So could these be the secrets to happiness?
Connect, Be Active, Take Notice, Keep Learning and Give.
www.neweconomics.org/projects/entry/five-ways-to-well-being
Infinite growth on a finite planet
So, this whole palaver focusses on the fact we live on a planet with finite ‘stuff’. Yet we’re consuming that ‘stuff’ like there is no tomorrow.
Here’s Buy Nothing New Month’s mate, Paul Gilding talking about how our earth is full, and what we can do about.
ted.com/talks/paul_gilding_the_earth_is_full
The circular economy:
Do you know about the circular economy?
This is where humans act like nature, with consumption loops where nothing gets wasted.
That’s not a green light to hyper-consume business as usual, we’re a LONG way from here.
qz.com/254698/in-the-recycling-economy-objects-never-die/
Pop quiz. What about waste?
Pop quiz. What about waste?
theguardian.com/sustainable-business/quiz/how-much-does-world-waste-quiz
From The Goods Life to The Good Life
The Overview Effect: our home Planet A. (There is no Planet B)
Buy Nothing New Month is really about protecting our home. The only one we have.
The Overview Effect describes the changed perspective we have seeing our home, our planet from space.
This beautiful clip shows our home in a different light. A living, breathing, fragile organism.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overview_effect
Seriously, no more socks please.
Our next project is ‘It’s alright to give someone something second hand for their birthday’ we just haven’t come up with a shorter title yet…
Some alternatives to giving more stuff that people don’t need.
newdream.org/blog/tips-and-tricks-for-agf
Sharing. Get around it.
Today’s idea.
A simple one.
Sharing.
Better for our happiness hormones, better for our world.
Emerging economies around sharing
If you haven’t heard about how people are creating big business around smarter use of resources, and mixing up the status quo, and creating money without creating stuff, check these guys.
www.airbnb.com
www.uber.com
www.lyft.com
www.taskrabbit.com
www.zipcar.com
Some readings
Interested for more in depth, here are some good reads:
To Die For: Is Fashion Wearing the World Out? Lucy Siegle Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion. Elizabeth Cline
