This is increasingly obvious as levels of consumption escalate and population grows. Large cash crop plantations are used to supply us with luxury goods whilst denying millions in the South any land to grow their food on. Unspoilt fertile land is turned into wasteland in a few years. Ever-rising levels of pollution are now exceeding those which the planet can sustain. Energy is in short supply, with the West using 50 times as much per person as the Third World.
Consumerism does little to increase our happiness.
TVs and cars are destroying communities. The excess amounts of food we eat is actually detrimental to our health. On International NO SHOP Day, why not take to the streets and use the day to encourage others to think about the damaging effects of consumerism.