You can take a quick scan and see that there’s a significant portion of our site devoted to educating you about environmental issues. And you may have noticed that all of our content this month, which is Earth Day month after all, is focused on environmentalism. It may at first…

Earlier this month, we talked about how there was a delta gap between the amount of material that most cities are trying to recycle and what’s actually getting recycled. To be honest, the article (along with an earlier one this month on how Americans seem to not care about environmental…

Here at Postconsumers, we’ve talked about the eco-benefits of camping quite a bit in our Eco-Travel section of the site. And we certainly stand by our statements that camping is a great way to travel, relax and get some vacation enjoyment while also being (presumably) kind to the planet. However…

There are many ways in which the institution of consumerism has changed the way we view “stuff” and our relationship with it (though we even cringe a bit at the use of the word relationship in this context). There aren’t very many instances where this change is for the good…

We’re about to discuss a hot-button topic that has been known to lead to what can be politely called “heated debate” in the past. Do we have your attention and are you excited? We approach this topic with both excitement about further educating on postconsumerism and also some trepidation because…

We’re sure that you’ve heard the phrase “You are what you eat,” but what about the phrase “You are where you shop?” In our current society of addictive consumerism, they may both be equally true — and that’s before we even begin a discussion of the consumerism of food! In…

It wasn’t that long ago that we here at Postconsumers by and large didn’t even know what an emerging market was. Then we read an interesting story (we’ve summarized it below as an example) and were suddenly fascinated by them. Part of us wanted to quit all of our current…

We get it. For many high school students, being green isn’t the top priority. Particularly in today’s day and age, there’s so much stress for your average high schooler that the state of the planet isn’t on the top of the list. Grades, college, social commitments, extracurricular activities, bullying and…

Is there anything more natural and joyous than bringing a baby into the world? Well, perhaps not for the first three months of that process. Or for the last three! But after the physical discomfort is accounted for, it can be generally agreed upon (even by people who choose not…