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Lifestyle Ethics #4: Life at the Shopping Mall

I’d like to know your thoughts about our consumerist culture.
We’ve just heard Simon Carey Holt give his take on how we can live ethically, in a world that’s so focussed on making a dollar, and buying the next flashy toy.
Now let’s hear your thoughts.

• Do you find yourself caught up in an endless cycle of consuming, keeping up with fashion, and meeting mortgage repayments?
 
• When you go shopping, do you find it hard to stick to a budget, and find yourself buying something that you hadn’t planned to, maybe a new outfit, or a new gadget, just because it looks so good?

• OR Have you found some really good ways to avoid getting sucked in by marketing, and only purchase what you really need.

• What do you think we could do to live more lightly on the earth…

• Maybe you live in one of those sustainable, community-style set ups, where neighbours share gardens and whitegoods, in order to consume less and protect the environment?  I’d love to hear from you too…

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