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Hy Jinx Hybrids Gaining Ground Among Celebs, But Still Pricey for the Rest of Us		08 Mar 2004	Daily Grist
Hy Jinx Hybrids Gaining Ground Among Celebs, But Still Pricey for the Rest of Us Thanks to lobbying by intrepid enviro group Global Green USA, several high-profile celebrities arrived at the Academy Awards this year not in stretch limos, but in diminutive hybrid Toyota Priuses. Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon, Charlize Theron, Robin Willi ...
Topics: cars, celebrity, consumerism, electric vehicles, environmental justice, green living, hybrids, placemaking, Prius (all these topics)

CAFE Au Lait Bush Revisions to CAFE Standards a Mixed Bag		20 Feb 2004	Daily Grist

Topics: cars, consumerism, energy, fuel efficiency, placemaking, politics (all these topics)

Sean Schmidt, Sustainable Style Foundation		07 Nov 2003	Dispatches
Sean Schmidt is cofounder and executive director of the Sustainable Style Foundation. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Friday, 07 Nov 2003 LOS ANGELES, Calif. Rebecca and I got going around 10:00 a.m. yesterday with a trip to the Modernica Props warehouse near downtown L.A. I must tell you, being a huge fan of vintage modern style furnishings, I was in heaven. Modernica, the company, reproduces a lot of the amazing furniture designs from the '50s through the ...
Topics: consumerism, Dispatches, fashion, shopping (all these topics)

Sean Schmidt, Sustainable Style Foundation		06 Nov 2003	Dispatches
Sean Schmidt is cofounder and executive director of the Sustainable Style Foundation. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Thursday, 06 Nov 2003 LOS ANGELES, Calif. I don't know how Rebecca does it. Yesterday I tackled the fullest to-do list I've had in a long time, and by the end of it all, I was pretty tuckered out. With her company, les Egoistes, which specializes in creative services (event production, styling, personal shopping, etc.), she does this all the ...
Topics: consumerism, Dispatches, fashion, shopping (all these topics)

Sean Schmidt, Sustainable Style Foundation		05 Nov 2003	Dispatches
Sean Schmidt is cofounder and executive director of the Sustainable Style Foundation. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Wednesday, 05 Nov 2003 LOS ANGELES, Calif. As expected, yesterday got a bit crazy right before Rebecca and I took off for L.A. The fun started as Collin and I tried to get a computer up and running in our office for him to work on. We have a great donated computer, but it's missing a lot of the key things it needs to be fully functional. For ...
Topics: consumerism, Dispatches, fashion, shopping (all these topics)

Sean Schmidt, Sustainable Style Foundation		04 Nov 2003	Dispatches
Sean Schmidt is cofounder and executive director of the Sustainable Style Foundation. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Tuesday, 04 Nov 2003 SEATTLE, Wash. The commute into work this morning was miserable! Seemed like every road in to Seattle was backed up, but that's Seattle traffic for you. Normally I'd take my Vespa, but since I'm running last-minute errands for our upcoming L.A. trip, I needed my minivan (lovingly named "Maggie"). Yesterday ...
Topics: consumerism, Dispatches, fashion, shopping (all these topics)

Sean Schmidt, Sustainable Style Foundation		03 Nov 2003	Dispatches
Sean Schmidt is cofounder and executive director of the Sustainable Style Foundation. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Monday, 03 Nov 2003 SEATTLE, Wash. It's an exciting time here at the Sustainable Style Foundation. Senior Stylist Rebecca Luke and I are gearing up for a trip to Los Angeles where we will attend the 13th annual Environmental Media Association (EMA) Awards ceremony and help style and produce a gala reception at the Business for Social Respons ...
Topics: consumerism, Dispatches, fashion, shopping (all these topics)

Sticker Shocker		06 Mar 2002	Daily Grist
Sticker Shocker But never fear, there's still some hope: Eco-friendly products might not be raking in the dough, but 60 percent of new-car buyers say they would purchase a more fuel-efficient hybrid vehicle, even if it raised the sticker price of the car. That was the conclusion of a study released today by auto industry research firm J.D. Power and Associates, which also found that nearl ...
Topics: business, cars, consumerism, electric vehicles, hybrids, Prius (all these topics)

What Would Jesus Drive? Ministers help kick off new phase of anti-SUV campaign	Bill McKibben	05 Jun 2001	Main Dish
There are more scenic places for a demonstration -- the Lincoln Memorial, say, or the lawn of the Capitol. But the Lynnway, an endless stretch of dreary light industry and heavy commerce just north of Boston, was perfect for our purposes. Not because of the greyhound racing track, not because of the discount furniture outlets. Because of the auto dealers, crowded with shiny SUVs. Just marr ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, cars, consumerism, green living, placemaking, religion and spirituality (all these topics)

