Sentences with phrase «in rampant consumerism»

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In turn, the promoters hope that we may reflect on how «rampant consumerism» has impacted the environment and fuelled excessive levels of debt.

The book questions David Cameron's slogan «We're all in this together», saying that «rampant consumerism and individualism» and a culture of «every man for themselves» has «dominated» Britain since Margaret Thatcher became Conservative Prime Minister in 1979.

Wallis in contrast, argues that «we have no right to be shocked» when underclass youth behave like violent, selfish materialists, because of the «moral pollution of rampant consumerism» the culture pumps into them.

Perhaps that's why rather than reaching zombification through magic or rampant consumerism, the undead in this film series have been infected by a man - made virus called «rage.»

In a brash and wildly inventive novel, [Andrews] effectively uses a gonzo alternate reality to frame urgent issues that include income inequality, rampant consumerism, and class disparity.

Humans are given mind - altering drugs, free sex and rampant consumerism are the order of the day, and people no longer reproduce but are genetically engineered in «hatcheries.»

In a time of stress, uncertainty, rampant consumerism, and divisive politics, one could easily succumb to the modern dog - eat - dog mentality.

In Europe, real incomes continued to rise over the last 30 years, and people were slower to adopt a more rampant consumerism, so there's still plenty of runway left.

Here we go again in the annual double whammy of rampant oligarchical consumerism, blue - chip wonders and dumb artefacts, specially commissioned films, a rolling season of talks, and a cast of wandering celebs, walking wallets and exhausted gallerists.

In documenting these bloated retail havens (eleven such images made up this recent exhibition at Robert Koch Gallery), Chicago - based photographer Brian Ulrich sets himself the not uncomplicated task of addressing the perils of rampant consumerism without lapsing into simplistic, knee - jerk condemnation.

In an age of rampant consumerism and the glorification of celebrity, the exhibition couldn't be more timely.»

Sourcing prevalent facets of modern Japanese culture like anime, Manga, and yokai horror films, Kenichi Yokono's meticulous carvings contrast rampant notions of globalization and consumerism with the overwhelming «cuteness» (or kawaii) found in his country's commercial vernacular.

In contrast, we offer up voluntary simplicity as an alternative value and practice, rooted in lessening unnecessary consumption and materialism, based on the understanding that rampant consumerism contributes to the degradation of our planeIn contrast, we offer up voluntary simplicity as an alternative value and practice, rooted in lessening unnecessary consumption and materialism, based on the understanding that rampant consumerism contributes to the degradation of our planein lessening unnecessary consumption and materialism, based on the understanding that rampant consumerism contributes to the degradation of our planet.

I appreciate that this is a cornerstone NWEI offering, especially as it points to some of the deeps roots of the environmental challenges we face: rampant consumerism and being in a culture stretched to the limits in so many ways.

While reporting on the conditions created by the mass consumerism of electronics in places like this is important, so too is keeping a close watch on the regulations of e-waste disposal and ending rampant consumerism.

• We reject the idea that parenting requires hard work • We pledge to leave our children alone • That should mean that they leave us alone, too • We reject the rampant consumerism that invades children from the moment they're born • We read them poetry and fantastic stories without morals • We drink alcohol without guilt • We reject the inner Puritan • We fill the house with music and laughter • We don't waste money on family days out and holidays • We lie in bed for as long as possible • We try not to interfere • We push them into the garden and shut the door so that we can clean the house • We both work as little as possible, particularly when the kids are small • Time is more important than money • Happy mess is better than miserable tidiness • Down with school • We fill the house with music and merriment

Someone, somewhere in the world, has to deal with the fall - out of our rampant consumerism, our affluenza, our addiction to fast fashion, and it's hardly fair to dump that on developing nations.