A casual stroll down most grocery store aisles will reveal a glut of options that can be a bit overwhelming. And if you have ever thought that it was excessive, you aren’t alone, there is a growing consciousness around rampant consumerism and what it’s ultimately doing to the planet.
The “AntiConsumption” internet group showcases the effects of producing, moving, and buying too much stuff through memes and insightful posts. Hopefully, these images might be some good food for thought, so be sure to upvote the posts that caught your eye and comment your thoughts below. We also got in touch with Gediminas Kondrackis, Climate Activist & Baltic Sustainability Awards Changemaker.
#1 Insecurity Is The Lifeblood Of Our Economy
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#2 👏👏
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#3 Yes! You Should Wear Stuff For Years
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#4 Spooky Reusables
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#5 This Small Act Of Kindness Can Make Such A Huge Difference! Love To See It
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#6 Things Used To Last For More Time
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#7 Where Can I Buy A Card With This On It?
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#8 Climate Dad Knows Better
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#9 Eco Friendly
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#10 Let’s Be Real
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#11 Never Forget, The Electric Car Is Here To Save The Car Industry, Not The Planet
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#12 Apologies For The Quality, Got A Kick Out Of This!
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#13 Felt Like This Belonged Here
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#14 Please Continue
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#15 On Black Friday 2008, 34 Yr Old Walmart Employee, Jdimytai Damour, Was Asked By His Employer To Use His 6’5 Body As A Barrier For A Crowd Of Over 2,000 People. He Died That Day After Being Trampled By The Crowd. The Shoppers Did Not Concerned About His Death, And Even Complained Of Waiting Too Long
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#16 Gucci-Poochie Can’t Go Potty
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#17 Told Everyone Not To Get Me Anything Except A Trip To Go Hike And Be With Nature. For Once, Everyone Respected Not Getting Me Anything And I Got To Hike. I Even Got In For Free. :)
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#18 Capitalism Drives Innovation! The Innovations:
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#19 Pretty Much Sums It Up
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#20 This Library Has Cake Pans You Can Check Out
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#21 It Never Worked In The First Place. Ever Since The Pandemic Started, We Are All Collectively Realizing This
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#22 Saw This On R/Tumblr, Knew It Fit Here
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#23 This Entire Bin Full Of Brand New, Intentionally Destroyed Shoes, Destined For Landfill. All To Prevent Reselling And To Maintain An Artificially High Price
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#24 This Is Ridiculous And Makes Me Feel Icky When I Look At It
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#25 No Amount Of Wealth Could Ever Stop This
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#26 One Apple Slice In This Plastic Baggie, Advertising A Movie About The Ocean…
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#27 One Family Decided To Count How Many Yeti Products They Bought Over The Years. Top Comment Was Yeti Offering Even More Products To Their Collection
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#28 I Hate That This Is Becoming A Trend, So Wasteful
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#29 Marketing Meme Of The Week
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#30 We Can Do Our Best But At The End Of The Day The Force Of Capitalism Is What’s Destroying The Planet
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#31 I Feel This So Hard
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#32 This Aluminum Can Comes Wrapped In Plastic
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#33 Irony. Not For The Average Consumer. [original]
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#34 Libraries Are The Bastions Of Anti-Consumption
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#35 Am I The Only One Infuriated By Cooler Screens?? These Video Screens At Gas Stations Are Worse Than Just A Glass Door In Every Way
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#36 💯
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#37 Kind Of A Small Change, But Those Tiny Plastic Chairs Only Have One Use
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#38 It’s Not A Lot, But It’s Definitely More Than Nothing
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#39 Bunch Of Escooters Becoming Ewaste
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#40 “The Void You Fill With Consumerism Is Your Own Disempowerment.” Pasteup In Austin
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#41 In NYC They Just Cut The Lights Off Of Trees After The Holidays And (I Assume) Throw Them Away
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#42 Ad Free Subways Make The Inside Look Larger And Lighter
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#43 Green Chef Sent Me Two Separately Packaged Green Onions For The Same Recipe
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#44 This Gross Commercialization Of Bob Ross Into Mints And Energy Drinks
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#45 $2000 Garbage Bag, Unreal
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#46 Spotted In The Wild At A Hipster Coffee Shop. They Said They Sell At Least One A Week…
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#47 A Shopping Mall, Where The Lights Are Always On, The Music Always Playing (Even In The Parking Garage!), Even If The Shops Are Closed
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#48 I’ve Saved So Much Money By Not Buying Things I Don’t Need
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#49 Embodiment Of This Sub
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#50 The Flossing Stick Perfectly Summarizes Wasteful Western Ideology Under Capitalism
Take a perfectly fine solution (floss) and generate a new solution to improve efficiency while creating mountains of plastic garbage in the process
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