http://offtrack.disqus.com/enWed, 20 Aug 2008 07:17:26 -0000http://blogs.nashuatelegraph.com/offtrack/2008/08/19/environmentalism-capitalism-and-stuff/#comment-1923645<p>Andrew, you might also be interested in reading "Affluenza: the all consuming epidemic" by John de Graaf, David Wann, Thomas H. Naylor. Here's a link to it at the NPL: <a href="http://nashuapl.ipac.dynixasp.com/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12192468568I0.6673&amp;profile=npl&amp;uri=search=TL%7E%21Affluenza%2520:%2520the%2520all%2520consuming%2520epidemic%2520/&amp;term=Affluenza%2520:%2520the%2520all%2520consuming%2520epidemic%2520/%2520John%2520de%2520Graaf%2C%2520David%2520Wann%2C%2520Thomas%2520H.%2520Naylor%2520in%2520association%2520with%2520Redefining%2520Progress%2520;%2520illustrations%2520by%2520David%2520Horsey%2520;%2520foreword%2520by%2520Scott%2520Simon.&amp;aspect=subtab14&amp;menu=search&amp;source=%7E%21nash_public%3C/p" rel="nofollow">http://nashuapl.ipac.dynixasp.com/ipac20/ipac.j...</a>&gt;<br><p>I read this recently and it made me cringe. It, too, has information about how to live differently and try to change things. But it contains a lot of very discouraging data on how much we Americans produce in sheer waste. Very distressing.</p></p>KWed, 20 Aug 2008 07:17:26 -0000