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last minute Christmas presents that don’t cost the earth

12 December 2022 By Ulrike Leave a Comment

last minute Christmas presents that don’t cost the earth

HappinessIt’s this time of year again.  Are you searching for last minute Christmas presents that don’t cost the earth?

Why not buy fewer Christmas presents and make gifts that matter?

Here are 10 ideas for last minute presents which don’t cost the earth, boost local, small businesses and won’t end up in landfill within a short time after Christmas and might even be good for the planet.

Ten last minute present ideas for Christmas:

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Filed Under: Conscious Consumerism, Ecological Footprint, Happiness, Social Change Tagged With: conscious living, consumerism, consumption

Why do we love inspirational quotes?

16 April 2022 By Ulrike Leave a Comment

Why do we love inspirational quotes?

Inspirational quote.We love inspirational quotes!  A great quote is priceless to get an idea across, for credibility or to break the ice to relate to an audience – large or small. 

Quotes are often found on postcards, posters, in speeches, on social media accounts – to name just a few. There seems to be a quote for every occasion.  Quotes are like music: reflecting a mood and relating an experience – without the music!

Why is there a quote for every occasion?

  • Quotes bring larger texts or concepts to the point  and create a collective consensus which is helpful in quickly and succinctly conveying ideas. 
  • A quote which appeals to us does so because it reflects an idea, concept or emotion we already know or reinforces what we think is right but are unsure of. 
  • Quotes reflect who we are, how we see ourselves and/or who we would like to be. Quotes express our aspirations and convictions and allow others to relate to us (or not). 
  • On the negative side, quotes also are part of the new world of instant gratifications. While a quote is all of the above, it is unable to deliver sustained motivation without us doing the work to reach our goal or to build that character. 

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Filed Under: Conscious Capitalism, Conscious Consumerism, Happiness Tagged With: inspiration, quotes

Ten last minute Christmas presents

23 December 2021 By Ulrike Leave a Comment

Ten last minute Christmas presents

It’s this time of year again. We search for last minute Christmas presents.

More and more people celebrate the ‘Festive Season’ formerly known as Christmas:  a holiday to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, who, in the eyes of Christians, is the son of God.

Why is Christmas popular to non-Christians?

Why is Christmas so popular and reaches beyond religious boundaries? Because it sells just about everything and is therefore loved by business owners around the world AND it allows us to express our love for each other. This makes for a great consumer festival where everybody wins – except the planet!

Buy less stuff ending up in landfill. Make gifts that matter instead.

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Filed Under: Conscious Consumerism, Happiness, Social Change

Valentine’s Day during a Pandemic

18 January 2021 By Ulrike Leave a Comment

Valentine’s Day during a Pandemic

It’s February and you know what that means – advertisers trying to sell us more stuff – cards, flowers, wine, gimmicks, experiences and the idea that we are lacking in some way if we don’t have a significant other or have and don’t wish to take part in Valentine’s Day spending.

Are you spending the right amount of time, money or impression on someone or yourself?

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Filed Under: Conscious Capitalism, Conscious Consumerism, Happiness

Money can’t buy happiness

14 January 2021 By Ulrike Leave a Comment

Money can’t buy happiness

Or can it? The saying ‘money can’t buy happiness’ isn’t always true…

If you live below the poverty line money will ensure you can buy yourself physical security and feel emotionally better due to the reduced stress that lack of money brings with it.

Disposable income can also be used to help others. Research suggests people who help others are happier than people who spent all of their money on themselves. Spare income allows us to donate to causes close to our hearts and leads to happiness.

Once we pass a certain threshold, namely $75,000US according to Economists Daniel Kahneman and Angus Deaton, we won’t be any happier when we earn more and upgrade existing and add more possessions to our own private empire.

The things that bring long-term satisfaction and contentment can’t be bought with money, on the contrary, instant gratification particularly can actually have the opposite effect. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Conscious Capitalism, Conscious Consumerism, Happiness, Poverty, Social Change

buy into buying nothing

13 October 2020 By Ulrike Leave a Comment

buy into buying nothing

Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy crap we don’t need.

