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Podcast: The Market Place Of Ideas
Episode: Don't buy anything!!!!!!!
Description: On today's podcast we're going to be talking about.
Fighting against the spirit of consumerism.
In an article by https://www.earthday.org/dont-let-consumerism-consume-your-holiday/
The study published in the Journal of Industrial Ecology showed that individual household consumption — not businesses, government or industries — accounts for more than 60% of global greenhouse gas emissions and 50%–80% of total land, material and water use in 2019.
The urge to keep up with the Joneses is turning out to be a zero sum game for the planet and also a horrible habit for our mental health.
The studies also found that
"A lot of today’s material...