Tag: Consumerism
Turn shopping stress into purposeful gift giving by cultivating ‘consumer wisdom’...
Michael Luchs, William & Mary
Every fall I anticipate the winter holidays with almost childlike joy. I look forward...
My art uses plastic recovered from beaches around the world to...
Pam Longobardi, Georgia State University
I am obsessed with plastic objects. I harvest them from the ocean for the...
How Cup Noodles became one of the biggest transpacific business success...
Alisa Freedman, University of Oregon
See a container of Cup Noodles at a convenience store and you might think...
How advertising through the ages has shaped Christmas
Carl W. Jones, University of Westminster
December 25, as we all know, is Jesus Christ’s birthday, a Christian celebration in which the myth of three...
How advertising through the ages has shaped Christmas
Carl W. Jones, University of Westminster
December 25, as we all know, is Jesus Christ’s birthday, a Christian celebration in which the myth of three...
Why bad customer service won’t improve anytime soon
Anthony Dukes, University of Southern California and Yi Zhu, University of Minnesota
Some of the most hated companies in the U.S. are also the most...
Lady backpacks and manly beer — the folly of gendered products
Samantha Brennan, University of Guelph
As women started counting steps and walking to work wearing running shoes and fitness trackers, there was one work-related item...
Removing mini-shampoos from hotel rooms won’t save the environment
Yossi Sheffi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
InterContinental Hotels Group will replace mini-shampoos and conditioners with possibly more efficient bulk products by the year 2021.
But environmental...
EXPLORING NATURE
Sea level doesn’t rise at the same rate everywhere – we...
Shaina Sadai, Five College Consortium and Ambarish Karmalkar, University of Rhode Island
When polar ice sheets melt, the effects...
