The illusion of choice…

Yet another reason to deliberately seek out smaller businesses and to buy local… buy fair trade… buy stuff that doesn’t exploit other people and the planet… BE the change you wish to see by voting with your wallet!

Cutting down on the “stuff”…

These two videos give you some idea about our belief system and our shared disdain for rampant consumerism, in-your-face advertising around every corner and our society’s ever-increasing need to acquire more stuff.  I’m not American, and both of these videos speak from an American perspective… but there’s a lot of down-to-earth logic in what they’re saying… and I believe that most people in our demographic (certainly most people in my circle of friends, family & colleagues) … (and obviously, I include myself here)… could do with a lot less STUFF – and a lot more QUALITY of life… and the things that truly matter!

Here goes:

And here’s the other one:

The Story of Stuff has a great website – full of other fascinating videos and a whole bunch of interesting tips and ideas to change things around.  They do it in a fun, interesting way (it’s definitely not a doom-and-gloom kind of site!).