#overconsumption — Public Fediverse posts

Who needs #BioLabs when there's all sorts of #bacteria about to be exposed after thousands of years!

Researchers issue warning after making grim #Antarctic discovery: 'We are only beginning to understand'

Story by Daysia Tolentino, January 29, 2026

Excerpt: "A study published in the journal #Biocontaminant examined the effects of #GlacialMelting on our #WaterSupply.

"#Glaciers serve as reservoirs for #AntibioticResistanceGenes, or #ARGs, and other #microbes. When they are released from the ice, they enter our water systems, posing a major health risk to people downstream.

"Millions of people get their water from glacier-fed rivers and lakes. ARGs are strands of DNA that make bacteria more resistant to drugs. When ARGs in #meltwater make their way into our water supply, they become a global public health risk.

"The study emphasizes the importance of viewing glaciers, rivers, and lakes as being part of a 'glacier continuum.' This means they are an interconnected system rather than separate environments.

Why are melting glaciers concerning?

"From our gas-powered cars to #overconsumption, human activity has contributed to the production of heat-trapping gases that warm the planet. Rising global temperatures have caused glaciers to rapidly melt, causing elevated sea levels and releasing ARGs.

"ARGs from melting glaciers are worrisome because they help facilitate the spread of diseases. This threat is compounded by the fact that our growing #microplastic problem is also helping #AntibioticResistant #bacteria breed. As a result, #medicines are being rendered less effective."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/researchers-issue-warning-after-making-grim-antarctic-discovery-we-are-only-beginning-to-understand/

#WorldPol #USPol #FossilFuels #FossilFools #Degrowth #RenewablesNow #WaterIsLife #OceansAreLife #HumanFolly #NewDiseases

I don't need any Christmas gifts! I have too much stuff! I'm drowning!

The greatest gift I could get would be a holiday where family and friends come to your home and each unburdens you of one item that's just gathering dust. Just take it away from me! Donate it to charity without me having to make the decision. What a load off my shoulders!

I think this is what we all need.

An antichristmas, if you will.

#christmas #consumerism #OverConsumption #burden #MountainsOfThings

Der #bitkom-Verband wirbt: »Mehrheit würde sich von #KI den kompletten #Urlaub planen lassen«:

> #Urlauberinnen und Urlauber lassen sich bisher vor allem Ziele und Unterkünfte von KI vorschlagen.
Nur rund ein Zehntel packt mit KI den Koffer

Das Weglassen des Wesentlichen (Klima, Abhängigkeit etc.) erinnert mich an meine Kolumne zu Sascha #Lobos Jubel für #AIShopping:
👉 https://blog.campact.de/2024/12/ai-shopping-digitalisierung/

#DigitalFairnessAct #Müllfluencing #perplexity #overconsumption #Datenschutz #Klimaschutz #BigTech

#Ireland - The rise of repair cafes: ‘It’s not sustainable to keep buying new stuff’
A resurgent repair culture has a bottom-up energy, but change is also coming from the top, with the EU’s Right to Repair Directive

by Sylvia Thompson
Mon Jan 20 2025 - 05:00

"At repair cafes across the island of Ireland, volunteers fix small pieces of furniture, household electrical appliances and clothing at community venues for free. This movement, which started about 10 years ago – but stalled during the Covid-19 pandemic – is gathering pace again as a kickback against the perils of #overconsumption and as a response to #environmental and cost-of-living crises.

"Tomorrow afternoon, in an industrial unit in #Dublin12, a repair cafe will take place, a community event in which a group of volunteer fixers will repair everything from broken toasters, kettles, coffee machines and air fryers to garments needing new zips or buttons.

"The #DublinMakerRepairCafe in Unit 2B, Motor City, Kylemore Road, #Dublin 12, is one of a number of repair cafe gatherings held throughout the island. Volunteer #fixers also show up for repair events organised in "#CommunityCentres, #libraries and third-level colleges.

" 'I’d do a repair cafe every weekend if I had enough volunteers. I can’t meet the demand from libraries, county councils and community groups,' says Jeffrey Roe, a software and hardware engineer who also runs Tog Hackerspace, which hosts the D12 repair cafes four times a year.

