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Center for a New American Dream
National non-profit organization challenging the "more is better" definition of the American dream.
http://www.newdream.org/
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Mall-aise
Offbeat look at shopping centers in America.
http://www.efn.org/~hkrieger/mallaise.htm
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Buy Nothing Christmas
National initiative started by Canadian Mennonites to de-commercialize Christmas and re-design a Christian lifestyle that is richer in meaning, smaller in impact upon the earth, and greater in giving to people less-privileged.
http://www.buynothingchristmas.org/
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David's Page
Documents one man's real-life economics experiment, living on under US$900 per year while buying everything and sharing housing.
http://www.geocities.com/davdd.geo/index.html
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All-Consuming Passion: Waking up from the American Dream
Statistics, compiled by the New Road Map Foundation, describing USA consumption patterns and their effects on personal lives and the environment. Advocates a cultural trend toward low-consumption lifestyles.
http://www.ecofuture.org/pk/pkar9506.html
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Consumers Anonymous
Promote innovative alternatives to consumerism, for people seeking better ways to live with the Earth.
http://springcreek.oregonstate.edu/consumersanonymous/
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Consumer Citizenship
European effort, based out of Hedmark University College in Norway, to get consumers to actively participate in developing and improving society by considering ethical issues, diversity of perspectives, global processes and future conditions on a globa
http://www.hihm.no/concit/
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Apoplectic Press
Subversive political and anti-Christmas greeting cards, free graphic images and GIF animations, original protest music and resources for activists and other misfits.
http://www.apoplecticpress.org/
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The Story of Stuff
A 20-minute animation of the consumerist society, narrated by Anne Leonard, to view online or download. Includes footnoted script, credits, blog, and resources.
http://www.storyofstuff.com/
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