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~!Affluenza%20:%20the%20all%20consuming%20epidemic%20/&amp;term=Affluenza%20:%20the%20all%20consuming%20epidemic%20/%20John%20de%20Graaf,%20David%20Wann,%20Thomas%20H.%20Naylor%20in%20association%20with%20Redefining%20Progress%20;%20illustrations%20by%20David%20Horsey%20;%20foreword%20by%20Scott%20Simon.&amp;aspect=subtab14&amp;menu=search&amp;source=~!nash_public" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://nashuapl.ipac.dynixasp.com/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12192468568I0.6673&amp;profile=npl&amp;uri=search=TL~!Affluenza%20:%20the%20all%20consuming%20epidemic%20/&amp;term=Affluenza%20:%20the%20all%20consuming%20epidemic%20/%20John%20de%20Graaf,%20David%20Wann,%20Thomas%20H.%20Naylor%20in%20association%20with%20Redefining%20Progress%20;%20illustrations%20by%20David%20Horsey%20;%20foreword%20by%20Scott%20Simon.&amp;aspect=subtab14&amp;menu=search&amp;source=~!nash_public">http://nashuapl.ipac.dynixa...</a></p><p><br></p><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>KWed, 20 Aug 2008 07:17:26 -0000