Comments on: let’s talk about climate change http://designactivism.net/archives/185 reflections on the role of design as activism Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:08:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Roger http://designactivism.net/archives/185#comment-1345 Roger Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:00:38 +0000 http://designactivism.net/archives/185#comment-1345 Materialism is the main issue here. Consumption of resources and production of waste is continuing to accelerate. This is a crime given that we have no need to live like this. A refrigerator from the 1950s was built to last forever; now we are lucky to get 5 years out of a new fridge. The same is true of cars and all appliances. Packaging is also an area of extreme waste. Why are these important issues being largely ignored? Materialism is the main issue here. Consumption of resources and production of waste is continuing to accelerate. This is a crime given that we have no need to live like this. A refrigerator from the 1950s was built to last forever; now we are lucky to get 5 years out of a new fridge. The same is true of cars and all appliances.

Packaging is also an area of extreme waste. Why are these important issues being largely ignored?

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