always liked the Buy Nothing Day campaign that adbuster’s started. Instead of going out and celebrating black Friday in the traditional way, spend that time with your family and friends. It’s probably a good idea with the way the economy is turning anyways. Simplify the holidays. Cut up your credit cards. Instead, cook a [...]
Archive for November, 2008
A time to give thanks
Posted in Buy Nothing Day, consumerism, economy, Environment, Vandana Shiva, tagged adbusters.org, Vandana Shiva, zmag.org on November 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Farmer in Chief- An open letter to the President-elect
Posted in economy, Environment, local food, Michael Pollan, Oil on November 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Michael Pollan (who if you don’t know him you must check out) wrote this great letter titled Farmer in Chief to the New York Times in October to whomever the president-elect would be. I believe that our agriculture deserves more attention than it is receiving. The way we shape our agricultural sector is a matter [...]
Corporate Organic
Posted in consumerism, local food, organic, tagged https://www.msu.edu/~howardp/ on November 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I found these sweet charts searching for images on the internet. Professor Phil Howard at Michigan State University has made the links between big multi-national corporate giants to organic brands. Some of these links I knew about, but some companies that I thought were small and privately owned are actually supporting corporations like Hershey (sorry [...]
Street Art
Posted in Street Art, tagged http://www.banksy.co.uk, http://www.themantisproject.co.uk on November 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I find that art can play in important part in bridging people for causes and thoughts. Two of my favorite artists are Banksy and Mantis. Their art is all over the globe in the midst of a consumer culture, often where people are seperated from the things around them. In the midst of advertisements, poverty, [...]
