consumerism

WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES AND DRAWBACKS OF THE EVOLUTION OF CONSUMPTION HABITS?

Mega Monday



Have you started your Christmas shopping yet? The chances are that if you are doing it online you will be doing it today.

This is "Mega Monday", forecast to be the biggest online shopping day of the year with more than 3,000 orders expected every minute.

Graham Satchell reports.
The insane crowd for the black friday midnight opening of Urban Outfitters in the Thousand Oaks Mall in California. From November 25, 2011.

They trampled the theft detectors like a stampede.

Black Friday

 Black Friday Crowd Rushing into Urban Outfitters
Shoppers flood into the Super Target at 4 am, in Midvale, Utah. Eager shoppers braved freezing temperatures for 9 hours, to be the first in the store to purchase the great bargains, November 26, 2010.

Shopping addiction   

A QUIZ
Some people love to shop so much that it becomes compulsive. Maggie Rodriguez talks with Ali Owen about her addiction and road to recovery.

Compulsive shopping carries troubling consequences

5 tips to avoid overspending    (article)

Exercices de vocabulaire interactifs

COUNTER MOVEMENTS

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Buy Nothing Day

FAIR TRADE

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Fair Trade Certification empowers farmers and farm workers to lift themselves out of poverty by investing in their farms and communities, protecting the environment, and developing the business skills necessary to compete in the global marketplace.

freeganism

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Some New York City dwellers, who aren't homeless, show how they sift through garbage for food to avoid consumerism. 
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