Author: Brendan Gleeson / Source: Big Think Suburban affluence is the defining image of the good life under capitalism, commonly held up as a model to which all humanity should aspire. More than half of the world’s population now lives in cities. Yet with the global economy already in gross

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Source: Bored Panda National Geographic magazine has just launched an informative and shockingly revealing campaign called Planet or Plastic? and it is something that we all need to see and learn from. Many of us are aware that there is far too much plastic in our environment. We all feel a

Author: Lucy Purdy / Source: Positive News As UK shoppers are forecast to spend £10bn in Black Friday sales this week, we’re encouraging people to ‘give stories, not stuff’ with a Positive News gift subscription. Here are 10 other inspiring alternatives to the Black Friday frenzy 1) Revamp your

Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Consumerism is a simulacrum of real economic agency. There is perhaps no better metric of class in America than personal power--what is known as agency: the power to influence or transform one's circumstances in a a self-directed manner.