http://www.ustvmedia.org/general-topics/2007/08/08/eco-junk-and-green-consumerism/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:12:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 http://www.ustvmedia.org/general-topics/2007/08/08/eco-junk-and-green-consumerism/#comment-15390 Wed, 08 Aug 2007 13:33:19 +0000 http://www.ustvmedia.org/general-topics/2007/08/08/eco-junk-and-green-consumerism/#comment-15390 Monbiot is one of the most insightful voices being transmitted via the international media these days (fitting to be working for <i>The Guardian UK</i>, George Orwell's old employer). Here he challenges our society's underlining lie of what historian Richard Grossman calls 'the endless more'. This is a lucid analysis of the false premises of the whole "green consumer" concept, and the current political and social efforts to combat global climate change without actually confronting the more systemic behavioral causes and real solutions needed. Monbiot is one of the most insightful voices being transmitted via the international media these days (fitting to be working for The Guardian UK, George Orwell’s old employer). Here he challenges our society’s underlining lie of what historian Richard Grossman calls ‘the endless more’. This is a lucid analysis of the false premises of the whole “green consumer” concept, and the current political and social efforts to combat global climate change without actually confronting the more systemic behavioral causes and real solutions needed.

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