A nifty quote

[mousme]

"A big transformation for me was from consumer to citizen. Once you take out the consumer role in your life, you start to have a lot more time and passion and money to contribute as a citizen."
~Judith Levine

Yes. That.

Taken from this article. It's a tempting idea. I don't know if I could go for a year without buying books, though. I might be able to go an entire year without going to the movies. Lord knows, I think I can count on the fingers of one hand the movies I went out to see.

It makes me wonder if I could do it...

Comments

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I haven't been especially good about being an informed consumer until recently, but I am making an effort now.

curtana has hit the nail on the head about being a responsible consumer as opposed to a non-consumer (which isn't all that realistic, IMHO).