http://makewealthhistory.org/2009/11/09/inoculating-us-against-reality/ Because the earth can't afford our lifestyle Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:11:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://makewealthhistory.org/2009/11/09/inoculating-us-against-reality/#comment-4980 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:04:46 +0000 http://makewealthhistory.org/?p=3443#comment-4980 Hmm, just because you’re staying in a yurt doesn’t make it an eco-holiday… and I agree, editorial policy doesn’t seem to stretch across departments. Even those newspapers that are particularly good on the environment still take advertising from all comers.

]]> http://makewealthhistory.org/2009/11/09/inoculating-us-against-reality/#comment-4967 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:32:26 +0000 http://makewealthhistory.org/?p=3443#comment-4967 I entirely support your ideas on this, Jeremy. Ads do indeed normalise our unreflective, consumerist patterns of thinking and behaving, and insulate us from realities, being designed to stimulate imagined needs in order to make us buy. But the problem goes beyond ads. Take The Guardian newspaper, staunch supporter of 10:10, and yet there is a travel section for 7th November on skiing which carries on its front page the promise of “Yurt to yurt skiing…”, doubtless making deep contact with nature, but “in Idaho”. Inevitable flight details are to be found at the end of the article itself on p.7.

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