"He says there are three types of people who turn up with broken items to be repaired for free at these community events.

" 'There are the environmentally conscious people who want to get things fixed rather than consume more valuable resources by purchasing new things,' says Roe. 'There are people who want things fixed for sentimental reasons – say a food mixer their mother used or a toy they played with that they want to give to their children. And then, there are the cost-conscious people who find the cost of getting something new too high.' "

Read more:
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/2025/01/18/the-rise-of-repair-cafes-its-not-sustainable-to-keep-buying-new-stuff/

#RepairCafes #RightToRepair #BuildingCommunity #ReduceReuseRepair #ReuseRepair
#RepairCafésIreland #SolarPunkSunday

Happy International Day of Zero Waste, 30 March, 2025. 2025 Theme: "Towards zero waste in fashion and textiles". This theme focuses on the urgent need to take action to reduce the waste impact from the fashion and textile sector and promote sustainability and circularity.

#internationaldayofzerowaste #zerowaste #zerowasteday #fashion #fashions #textile #textiles #fashionindustry #textileindustry #overconsumption #overproduction #raiseawareness #raisingawareness #waste #sofiaflorina #ソフィアフロリナ

“We are converting so much of the matter on this planet into things we care about for only a few minutes to a few years, but their mark will last forever.”

Nick Heer ruminating on Gabbott and Zalasiewicz’s book “Discarded” (which sounds like a must read and the #vpl has on order 😀).

#refuse #overconsumption #reuse

https://pxlnv.com/linklog/technofossils/

Hello Fediverse!

:fediverse: :AsSlowAsPossible:

We are a (very slow) movement of idle idealists, who want to save humanity from overperformance.

Please always write our name in correct camel case.

#AsSlowAsPossible

Pressure to perform is the enemy of happiness and the good life for everybody.
Sloth is a virtue.
In this society however, being lazy is also a privilege.
We demand a universal right to be lazy.
Nobody's laziness should create more work for others though. Including machines and "AI".

The aim is to consume less and live more.

#introduction #NewHere #sloth #deceleration #mindfulness #WorkLifeBalance #SelfCare #chillax #meditation #InnerPeace #EaseOfMind #zen #irony #satire #SpareTime #procrastination #lazyness #burnout #BurnoutPrevention #avolition #anhedonia #degrowth #OverConsumption #consumption

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In seiner #Spiegel-Kolumne bewirbt @saschalobo (sieht nicht aktiv aus) die Vorteile von „AI Shopping“ – ein „Megahit“!

Dabei blendet er wirklich jeden interessanten und relevanten Aspekt aus. Diese Themen hier zB:
https://blog.campact.de/2024/12/ai-shopping-digitalisierung/ im Blog von @campact

Mehr Texte: https://blog.campact.de/author/friedemann/

#Lobo #KI #DigitalFairnessAct #Müllfluencing #perplexity #overconsumption #Datenschutz #Klimaschutz #BigTech #

MORGEN findet endlich unsere BAD FRIDAY DEMO statt 🎉 Wir demonstrieren gemeinsam für nachhaltigen Konsum🪴

📅 29. November
🕒 15 Uhr
📍Hans und Sophie Scholl Platz

=> ACHTUNG: Leg schon mal deine alten Pakete zurecht, um sie morgen mitzubringen <=

Bad Friday - Was soll das denn sein? Der Black Friday steht für eine Kaufkultur, die ständig „Mehr!“ fordert - doch das belastet Umwelt und Mensch. Deshalb veranstalten wir unsere Demo zum “Bad Friday”: Statt immer mehr Dinge anzuhäufen, können wir bewusster leben, entschleunigen und weniger konsumieren. Das schenkt uns mehr Zeit und Zufriedenheit und schont gleichzeitig Ressourcen. Weniger kaufen bedeutet mehr Lebensqualität und eine bessere Zukunft für alle. Setzen wir gemeinsam ein Zeichen gegen den Kaufrausch und für ein nachhaltiges Miteinander!

