Will Shoppers Ever Care About the Destruction of the Planet? Tactics to convince people to buy less aren’t working. A quirky new documentary by Patagonia takes a different approach.
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PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 1 year ago
(No offense to OP but) fuck off with that article. There needs to be soft and hard pressures on people to change. Dangling an apple in their face and saying “but if you eat it, the whole world ends,” is sadistic.
kakes@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Not to mention these “tactics to convince people to buy less” are completely overwhelmed by the entire foundation of our society pushing people to consume more.
toasteecup@lemmy.world 1 year ago
This hits on an overall problem I have with a number of communities on Lemmy, so many of them try to attack the person instead of the culture.
One that is sticking in mind are the anti meat eaters. I fully understand and acknowledge that the rate at which we grow cows isn’t a great thing for our environment that someone trying to guilt trip me with that does nothing to my appetite when I want a burger.
A better idea is to attack the culture by helping to make more tasty no meat alternatives available and promoting the shit out of them. More choices will inevitably help to reduce the percentage (and thus the revenue) of the non preferred options selected.