(Readers’ Pick) When environmental advocates go on about sustainable living, the concept can seem murky at best. The Unconsumption project seeks to provide inspiration for everyday people to creatively reuse items and reduce waste. The Tumblr account provides creative ideas like using wine bottles as candle holders and turning board games into jewelry boxes.
Somehow it’s extra cool that we’re a “readers’ pick,” no?
The entry is here.
Alex Bogusky stops to smell the flowers. →
Via unconsumption:
Bogusky, one of the best known advertising guys around, just announced he’s leaving the business. On what I take to be a related note (not that it’s positioned that way), he happens to have a short essay on his blog about the unbuyable pleasure of stopping to smell “my first flower.” It’s short and nicely done, and very much in the spirit of what I think is the broad idea of unconsumption.
Mindful awareness. ♥