Enviros Suck "Clean cars" are the devil's tools, diverting attention from truly green solutions	Jane Holtz Kay	26 Jan 2001	Soapbox
The "clean car" is cool this season. "Is your car an energy hog? Get a new one," a web ad bombards me before I have finished the morning's second cup of coffee. "Your vote counts here," says the flashing ad that rates the energy efficiency of the web surfer's car, luring owners to buy a scrubbed-up replacement. The shock to my sy ...
Topics: cars, consumerism, electric vehicles, environmental justice, greenwashing, hybrids, politics, Prius (all these topics)

Oh, What Mixed Feelings! The Toyota Prius sounds great, but why is it so hard to get one?	Edward Flattau	18 Oct 2000	Soapbox
My 14-year-old car is on its last legs. I desperately need a replacement, and as an environmentalist, I want the cleanest and (especially with escalating gasoline prices) the most fuel-efficient vehicle available. Have you seen this car? Toyota has a new product that I regard as fitting the bill, a four-door, five-passenger, part electric, part gasoline-powered automobile calle ...
Topics: business, cars, consumerism, electric vehicles, hybrids, Prius (all these topics)

McChicken Run Consumers have the power to fight factory farms	Donella H. Meadows	02 Oct 2000	Global Citizen
According to the rules of the World Trade Organization, governments cannot block the import of a product on the basis of how it is produced. So what if a rainforest has been cut down or a stream polluted or an animal tortured or workers paid pitiful wages? That's the concern of the producing country, not the consuming one. Consumers should care only that they get what they want as cheaply as possible. ...
Topics: agriculture, animal welfare, business, consumerism, food, industrial ag, sustainable ag (all these topics)

We Be Culture Jammin'	Donella H. Meadows	15 May 2000	Global Citizen
Maybe you've seen Adbusters magazine or the Adbusters website, with their takeoffs on common ads. "Joe Chemo," the popular Joe Camel, sits sad, sick, and bald in a hospital bed. A sports utility vehicle surges through the wilderness under the slogan: NATURE -- IT'LL GROW BACK. A slumped over vodka bottle proclaims ABSOLUTE IMPOTENCE. It doesn't take much artful ridicule like that to undo billions of dollars worth of careful pro ...
Topics: books, business, consumerism, messaging (all these topics)

Car Talk How green is your pleasure machine?	Consumers Union	20 Apr 2000	Earthly Possessions
They be jammin'. When you look at U.S. transportation habits, you start to wonder where in the world we're all going, and why we're working so hard to get there. The average household makes more than six car trips per day, each averaging nine miles. With busier schedules, we are each spending an average of 70 minutes a day in our cars, and traffic congestion doesn't help. Average rush-hour delays due to roadway congestio ...
Topics: air pollution, cars, consumerism, electric vehicles, hybrids (all these topics)

The Green House Effect How to make your home an eco-friendly haven	Jenny Sorensen	07 Apr 2000	Arts and Minds
Last spring, I met with a real-estate agent and listened while she told me about the kind of house I should buy. A new house, she advised, with all new appliances and the latest innovations in wiring, plumbing, and heating -- maybe even a condo. My horrified expression stopped her mid-sentence. Actually, I explained dreamily, I'm looking for an older home with charm and quirky character. I want big w ...
Topics: books, consumerism, energy, energy at home, energy efficiency, green living, placemaking, toxics (all these topics)

Daring to Order Small in a Super-Sized World A collection of essays tackles consumption in America	Sherry Bosse	12 Nov 1999	Arts and Minds
Consuming Desires Edited by Roger Rosenblatt Island Press, 1999, 230 pages In Walden, Henry David Thoreau wrote that "to maintain one's self on this earth is not a hardship but a pastime, if we will live simply and wisely." He warned his readers against an increasingly prevalent consumer culture in the United States -- in 1854. Nearly 150 years later, America ...
Topics: books, consumerism, green living, United States (all these topics)

See Everett Oops	Ben White	30 Jun 1999	Muckraker
Junk science. Two of the sharpest words in the arsenal of the public policy wars. Is your adversary touting a study that shows a product is safe (or harmful)? Vilify the study as bogus, cooked-up junk paid for and concocted by this industry or that special interest group. Sometimes the charge fits; other times it doesn't. Koopy looking spooky The charges of junk peddling are flying fast and furious in the case of chemicals used in plastic baby bottles an ...
Topics: consumerism, elections, Muckraker, politics, toxics (all these topics)

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