Anti Consumerism

Art mocks consumer culture (Straits Times) (straitstimes.com) - March 18, 2010
NEW YORK - IN NEW York City's subway system, self-described vandals who share the name Poster Boy have a political agenda: make passengers question the barrage of advertising they face each day. Skill…

New York "vandals" mock consumer culture (Reuters via Yahoo! News) (news.yahoo.com) - March 17, 2010
In New York City's subway system, self-described vandals who share the name Poster Boy have a political agenda: make passengers question the barrage of advertising they face each day.

Review: The Golden Archipelago Another Stunner from Shearwater (Austinist) (austinist.com) - February 23, 2010
Matador To praise an album for its wholeness is an act tinged with heartbreak in this age of soundbytes and singles. Even the most marketable three-minute pop ditty is likely to be dissected down to a…

Bin Gregory Productions » Blog Archive » Rebel Sell: Why the ... (bingregory.com) - March 18, 2010
So here we have the paradox of anti-consumerism. The major remedy of the consumer society which has been adopted almost without question by the Left and by the radicals more generally has been one of…

Help green the human trash-timeline : Super Eco (supereco.com) - March 18, 2010
Follow us on Twitter and join our Facebook Group! Family, Global, Local » Categories: Cars, Global Health, Kids, Wildlife, Water » Topics: Anti-consumerism, Conservation, Recycling, Toxicity ...

Poster Boy: Toilet Humor and Political Critique – Interview on ... (brooklynstreetart.com) - March 18, 2010
Poster Boy: “It's anti-consumerism and anti-copyright. It's nothing violent, it's not anarchism, it's more about healthy communication. A majority of the Poster Boy stuff is satire, using humor to add…

Comment is Green « The Bees Make The Honey (beesmakethehoney.wordpress.com) - March 17, 2010
I don't think that I identify my anti-consumerist, pro-buying-onions-from-the-local-man-until-I-can-grow-them-myself stance of isolationism as something to be terribly proud of. (It also means I'm not…

Anti Consumerism is the New Rich (supermarketcarinsurance.shopnangfah.com) - March 11, 2010
Maybe it is time to really sit down and evaluate your own budget through the eyes of an anti consumerist. Do you need a gym membership you seldom use when you could exercise by walking or planting a g…

Is Retail Terrorism the Future of Alt Consumerism? | HIPSTER RUNOFF (hipsterrunoff.com) - March 07, 2010
I feel shaken up by these recent acts of consumer + retail terrorism, like the idea of being anti-government + anti-consumerism is 'back', and I might have to ride that wave in order to be considered…

Excess: Anti-consumerism in the West – Kim Humphery | BookOffers ... (bookoffers.com.au) - January 19, 2010
The book offers an examination of anti-consumerism at a time when the idea of 'consumer excess' is being re-framed by global recession, and crucially explores what this means for the future of the deb…

Anti-Consumerism Holiday Campaigns for Charity (nonprofit.about.com) - December 14, 2009
BRAC USA, which provides help to poor countries such as Bangladesh, put up What I Did Not Buy, a holiday website that cleverly plays on the anti-consumerist trend. The site asks the donor fill in a fo…

@jennlowmp It's the glasses! :) Sheesh :P And the tie dye is all you know, artsy and 70s hippie all anti consumerism haha - March 18, 2010
@jennlowmp It's the glasses! :) Sheesh :P And the tie dye is all you know, artsy and 70s hippie all anti consumerism haha

Anti Consumerism is the New Rich http://bit.ly/aW7hto - March 15, 2010

Don Mashak ADVOCATES ECONOMIC ANTI-CONSUMERISM - March 14, 2010
This is the author's attempt to explain his own perspective and philosophy of non-radical anti-consumerism and anti-materialism. This philosphy sprang from repeated requests by young relatives to purc…

The Sick Yet Sad Tale Of Consumerism. - March 04, 2010
OK, so we've heard the whole "Working a job we hate to buy things we don't need to impress people we don't like"... Well here's a book explaining it all. A prime example anti-consumerism within consum…

Interview with Gaurav Mishra aka Gauravonomics - November 09, 2009
Interview with Gaurav Mishra aka Gauravonomics, TED Fellow, co-founder of Social Media analytics company 20:20 Web Tech. Gaurav blogs on Social Media, Social Change, Anti-Consumerism & Social Media An…

Living without spending any money - at all - October 09, 2009
This bloke literally lives without using any money at all: no barter, no trade, no swapping, no transactions of any kind at all. There is anti-consumerism and then there is this "let's NOT f**k about"…

Overcoming Consumerism - September 18, 2009
ANTI-CONSUMERISM; Overcoming Consumerism provides many unique tools, books, and online resources to achieve sustainability.

NYC mayor hopeful takes to subway in modern whistlestop tour - September 08, 2009
Rev. Billy Talen is not your typical candidate for mayor - he's a fiery comic activist who dons the character of a street preacher to spread his anti-consumerism message. Now running for mayor as a Gr…

Song bashing - May 03, 2009
The Submarines' song "You, Me, and the Bourgeoisie" has become ubiquitous after serving as the soundtrack to Apple's iPhone ads. The weird thing? It's an anti-consumerism anthem.

Mayor-alujah! Reverend Billy is running as a Green - March 06, 2009
For years Reverend Billy, the anti-consumerism activist, has fervently preached against Starbucks, big-box stores and gentrification. Billy, who also fought to keep bulldozers from plowing under commu…

Shopping for change? Neoliberalizing activism and the limits to eating non-GMO (springerlink.com) - October 08, 2009
Is refusing to eat non-GMO going to make a difference? Can it? Slightly one-sided article, but still useful in arguing the ineffectiveness of boycotts while understanding the need for them.

The Anti-Advertising Agency " The Anti-Advertising Agency (antiadvertisingagency.com) - April 20, 2009

SVM: Museovieras: Näyttelyt (fmp.fi) - April 20, 2009

Steinbrener/Dempf - DELETE! (steinbrener-dempf.com) - April 20, 2009

REPEAT AFTER ME: I AM FREE (flickr.com) - December 10, 2008

How to Grow Your Own Organic Vegetables for Frugal Sustainability (verdant.net) - November 09, 2008

The Anti-Advertising Agency » The Anti-Advertising Agency (antiadvertisingagency.com) - October 10, 2008

ENOUGH, ANTI-CONSUMERISM CAMPAIGN (enough.org.uk) - October 07, 2008
This website comments on the ideologies within consumerism, the effect of consumerism in respect to countries wealth and distribution of trade, employment and ethical values. It states that the USA of…