Buy Nothing Day
Adbusters
http://www.adbusters.org/metas/eco/bnd/
BUY NOTHING DAY is a simple idea with deep implications. It forces us to think about the "shop-till-you-drop" imperative and its effects on the rest of the world.Center for a New American Dream
http://www.newdream.org
The Center for a New American Dream is a not-for-profit membership-based organization dedicated to reducing and shifting North American consumption while fostering opportunities for people to lead more secure and fulfilling lives. The organization helps individuals, communities, and businesses establish sustainable practices that will ensure a healthy planet for future generations.Worldwatch Institute
http://www.worldwatch.org
The Worldwatch Institute is dedicated to fostering the evolution of an environmentally sustainable society--one in which human needs are met in ways that do not threaten the health of the natural environment or the prospects of future generations. The Institute seeks to achieve this goal through the conduct of inter-disciplinary non-partisan research on emerging global environmental issues, the results of which are widely disseminated throughout the world.On-line Resources: Sustainable Production and Consumption
http://www.iisd.ca/linkages/consume
The International Institute for Sustainable Development presents a collection of documentation and links to relevant material on the issue of sustainable production and consumption.United Nations Sustainable Development - Issues/Consumption and Production patterns
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/conprod.htm
Consumption and Production Patterns: Changing consumption patterns" is the subject of Chapter 4 of Agenda 21. At its third session, in 1995, the Commission on Sustainable Development adopted an International Work Programme on Changing Consumption and Production Patterns, which includes five elements:back to the top