Category Archives: Consumerism and happiness

Opening the ethical debates in advertising

We’ve suggested elsewhere that there are two broad categories of response to Common Cause. The first is to focus on the implications for the campaigns and communications that we are already producing: how might we campaign on biodiversity conservation, or … Read more

By Tom Crompton on October 25, 2011 with 5 Comments

Methadone for our planetary heroin addiction?

This blog was originally posted on the website Valuing Nature. Here’s a Thought for the Day piece from Alastair McIntosh, reflecting on the “conundrum.. that we need more consumption to save the economy, but less to save the planet. Spending … Read more

By Tom Crompton on October 24, 2008 with 2 Comments

Green shopping

This blog was originally posted on the website Valuing Nature. What is the role of shopping in meeting the challenge of climate change? Today I came across a note on the West of England Climate Change project, written by Ian … Read more

By Tom Crompton on January 7, 2008 with 5 Comments