#nowforfuture #fridaysforfuture #greenpeace #consumption #overconsumption #badfriday #packages #shopping #blackfriday #klimastreik #climatestrike #klimakrise #climatecrisis #klima #climate #allefürsklima #klimagerechtigkeit #climatejustice #actnow #forourfuture #ulm #neuulm #fff

Another very interesting read by Erin Remblance, “How does degrowth apply to our minds?”

“[…] those of us in the global north are taking from both countries in the global south and future generations to fuel our lifestyles today.”

https://illuminem.com/illuminemvoices/how-does-degrowth-apply-to-our-minds

#DeGrowth #Decroissance #WeDontHaveAPlanetB #OverConsumption #EarthOvershoot #ExponentialGrowth #GrowthIsNotSustainable

Or it's a rejection of #mindlessconsumption?

Commentary: Is #underconsumption the new #consumption?
"Every generation thinks that they have stumbled onto something new & innovative, but soon realises tt it’s mostly been done before. With underconsumption core, I doubt tt anyone #GenX & older will bat an eyelid.. Underconsumption - or just normal consumption - requires practices tt #overconsumption doesn't: #Selfdiscipline & #restraint, especially in a #consumerist world"
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/commentary/underconsumption-trend-tiktok-regular-consumption-recycle-second-hand-frugal-4682346

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Please share, spread, and tell anyone!

#TimeIsRunningOut ...

https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biae087/7808595

#ClimateReport #ClimateCrisis #Overconsumption #FossilFuels #ScientistsWarning

#Singapore’s #youth embrace #underconsumption #lifestyle as economic realities bite
"embracing the #underconsumptioncore #trend has opened up new avenues.. e trend is a response to rising #costofliving, job uncertainty & lay-offs, which hv forced them to reduce their spending.. Its not just a reaction to #overconsumption but also a #strategic choice to manage #economicrealities.. being a more #conscious #consumer can hv #benefits for #personalfinances"
#mindfulconsumption
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3276571/singapores-youth-embrace-underconsumption-lifestyle-economic-realities-bite

https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/food-environment/2023/how-to-recycle-plastic-with-enzymes

#Recycle #Plastic #Enzymes #Food #Environment

“…with #plastic production doubling every 15 years. The relatively low cost of #petroleum based polymers encourages their single use and #overconsumption. Synthetic plastics are recalcitrant to #biodegradation, and #mismanagement of plastic waste leads to their accumulation in the #ecosystem, resulting in a disastrous #environmentalfootprint.

https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-chembioeng-092120-091054

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UNESCO - Humanity's "lifeblood" #water, is increasingly at #risk around the world due to #vampiric #overconsumption and #overdevelopment," in a report, published hours ahead of a major summit. The world is "blindly traveling a dangerous path" as "unsustainable water use, #pollution & #unchecked #GlobalWarming are draining humanity's lifeblood," UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said in a foreword to report. https://www.unesco.org/reports/wwdr/2023/en/download #sanitation #poverty #PublicHealth #disease

Over Consumption is the Biggest Elephant

I was listening to a program on the CBC this afternoon talking about de-carbonizing the shipping industry. The person being interviewed was part of an alliance of professionals in British Columbia taking on the challenges and problems of getting cargo ships and the whole industry to net zero. It’s apparently estimated that the conversion to a net zero system will cost between 1.0 - 1.4 trillion US dollars.

The story sounds similar in most other industries. As we try and get our carbon emissions down, the cost to transition to renewable sources of energy feels almost insurmountable. But the experts tell us that this is what must be done to stop runaway climate change, as if it’s not already here.

It is remarkable that these incredibly important environmental conversations are so single focused, as if shifting to net zero is somehow going to solve all our problems. I mean, it’s start, but even I can see the long terms problems that are already starting to present themselves in greenifying a capitalist industrial economy.

And I’m no environmental expert.

