Influx

While most categories demand obsolescence, perhaps too many corporations and brands are only too willing and eager to let their customers give up on the products too fast and send them to landfill. Clearly, there's a long-term sustainability issue with this, but also there's no real alternative,...

With the economy in flux , it appears an alternative to the regular economy is being pushed to the fore. E-Bay has suddenly decided that its been green all along and it's good to sell stuff, rather than through it away, irrespective of the carbon footprint of shipping "it". Goodwill is encouraging...

The consumer society depends on making shiny new things and on people being attracted like fireflies to the shine and constantly searching and acquiring new stuff. Clearly, such a process isn't sustainable, but we are starting to see signs that re-use might be something cool for 2009. Hoards of...