Greenwashing: How Consumer’s Environmental Efforts are Turned to Profits
When shopping for dish soap or cleaning supplies, do you feel yourself reaching for the packaging that shares its eco-friendly practices or...
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How Amazon’s Retail Revolution is Taking Over the World
Amazon has changed the way we shop in the 21st century. We are able to buy anything that catches our eye with just the click of a button...
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Why We Need to Talk About Conscious Consumerism
At the start of the year, I began to seriously evaluate how I can start living more sustainably and living a more environmentally conscious...
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What Working in Retail on Christmas Eve Taught Me About the True Meaning of Christmas
I may have nothing in my “Accomplishments” section on LinkedIn, but at least I can say I have been told “happy holidays” much more than the average person.
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How Influencers Manipulate or Consumption Choices
I am a child of mass production. I get instant satisfaction from a new purchase, snagging the best deal at the mall, and checking off...
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Consumerism, Capitalism and Chinese Societies
“减肥，是女人一生的事业” “Losing weight is a woman’s lifetime job” How about no. I can’t help but see this phrase being repeated time and time again...
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2020: A Low Buy Year
At the end of 2019 I discovered the concept of a low or no-buy year, where people cease their shopping habits in the pursuit of using what...
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Cutting Back on Consumption
My top resolution for 2020.
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The Minimalist Project
When people think of minimalism, they might think of white walls and practically empty, soulless rooms. They might think of owning one...
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Holidays Are Ruined by Modern Consumerism
I don’t like the holidays, but don’t be so quick to call me a Grinch. I just think that they are very superficial, despite the fact I can...
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Sex Sells Because Consumer Behavior Says So
Capitalism is the root and continuous fuel that drives the American economy into greatness. When someone has an idea, and wants to push...
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Anti-Consumerism, but Make It Sexy
The more widespread the anti-consumerism movement is, the more powerful it becomes. The first step is admitting we have a problem.
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Walmart Stops Selling Fish due to Consumer Demand, Here's Why That's a Victory for Animal Rights
Whether you won it at a fair or picked it out from a pet shop, a pet fish is a fond childhood memory for many people (up until the burial...
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Do You Really Need a 13-Step Skin Care Routine?
How much skin care it too much skin care?
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Local Spotlight: Life Unplastic Promotes Sustainability in Gainesville
Gainesville’s very own plastic-free shop is ready to help you live more sustainably.
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Feeling Overloaded with New Makeup Launches? Same, But Here’s How I Navigate the Pressure to Shop
I love makeup, but someone's gotta say this.
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Queer Eye is Problematic
Queer Eye is truly an amazing show. Every episode has me cheering, crying, and laughing all in the episode span of 40 minutes. If you are...
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Christmas without Consumerism?
Worried about your savings account this year? Christmas doesn't have to be all about the money.
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The Importance of Small Business Saturday & Shopping Local
Each year, the Thanksgiving holiday weekend brings with it the concept of excess. Excess food, excess television—and in the last decade—...
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So Whose Responsible For Cleaning Up The Planet Anyway?
Just because some people live less sustainable lives than you does not mean you get a free pass to damage the environment.
