Where Children Sleep
Check out this photo essay based on a book by James Mollison. Link via The Non-Consumer Advocate.
My reaction was immediate: shame at the screwed up priorities of most Americans with the focus on material wealth and superficial beauty, horror at the lives of so many children around the world, and a renewed resolve to live more simply, with less stuff. I got a good start over the weekend, and took a car loaded to the brim to the local orphan home's thrift store.
How are you saying no to our consumer culture?
My reaction was immediate: shame at the screwed up priorities of most Americans with the focus on material wealth and superficial beauty, horror at the lives of so many children around the world, and a renewed resolve to live more simply, with less stuff. I got a good start over the weekend, and took a car loaded to the brim to the local orphan home's thrift store.
How are you saying no to our consumer culture?
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