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Recovery from disaster is a long process, as this Museum of Anthropology exhibition demonstrates. Open until Sept. 19.
The idea was to posit a radical reassessment of our relationship, to buy fewer things, repair them more often and lighten the overall footprint of consumption. But it turns out plenty of folk were already well on their way, caring for items, both practical and whimsical, with gentleness, affection and care.
A bounty of submissions arrived coats, frying pans, earrings, key chains each with a story attached. Whether it’s a very old teddy bear or an upright piano, the stuff that we treasure often says more about us than we realize.
Green technology is fine, but to really save the planet we need to shop less
J.B. MacKinnon’s new book makes the case for the world’s citizens to buy a ‘little less stuff’ or else
May 25, 2021 Lockdowns have curbed shopping, making the case for an effective fix for our climate crisis (Mark Felix/AFP/Getty Images)
If the purpose of a thought experiment is to cast new light on familiar phenomena, the better to inspire a cascade of new thoughts on scarcely registered realities, J.B. MacKinnon certainly delivers in
The Day the World Stops Shopping. On his way to exploring what could happen in the wake of a sudden 25 per cent drop in human consumption, MacKinnon offers eye-opening explanations of everything from why energy-saving products have not decreased climate-threatening carbon emissions to what causes those mysterious holes in your T-shirt.