NPR on Instagram: "There is a giant pile of discarded clothes in Chile’s Atacama Desert that is so large it can be seen from space.⁠ ⁠ Humans are consuming more than ever, and the consequences are real, says sustainable fashion writer Aja Barber who who runs an online community where she encourages people to consume more mindfully.⁠ ⁠ Enter, the “no buy” challenge, a popular social media experiment that encourages people to buy less stuff. Essentially, people take an intentional pause on…

Over-consumption is at the root of the planet’s #environmental crisis. Consumption of fast fashion, flights, Black Friday-discounted gadgets – has become the primary driver of ecological crisis. We are devouring the planet’s resources at a rate 1.8 (2023) times faster than it can regenerate. When people buy less stuff, you get immediate drops in emissions, resource consumption and #pollution. That doesn’t just mean fewer physical things; it’s also less electricity, travel and eating out. 💥

a graffittied phrase that can be read both ways inspired Vivienne Westwood's anti consumerism.

Today is National "I am In Control Day" and it's a great opportunity to take a moment and remind yourself of the things we are in control over, the things we do NOT have control over AND the importance of letting what we have NO control over GO! Remember take charge of the things you can control one by one and let the rest of that stuff go! 🥰

Waste-Ed on Instagram: “If we stop buying crap, they'll stop making crap! Overconsumption is pushing our planet to its limits, and reducing the amount of stuff we…”

The rate we produce and consume in modern society is faster than ever. We use up what we can sustainably spend for the year after only about 7 months. There are 52 fashion seasons with new collections every week. Clothes and tech is outdated so fast that even if you want to consume slowly, products break after a short period either way. If we don’t stop this wasteful practice of crappy quality and disposable everything, we’re going to end up depleting and poisoning all of our recourses.

Over-consumption is at the root of the planet’s environmental crisis. One solution, proposed by author JB MacKinnon, is that we should simply buy less. But would that really work?