User:Orschiro/SCORAI/Sustainable Consumption Teaching Resources/Web-based Consumption Resources

Resources
Global Footprint Network website

WWF Ecological Footprint calculator

Key ideas
Tim Jackson talking about zero growth

Greenwash
Adbusters website: 'culture jamming' response to Greenwash.

Wallmart advert

Government campaigns
Be an energy saver: You can view this with an athens login on the BFI site. Notable for its disco music and dancing, as well as the fact that all the messages are EXACTLY the same as our current messages. Proof of the idea that informing people doesn't make them change?

Energy Savings Trust Video: an example of a community-led consumption initiative

Sustainable Consumption in the Movies
The Lorax: a children's book, then an animation. Think about themes of responsibility in this story.

The End of Suburbia: documentary about suburban design. Much more fun than it sounds!

Wall-E: a robot, a rubbish heap, what's not to like?

Inspirational
The Museum of Wierd Consumer Culture

Reverend Billy and the church of life after shopping: does what it says on the tin...

The story of stuff