What is anticonsumerism? -Some brief definitions

How much is enough? -A guide to the basic arguments

Champagne & poverty -Statistics of inequality

The mechanisms of inequality -How and why global wealth is unfairly distributed

But what about jobs...?

Great minds think alike, or: fools seldom differ -Anticonsumerist thinking from literature

Overconsumption: a scientific view

How can we change consumerism?

If we need to reduce our consumption, how high is a sustainable standard of living?

Ducking the issue? -Anticonsumerism and the major campaigning agencies

What's in it for me? -Is anticonsumerism a threat to our quality of life?

Further reading, resources and info

THIS BOOKLET IS AN ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN WHY...

. . . any proposed solutions to the problems of world poverty, environmental destruction and social alienation will fail, unless they also address the role that the consumerist lifestyle plays increating these problems.

. . . in a world of limited resources, a system that advocates a never-increasing level of consumption, and equates such consumption with personal well-being, economic progress and social fulfilment, is a recipe for ecological disaster.

. . . if we in the wealthy nations want to see a just, stable and sustainable world, we are going to have to confront the issue of how unfairly it's resources ate distributed in favour of a wealthy minority

. . . it is a myth to insist that rejecting consumerism also means rejecting our basic needs, our technology, our stylishness, or our quality of life.

" To achieve sustainable
development and a higher
quality of life for all people,
states should reduce and
eliminate unsustainable
patterns of production and
consumption..." (our
emphasis)
Principle 8, The Rio
Declaration on Environment
and Development, 1992