Recently, BBC series Blue Planet has sparked a worldwide movement to reduce the amount of single-use plastics we use every day. At the similar time, photographer Justin Hofman has shared a heartbreaking photo of a seahorse drifting in a polluted water with a plastic bud which revealed a troubling reality. From Bollywood celebrities clearing up beaches in…
With the whole world trying to convince us to spend our way to happiness, we’ve left cluttered, stressed and unfulfilled. In this book “A Life Less Throwaway. The Lost Art of Buying for Life”, Tara Button tells the story of how we’ve sleepwalked into a world where our lives are focused on items with little lasting value. Visam pasauliui besistengiant mus įtikinti, kad galime nusipirkti savo kelią…
Today on Eco Chat – Eco Luxury. Fashion designer Matilda Janosi combines recycled materials with high-quality luxury materials to create a unique “Eco Luxury” style for her TildArt fashion label. Matilda was born and grew up in Transylvania where recycling is a way of life. It is this ethos, combined with her talent, that has driven her…
“The best things in life aren’t things” April has just ended and it’s time to update you on how My Year Without Shopping challenge goes. So how was April? I think it was the best month so far in many aspects! And there is nothing to report on our spendings because we haven’t bought anything!…
In the first part of Commercialised Childhood, I talked about kids as consumers in general. Today I want to talk about another very important childhood factor – The Play. The play is an essential element in children’s development – according to psychologists, it is as important as food and sleep. However, the play has changed dramatically and once again,…
Today childhood is extremely commercialised as the market for children’s products such as toys and food is enormous. Parents have a difficult time raising children the way they want to because kids are being increasingly influenced by commercialism that often goes against what parents are trying to do. The mass media affect children’s lives through…
