There's probably something profound in here about symbiosis and the nature of consumerism and waste.
The blog, which he started five years ago, is really an attack on consumerism and waste — a theology of conservation — disguised as a personal-finance advice column.
"Trashed," directed by Candida Brady and starring Jeremy Irons, delves into the less festive side of consumerism and waste disposal — overflowing landfills in England, a toxic trash incinerator in Iceland, a hospital for children with birth defects in Vietnam.
Ms. Lowe-Holder, showing on the roof of a parking garage in the East End, where much of Victorian Britain has been wiped out by bland office steel, picked up the theme of consumerism and waste.
I'm also skeptical of the kind of consumerism and waste engendered by the tech industry.
Blaming population growth for environmental damage makes excuses for an "extreme and selective consumerism" that wastes as much as a third of all food produced, Francis wrote.
Hers is a complex relationship to technology, to consumerism, creativity and waste, which she treats as a kind of modern nature.
Looking after our planet, November 2 The Wharf, Tavistock, Devon, 7.30pm An opportunity to see the acclaimed BBC film "Earth Pilgrim: A spiritual journey into the landscape of Dartmoor" and hear Satish Kumar talk about waste, consumerism and the spiritual dilemmas of modern society.
Now I had seen with my own eyes where all that plastic we toss ends its journey: the detritus of consumerism, our plastic waste, is not just filling our landfills, it is filling our oceans.
As Ellen discusses on the Guardian Sustainable Business Blog, the economy currently works on the linear model of "take, make and dispose", which creates a culture of excessive consumerism and generates more waste than is sustainable.