We live on a planet with finite resources but every attempt to save our consumption-based economic systems seems to drive another nail into the coffin. Not only are we not considering the potential long term problems of de-carbonizing our industrial complexes to allow them to continue operating business as usual, but the solutions that are being developed aren’t even looking beyond energy consumption. What about resource depletion? What about garbage? What about plastic? What about wealth inequality? What about workers’ rights and cost of living and endless pollution? The shipping industry touches all of these issues but there was no mention of them. I have to imagine that some expert at some table somewhere is considering all of these issues when working on this “de-carboning the cargo ships” idea but I’m not hearing anything about it.

The elephant in the room, of course, is that we can’t keep consuming at our current rate for a myriad of reasons: we’ll run out of resources, the economy demands cheap goods and labour to continue output which causes dangerous and unfair working environments, the devastation to natural ecosystems is often irreparable, we’re experiencing a mass extinction because of habitat loss. I could go on.

It feels like part of the reason no one wants to talk about our culture of over consumption because, of course, it’s not equal across the board. Those with the ability to consume, aka. people with money, consume in vast quantities compared to people without money. So when we point fingers at each other, the blame cannot be places equally and that makes it hard. But hard or not, it doesn’t mean we should avoid the conversation.

I also feel that these large industry-wide planning initiatives are the best time to talk about strategies to shift to an economic system that doesn’t rely on consumption. All the big brains in one place talking about huge systemic change: it seems like the perfect time to address this enormous culture-shifting problem. Even coming out of summits like COP which are strategically focused on climate change, all the focus is on greenhouse gas emissions when there’s a huge opportunity to talk with industry and government leaders about this vast intersectional issue that covers a huge landscape of social, political, and economic challenges.

But it’s like crickets. More empty policies with little tangible action and all of it targeted specifically at reducing carbon emissions, even if that reduction never happens.

Why are we so scared to talk about shifting away from a consumptive-based economic system? Is it really all capitalist lobbyists buying out the decision makers? Like I said, I’m just a random person with no background in economics, politics, or ecology, and the problem seems really clear to me: as long as we continue to operate under a economic system that requires ongoing consumption while we live on a planet with finite resources, we are just going to create new problems in trying to solve the old ones. In other words, de-carbonizing is going to come at the expense of somethings else, likely resource depletion.

When we fail to have these conversations at the forty thousand foot view we place the responsibility squarely on the individual. People like you and I can clearly see that lowering our own personal consumption is an important step on the path forward, but then the issue becomes “individualized” rather than the systemic. We get this weird egoism that plays into the dilemma: “I’m doing my part by only buying fair trade! What are you doing to save the world??” (while of course continuing to support dozens of other unethical industries because there’s no other options). And, as mentioned, all consumerism is not created equal. Asking people struggling to make ends meet to spend all their money on ethically produced clothing is ridiculous when billionaires buy yachts.

I don’t want to appear reductionist: I know these problems are huge and complex and it’s likely that resource depletion and over consumption are being talked about behind more than one door. I know that there is no simple solution, but I’d really appreciate hearing more in the news and media about what it might look like to transition to an economy that isn’t just post-carbon, but post-over-consumption. I believe this conversation is integral, requires collective visioning, and must be part of the conversations around mitigating the effects of climate change as well as our current economic collapse.

#overconsumption #consumerism #consumption #ecocide #anticapitalism #climatechange #climatecollapse #consuming #resourcedepletion #greenhousegasemissions #swimmingupstream #anticapitalist

Originally posted at https://swimupstream.substack.com/p/over-consumption-is-the-biggest-elephant

#8billion people live on this planet now. The multiple ecological crises we are facing, however, is not caused by the quantity of that number, but by one specific quality: #overconsumption in some parts of those 8 billion, predominantly in the #GlobalNorth (to which China and most Gulf countries now also belong). And this over-consumption is caused by an unchecked capitalist economic system that knows no boundaries. So don't discriminate people today, criticize #capitalism instead.

@jeroenpraat
While reducing #meatConsumption to pre-1950's levels is good to strive towards, we have found that reducing #populationGrowth, or reversing it, will help us to reduce emissions.

Often these discussions devolve into wanting to deny meat to the newly-developed and developing world, due to our #overconsumption.

We are also weary of #OurWorldInData. We distinctly remember something less honest about them from years ago.

@OchotonidKnight