consumption (not the coughing variety)

[keryx]

A welcome counter-point to my post earlier this week about my depressingly overfilled closet: the spiritual cost of consumption. And background from Juliet Schor on the subject. We think we need a lot more than we actually need, basically.

We aren't particularly conscious in curbing our consumption chez nous, though we do live somewhat unconventionally, spending less on objects and more on experiences than some folks in our "income bracket". So I like the reminders.

Thanks to The Common Wheel Collective, which you should be reading if you're not, for the links.

[Edited to add a side note that may not be clear to readers - I do not, in case you're wondering, endorse the whole God thing implied in the sermon linked to. But I do think purchases can have deeper implications (personally and politically) beyond their cost and function, and we don't think about those so much.]

Comments

[snidegrrl.livejournal.com]

Ooh. I bookmarked that. I am also fascinated by the article about cars.

[snidegrrl.livejournal.com]

As a side note have you seen texture? Not sure if that is your thang, but it makes me feel peaceful.

[ivyblogs.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the link. I need to go back and read the article again because I couldn't take it in after reading that opening "As a person who spends $7000 a year.." $7000! My family's health insurance costs $6000.00 a year!

[momsmilkrules.livejournal.com]

Great link, thanks for sharing.

[firecat]

Thanks for those links. I posted a thought about them in my journal.

[susanstinson.livejournal.com]

I just added you -- hope that's okay. I ran across references to you in firecat's journal and again just now when I googled Shelley Bovey, so I figured twice in one day means I should pay attention!