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a person holding an empty bottle in their hand with a message on the cap that says, gramissm s the less you own the less that owns you

Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need. We're the middle children of history. No purpose or place. We have no Great War, No Great Depression. Our great war is a spiritual war. Our great depression is our lives. We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires and movie gods and rock stars, but we won't. - Tyler Durden

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a cardboard sign that says all you need is less

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. 💥

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LOW BUY 2020

FEEL FREE TO PRINT THE CHECKLIST ? There’s a lot of pressure on us as consumers these days, and it can be incredibly hard and overwhelming to see through all that greenwashing out there. The most sustainable thing we can do anyway, is to use what we already have (not to mention a privilege) to reach […]

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In today's culture we are so bombarded with new products, pretty pictures of these products and clever marketing campaigns, that the simple resolution to "buy less" can be ridiculously tough to stick to. Just like our eating habits, our approach to shopping is something we have been cultiv

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The Ellen MacArthur Foundation estimates that around a truckload of textile waste goes into open landfill or is incinerated every second. What little lifestyle changes make we all make to help counteract this? 1) Buy less. 2) Wear your items for longer. 3) Swap clothing. 4) Mend your clothing. 5) Upcycle clothing. 6) Buy second hand. #knotwaste #RepairReuseUpcycle #MendYourFuture #Sustainability #ethicalfashion #ecofashion #slowfashion #Slowdown #ChooseConsciously #MindfulFashion

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation estimates that around a truckload of textile waste goes into open landfill or is incinerated every second. What little lifestyle changes make we all make to help counteract this? 1) Buy less. 2) Wear your items for longer. 3) Swap clothing. 4) Mend your clothing. 5) Upcycle clothing. 6) Buy second hand. #knotwaste #RepairReuseUpcycle #MendYourFuture #Sustainability #ethicalfashion #ecofashion #slowfashion #Slowdown #ChooseConsciously #MindfulFashion

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a woman walking through a greenhouse with text overlay that reads 40 things minimalists don't buy

Minimalists tend to buy less and live with less. Here are 40 things I stopped buying as a minimalist. Buy and live intentionally with this easy guide to things that minimalists don't buy. Live simply with less. #buyless #nobuying #livewithless #intentional

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a woman in red pants and white shirt holding shopping bags with text saying, saving no to consumerism

With today’s invasion of video games, unneeded technology, 300 channels on television and fast-food restaurants, we, as a people, need to stand up and say no to consumerism. We need to think how much rampant consumerism is responsible for unhappiness and greed.

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