Just this afternoon,
I was typing out a particular social media post on sustainable fashion.
For one reason, I found myself searching for images of landfills in Africa that have come up due to dumping of “wasted clothes”.
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A question came into my head.
“We can’t breathe anymore. When do we end the endless consumerism”?
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The people who make all these things we buy, do so simply because we provide an endless stream of market for them.
To add onto that, we are often trapped in the web of advertising whereby we are constantly bombarded with adverts of “new” items for sale, that have just been made to “suit our needs”!
Photo credit: The Interfaith Centre for Sustainable Development
What happens when these items don’t satisfy our needs in that time that we have them?
Shall we not keep buying item after item, looking for this mysterious satisfaction?
Or can we actually stay still in the moment and look around for creative ways we can mold what we already have, into what we can actually use in the present-day?
We never use many of these items we buy.
Where do they end up?
In landfills, in very remote areas of the world.
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Do you honestly think we can breathe anymore?
The piles just keep getting bigger and our consuming doesn’t seem to be stopping, either!
Do we just get used to the consumerism available today?
What do we do then?
Interesting take on consumerism, chronic spending, and where these items eventually end up. In the last few years, I’ve tried to reduce, reuse and repurpose a lot of my personal and home items. I’ve really got into DIY and love upcycling old items.
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I think the problem is not just consumerism, it’s the amount of packaging involved in the process. Everything is individually wrapped, boxed, and boxed again. All that packaging is thrown into landfills.
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I’m with you on this, it needs to stop already. I find myself walking into stores and looking at all the needless items being sold and can’t help but envision it all in a landfill. Very sad.
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We definitely live in a material world. I am always striving to use less, and have a more sustainable lifestyle. It is sad to see the condition of the planet, and hopefully it is not too late to have things turned around.
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Indeed, there’s so much waste around us — all because of us humans. I think we should begin to adopt sustainable fashion, in fact, not just that but a sustainability as a way of life.
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So true, we tend to buy more things we dont nee. It ends up with so much waste. We gotta stop doing this and protect the environment.
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You make such a great point and it saddens me especially because we’re seeing the consequences of our consumerism with global warming and natural disasters.
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I understand your concern about consumerism and its impact on the environment. It’s important to address the issue and find sustainable solutions. Together, we can strive for a more mindful and balanced approach to consumption to protect our planet for future generations.
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Consumerism is especially prevalent in the United States. We buy things we don’t even want or need, just because we have the money and because something looks interesting.
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I often think about the same problem and don’t know the answer. Last year I started to spend less on unnecessary items. But it feels like a tiny drop in a big ocean.
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True, we can t breathe anymore. This post is a thought provoking one. Good job writing it.
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This is a great topic that we should share, it’s really an eye-opener! Let’s start stop using those things or at least lessen the usage.
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That’s amazing! This is one of the most interesting topics! Thank you for sharing this information with me.
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This is a really great and very informative post. It’s really important to talk about this kind of topic.
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This is a thought-provoking post on the impact of our endless consumerism. It’s alarming to see the amount of waste that is generated from our constant need for new things. We need to take a step back and reevaluate our relationship with material possessions. Perhaps it’s time to focus on creativity and finding new ways to use what we already have, rather than constantly buying more. We all have a responsibility to make a change and reduce our impact on the planet. Thank you for sharing this important message.
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This has to end and work on building a better environment for us to live in. Nice to see posts like this talking about problems in our society
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