[MCN] !! S E A S O N S G R E E T I N G S !!

Thu Nov 25 13:57:06 EST 2021

Thanks Lance...good info....very important for deeds to match our words!

Patty

On Thu, Nov 25, 2021 at 8:39 AM Lance Olsen via Missoula-Community-News <
missoula-community-news at bigskynet.org> wrote:

> *~~~~~~~ !!**  S **E **A **S** O N **S**    G **R** E **E **T  **I **N *
> *G** S** !!* *~~~~~~~*
>
> Why We Should Stop Celebrating Consumerism
> <https://news.google.com/articles/CBMiYGh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmZvcmJlcy5jb20vc2l0ZXMvam9zaHVhYmVja2VyLzIwMTkvMDkvMTcvd2h5LXdlLXNob3VsZC1zdG9wLWNlbGVicmF0aW5nLWNvbnN1bWVyaXNtL9IBZGh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmZvcmJlcy5jb20vc2l0ZXMvam9zaHVhYmVja2VyLzIwMTkvMDkvMTcvd2h5LXdlLXNob3VsZC1zdG9wLWNlbGVicmF0aW5nLWNvbnN1bWVyaXNtL2FtcC8?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen>
> Let's continue to admire success. But it is time to stop celebrating
> consumerism. Our society is longing for people who can tell the difference.
>
> Forbes magazine
>
> https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshuabecker/2019/09/17/why-we-should-stop-celebrating-consumerism/#25c3d1a142b4
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> The Church of Stop Shopping doesn't pull punches on its ...
> <https://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/nov/27/reverend-billy-church-of-stop-shopping-black-friday>
>
> <https://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/nov/27/reverend-billy-church-of-stop-shopping-black-friday>
> Nov 27, 2015 - Reverend Billy Talen and his group are returning to New
> York City this Black Friday to deliver a simple message to Americans:
> resist consumerism
>
>
> https://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/nov/27/reverend-billy-church-of-stop-shopping-black-friday
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Are shoppers the biggest hurdle to corporations going green? Behavioral
> nudges could help
> <https://news.google.com/articles/CAIiEAvu22K9j9mshVha9QlDTnIqGQgEKhAIACoHCAow2Nb3CjDivdcCMP3ungY?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen>
> Many consumers claim to care about the environment but research suggests
> they have other priorities when deciding what to buy. Understanding their
> psyche ...
> CNBC
> <https://news.google.com/publications/CAAqBwgKMNjW9wow4r3XAg?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> "The big challenge is still to deliver emissions reductions at the pace
> and scale needed, especially in a world where economies are driven by
> consumption.”
>
> Sonja van Renssen.The inconvenient truth of failed climate policies.
>
> Nature Climate Change  MAY 2018  Published online: 27 April 2018
> https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-018-0155-4
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> “I just want it to be clear that the mainstream environmental movement has
> been asking very little of people for decades,” said Bea Ruiz, also an
> organizer with the U.S. national [ Extinction Rebellion ] team. “There’s no
> element of, ‘We are in an emergency. We all need to do more than what we’re
> doing.”
>
> Extinction Rebellion’s radical philosophy
> July 22 2019
>
> https://thinkprogress.org/the-radical-philosophy-of-extinction-rebellion-5857d3955b57/
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> “In the late 1700s British abolitionists, especially women, boycotted
> sugar and other goods produced by slaves in the West Indies.”
>
> https://www.economist.com/business/2019/12/12/green-with-shame
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> “What we are witnessing is a temper tantrum against the mere suggestion
> that there are limits to what we can consume.”
>
> Naomi Klein
> https://theintercept.com/2019/09/15/trump-straws-plastic/
>
> *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
>
> “Consumer expectations of ever-higher living standards were fuelled by
> more lenient and readily available bank lending, ….
>
> “Social status and identity became closely associated with consumption, in
> particular with the concept of luxury.
>
> "Identifying oneself with the good life meant being able to live beyond
> traditional understandings of basic needs. Debt was the price one paid for
> the joys of being part of a hedonistic consumer culture.”
>
> Kenneth Dyson. The Morality of Debt. Foreign Affairs. May 3, 2015
> https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/2015-05-03/morality-debt
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> “The ecological systems upon which humans rely for life support are in
> crisis, and human behavior is the root cause.”
>
> Elise Amel, Christie Manning, Britain Scott, Susan Koger
>
> Beyond the Roots of Human Inaction. Science 21 April 2017
> https://science.sciencemag.org/content/356/6335/275
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> “The American way of life is not negotiable.”
>
> George H. W. Bush. 1992
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`
>
> "We are not able even to think adequately about the behavior
> that is at the annihilating edge."
>
> R. D. Laing. Introduction, The Politics of Experience.
> 1967, New York. Pantheon Books, a division of Random House
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> An *Ambio *article by some heavyweights in climate science sets out the
> situation well enough.
>
> A team including the likes of Will Steffen, Paul Crutzen, Veerabhadren
> Ramathan, Johan Rockstrom, Marten Scheffer and Hans Joachim Schellnhuber
> begin the abstract of their article
> <https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3357752/> by saying “Over
> the past century, the total material wealth of humanity has been enhanced
> …”
>
> They end it saying,“we risk driving the Earth System onto a trajectory
> toward more hostile states from which we cannot easily return.”
> ——————————————
>
> “ … we are committed to a high level of consumption because, whether we
> need the goods or not, we very much need the employment their
> production provides.”
> John K. Galbraith.
>
>
> “How much should a country consume?”
> In Jarrett, Henry (editor), Perspectives on Conservation. John Hopkins
> Press. 1958
>
> ——————————————
>
> Consumer spending: an engine for U.S. job growth - Bureau of ...
> https://www.bls.gov › opub › mlr › 2002/11
> PDF
> by M Toossi · 2002 · Cited by 30 — spending was 83.2 million, accounting
> for 62 percent of total employment in the economy. Consumer spending is
> projected to add 11.3 million net new jobs by …
> ———————————————
>
> Consumer spending and US employment from the 2007–2009 ... Through
> 2022, consumer spending is projected to support stable job growth with
> increasing expenditures on labor-intensive services like health care.
> However, ...
>
> ——————————————
>
> “ … we are committed to a high level of consumption because, whether we
> need the goods or not, we very much need the employment their
> production provides.”
> John K. Galbraith.
>
>
> “How much should a country consume?”
> In Jarrett, Henry (editor), Perspectives on Conservation. John Hopkins
> Press. 1958
>
> ——————————————
>
> Consumer spending: an engine for U.S. job growth - Bureau of ...
> https://www.bls.gov › opub › mlr › 2002/11
> PDF
> by M Toossi · 2002 · Cited by 30 — spending was 83.2 million, accounting
> for 62 percent of total employment in the economy. Consumer spending is
> projected to add 11.3 million net new jobs by …
> ———————————————
>
> Consumer spending and US employment from the 2007–2009 ... Through
> 2022, consumer spending is projected to support stable job growth with
> increasing expenditures on labor-intensive services like health care.
> However, ...
>
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