Shop 'Til You Drop DVD (Home-Use License)
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Are we too materialistic? Are we willfully trashing the planet in our pursuit of things? And what's the source of all this frenetic consumer energy and desire anyway? In a fast-paced tour of the ecological and psychological terrain of American consumer culture, Shop 'Til You Drop challenges us to confront these questions head-on. Taking aim at the high-stress, high-octane pace of fast-lane materialism, the film moves beneath the seductive surfaces of the commercial world to show how the flip side of accumulation is depletion -- the slow, steady erosion of both natural resources and basic human values. In the end, Shop 'Til You Drop helps us make sense of the economic turbulence of the moment, providing an unflinching, riveting look at the relationship between the limits of consumerism and our never-ending pursuit of happiness. Peter Whybrow, author of American Mania: When More is Not EnoughJuliet B. Schor, author of The Overspent AmericanCecile Andrews, author Slow Is Beautiful Duane Elgin, author of Voluntary Simplicity Chris Jordan, photographic artistJames B. Twitchell, Professor of English & Advertising at University of FloridaJulian Darley, co-founder of the Post Carbon InstituteEli Jaxon-Bear, author of Sudden AwakeningRod Gorney, Ashley Montagu InstituteJohn de Graaf, co-author of Take Back Your TimeCarol Holst, founder of PostconsumersDavid Room, founder of Energy Preparedness
Are we too materialistic? Are we willfully trashing the planet in our pursuit of things? And what's the source of all this frenetic consumer energy and desire anyway? In a fast-paced tour of the ecological and psychological terrain of American consumer culture, Shop 'Til You Drop challenges us to confront these questions head-on. Taking aim at the high-stress, high-octane pace of fast-lane materialism, the film moves beneath the seductive surfaces of the commercial world to show how the flip side of accumulation is depletion -- the slow, steady erosion of both natural resources and basic human values. In the end, Shop 'Til You Drop helps us make sense of the economic turbulence of the moment, providing an unflinching, riveting look at the relationship between the limits of consumerism and our never-ending pursuit of happiness. Peter Whybrow, author of American Mania: When More is Not EnoughJuliet B. Schor, author of The Overspent AmericanCecile Andrews, author Slow Is Beautiful Duane Elgin, author of Voluntary Simplicity Chris Jordan, photographic artistJames B. Twitchell, Professor of English & Advertising at University of FloridaJulian Darley, co-founder of the Post Carbon InstituteEli Jaxon-Bear, author of Sudden AwakeningRod Gorney, Ashley Montagu InstituteJohn de Graaf, co-author of Take Back Your TimeCarol Holst, founder of PostconsumersDavid Room, founder of Energy Preparedness
