The world’s rainforests are still being slashed and burned at a dizzying rate to make consumer products. But now there are signs of real political will, especially in Asia, to rein in the destruction.
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To be good global citizens, we must stop churning through energy-hungry devices. Earth cannot cope with the burdens, including mountains of e-waste, that electronic consumerism creates.
What does your vision of a sustainable future look like? Some people imagine a world where technology solves the world’s most pressing environmental problems.
Through the years, the iconic lawn dweller has migrated across a range of tastes.
Inside the theme park where kids have to play at real jobs to earn a living.
Our expert reveals that modern coffee culture has its roots in 18th-century literature.
How can we live within the means of our planet? Almost all environmental literature grossly underestimates what is needed for our civilisation to become sustainable.
In the first of our series, On Happiness, the question is whether unsustainable consumption and debt can ever bring us happiness. The global financial question was a chance to take stock, yet did we learn anything?
Wednesday Martin’s book Primates of Park Avenue has stirred debate over the so-called “wife bonus”, but feminism needs to be about more than the ability to buy things.
From his line of Target homeware to his one-of-a-kind buildings, Michael Graves was inspired by the basic needs of everyday people.
By featuring girls who buck the conventions of their world – and ours – films like Insurgent inspire fans to enact real change.
Fingers crossed, we are soon to be inundated with Christmas joy disguised as presents from our family and friends. I received my first card more than a week ago and a present – now sitting under the tree…
The “spirit of Christmas” is all about universal goodwill, caring about others and the importance of family and friends, right? Or is it about shopping? The festive buying frenzy is the clearest indication…
The evisceration scene. Connoisseurs of zombie cinema will know that this is near mandatory but, at this point, I’m going to assume that you have no idea what I am talking about. It goes like this. Imagine…
In today’s China, the philosopher Confucius is back. To mark his 2,565th birthday this September, the nation’s President, Xi Jinping, paid homage to the sage at an international conference convened for…
Just as with all the earlier versions of the iPhone, rumours abound about what Apple will announce this week in relation to iPhone 6 – new screens, different sizes, powerful chips, faster processing and…
Ever since there were shops, people have enjoyed window shopping. But a new phenomenon is emerging that takes the habit to the extreme. If you save things to your Amazon wishlist without ever actually…
It’s clear that the financial influence of China is now global: it has invested $75 billion in Africa over the last 10 years in large infrastructure projects while China’s state news agency, Xinhua, has…
In the verbal volley between Gillard and Abbott, Swan and Hockey, there is a conversation that we are not hearing. It bubbles below the consciousness of mainstream Australia, a conversation that is old…
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Academic Director, School for International Training, The University of Melbourne
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Reader in Consumer Psychology, Anglia Ruskin University
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Professor of Consumer Research, University of Bath
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Professor of Work and Organisation, University of Essex
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Associate Professor of History and Environmental Studies, Bowdoin College
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Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Deakin University
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Associate Professor, Centre for Creative and Cultural Research, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra
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Professor of Media and Communications, Monash University
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Professor of Media Studies, Queens College, City University of New York
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Senior Lecturer in Practice, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Lecturer in Communication Studies, University of Otago
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Adjunct Fellow, T.C. Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland
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Research Fellow, University of Exeter, University of Exeter
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Professor of Marketing and Consumer Research, University of Birmingham
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Academic, First Year College, Victoria University