Quote: FIGHT CLUB’ TYLER DURDEN

buy nothing day

Buy Nothing Day commenced in Canada in the early 90ties to protest consumerism*. The day is currently held in about 65 countries either on Black Friday (end November) or the day after. It offers a 24 hour detox from shopping as opposed to Black Friday which offers ‘the buy-everything-you-can-in-the-shortest-amount-of-time-whether-you-need-it-or-not’.

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Filed Under: Conscious Capitalism, Conscious Consumerism, We Live Like This

#EarthHour2017 a decade of turning lights off…

25 March 2017 By Ulrike Leave a Comment

#EarthHour2017 a decade of turning lights off…

Earth Hour 2017

Happy 10th Anniversary Earth Hour!

Congratulations to lasting the distance!

Congratulations Earth Hour  to one decade of persuading the world to turn the lights off for an evening or even the night. What commenced as a simple gimmick has turned into a world wide phenomenon stimulating debate about climate change and environmental issues.

Initially I viewed Earth Hour as a soft campaign making it easy and comfortable for people to indulge in a small gesture and feel good about themselves as they are ‘fighting’ climate change. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Conscious Consumerism, Conservation, Social Change Tagged With: conscious living, Social Marketing

How to find Happiness?

20 March 2017 By Ulrike

How to find Happiness?

Why we need the International Day of Happiness

Some say that emphasising happiness actually makes us unhappy because we can’t be on a high all the time and might be putting too much pressure on ourselves. However, the definition of happiness is much broader than a particular feeling and relates to how content we are with our life.

“Happiness is about our lives as a whole: it includes the fluctuating feelings we experience everyday but also our overall satisfaction with life. It is influenced by our genes, upbringing and our external circumstances – such as our health, our work and our financial situation. But crucially it is also heavily influenced by our choices – our inner attitudes, how we approach our relationships, our personal values and our sense of purpose.” quoted from www.actionforhappiness.org

“Happiness is neither a frivolity nor a luxury. It is a deep-seated yearning shared by all members of the human family.” – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, 2014

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Filed Under: Conscious Consumerism, Social Change Tagged With: conscious living, education

Single on Valentine’s Day? Don’t stress – it has it’s benefits!

7 February 2016 By Ulrike Leave a Comment

Single on Valentine’s Day? Don’t stress – it has it’s benefits!

You are single on Valentine’s Day – you are not alone!

World-wide, the single person household is growing rapidly in line with economic development and education. The more developed and educated, the higher the proportion of single person households…it is predicted that the lone person household will rise most of all households over the next 25 years and more than half of these households are females.  And the reason is simply that people want to live an individualistic lifestyle when they can afford it.

The economics of Valentine’s Day

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Filed Under: Conscious Consumerism, Happiness, Social Change, We Live Like This Tagged With: conscious living, Valentine's Day

Green Valentine’s Day 2016 for greenie sweethearts

1 February 2016 By Ulrike Leave a Comment

Green Valentine’s Day 2016 for greenie sweethearts

What is Valentine’s Day about ?

If love is an embrace, a kiss, caring and feeling – a fondness or affection, why then has the annual celebration of love – St. Valentine’s Day become a consumer driven machine worth an estimated $18.9 billion USD that leaves even the most reasonable of spendthrifts feeling a little sinful (estimate of figures by About News – that’s huge!)

In the 1850’s Esther A. Howland began mass producing Valentine’s cards in the US, from the 18th century custom of exchanging handmade cards to loved ones on St. Valentine’s Day and it has steadily gained momentum to the excessive holiday it is today that people love to hate and retailers unashamedly relish.

St. Valentine’s Day wasn’t always linked with love, it wasn’t until Chaucer’s Love Birds that the custom of exchanging cards began.

The history of Valentine’s Day:

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Filed Under: Conscious Consumerism, Happiness Tagged With: conscious living, green, Valentine's Day

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