Category Archives: Consumerism
sports go green
Here’s my new piece on the efforts of several professional sports teams to make their stadiums and arena more environmentally sustainable. It ran in this morning’s The Valley Advocate. Ah, sports … SPORTS GO GREEN It takes the viewing experience … Continue reading
Filed under Accountable Wealth, Activism, Community Investing, Consumerism
quote of the intermittent time period VII
More from Stephen Duncombe’s Notes From Underground: Zines and the Politics of Alternative Culture: “There is something about the critique of and resistance to consumption that fails to command respect. Unlike challenges to the quantity and quality of work – … Continue reading
Filed under Activism, American Dream, Class, Consumerism, Economic Opportunity
if it is broke … fix it!
“What were the results of a world dominated by large, inept, but powerful failures whose influence could not be avoided?” – Richard White This question appears to concern the recent Wall Street debacle, bail out, recession, and so on. But … Continue reading
Filed under Accountable Wealth, Consumerism
the revolution will be commercialized
Most famous for the spoken word style of social commentary exhibited in his classic, “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” Gil Scott-Heron passed away last week, at the age of 62. While “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” has been … Continue reading
Filed under Advertising, Consumerism
striking out sports sexism
As the weather heats up, the NCAA gets ready for next week’s Softball World Series, and the baseball season starts to hit its stride, I’m thinking of a TV commercial that regularly got air time throughout New England last summer, … Continue reading
Filed under Advertising, Consumerism, Social Change
a spot of tea for patriot’s day
Yesterday was Patriot’s Day. Here in Massachusetts, that means (Boston) Marathon Monday, the beginning of April Vacation, and the annual 11am Sox game. But, social festivities aside, the day is, of course, named to commemorate the beginning of the American … Continue reading
Filed under Activism, Consumerism, Economic Opportunity, Fair Taxation
quote of the intermittent time period V
From Stephen Duncombe’s Notes From Underground: Zines and the Politics of Alternative Culture: “The history of all rebellious cultural and political movements is the history of the unavoidable contradiction of staking out new ground within and through the landscape of … Continue reading
Filed under Advertising, Consumerism, Lifestyle Economics
calvin and demand
Bill Watterson stopped drawing his Calvin and Hobbes comic strip in 1995. About fifteen years ago. But this one seems a little more current, somehow …
Filed under Accountable Wealth, Consumerism
spring (barely) skiing: a photo montage!
It’s been said that skiing is the art of catching cold and going broke while heading nowhere at great personal risk. And then there’s skiing / hiking / wandering about in the woods at a undeveloped semi-slope near you. Here … Continue reading
Filed under Consumerism
burton snowboards: for love and money
The end of the ski season. The all-too-quickly approaching MTV-style Spring Break media coverage. The observance of International Women’s Day. Seems an appropriate time to take a look at the porn-inspired “Love” line of Burton snowboards, which will not be … Continue reading
Filed under Advertising, Consumerism
