Sunday, July 13, 2014




Money in the trash

Consumerism in news:The protection or promotion of the interests of consumers.
“There’s enough on this planet for everyone’s needs but not for everyone’s greed.” — Mahatmai  Ghandi
"Rising consumption has helped meet basic needs and create jobs," Christopher Flavin, president of Worldwatch Institute said in a statement to the press. but as we grow into another century poor people are not fulfilling the basics. poverty is affecting people that need to sell stuff and there persuading is failing. Most of the environmental issues we see today can be linked to consumption," said Gary Gardner, director of research for Worldwatch. a few days back it was said that around 37 percent of species could become extinct because of climate exchange and this relates to consumption. Advertising is the art of arresting the human intelligence just long enough to get money from it. said by chuck  a partner in the advertising firm Chuck Blore & Don Ruchman 
Ever since mass media became mass media, companies have been making advertisements and using the t.v to persuade people to buy their products. topper wear is one of the biggest things that is been out there in advertisements and all that. for us that is an unnecessary thing we do not need topper wear! is something that is just consuming us. After the world war 2 ended people changed they did not just want to be the same or buy the same so people started making unnecessary thing to sale and that is how consumerism started.




http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/01/0111_040112_consumerism.html

http://www.examiner.com/article/what-is-consumerism-and-why-is-it-so-important-to-all-of-us

http://www.newdream.org/programs/beyond-consumerism







 

Thursday, July 3, 2014

Pigs Kicked, Punched, and Spiked Like Footballs at Tyson Factory Farm

                       




The company Tyson was on the look for getting caught in camera abusing their pork.The owner of the farm told NBC that the employees seen in the video have been fired, but the owner is also suspicious so he is in the look as well.Walmart’s meat suppliers have been under the look because that meat could be coming to them, and this is the fourth undercover investigation regarding the chain’s pork suppliers by the group. Another group of under cover cameras released another video of pigs been abused. This is a war for stores that sale pork from this company and even us because that food could be contaminated and we are the ones eating it! We are eating Animals that could be contaminated because of the treatment of them. Every year, about 48 million people could be sick for contaminated meat and roughly about one out of six Americans get sick. This could be your love one, kids or parents.