Comments on: Buy Nothing Day: The High Cost of a Bargain http://www.triplepundit.com/2009/11/buy-nothing-day-the-high-cost-of-a-bargain/ Business, Better. Since 2005 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Is it Possible to Measure Sustainability Within the Retail Industry?http://www.triplepundit.com/2009/11/buy-nothing-day-the-high-cost-of-a-bargain/comment-page-1/#comment-94131 Is it Possible to Measure Sustainability Within the Retail Industry? Sat, 26 Nov 2011 02:04:29 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/?p=19825#comment-94131 [...] GE, and Walt Disney, which have some role in our consumer-driven economy.  The results?  A flood of cheap goods, the increased consumption of energy and resources, and, some would argue, lower wages. [...] [...] GE, and Walt Disney, which have some role in our consumer-driven economy.  The results?  A flood of cheap goods, the increased consumption of energy and resources, and, some would argue, lower wages. [...]

]]> By: Rockleshttp://www.triplepundit.com/2009/11/buy-nothing-day-the-high-cost-of-a-bargain/comment-page-1/#comment-21571 Rockles Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:48:46 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/?p=19825#comment-21571 I like the idea outlined earlier this week - Buy Something Responsible Day. "buy nothing day" is a gimmick. I know it means well, but the way our economy is set up it makes a lot more sense to buy something meaningful and stimulating of green business than to try and boycott the system - that aint gonna work! I like the idea outlined earlier this week – Buy Something Responsible Day. “buy nothing day” is a gimmick. I know it means well, but the way our economy is set up it makes a lot more sense to buy something meaningful and stimulating of green business than to try and boycott the system – that aint gonna work!

]]> By: midwestern US bike commuterhttp://www.triplepundit.com/2009/11/buy-nothing-day-the-high-cost-of-a-bargain/comment-page-1/#comment-21561 midwestern US bike commuter Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:21:16 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/?p=19825#comment-21561 I fail to see why the behavior being outlined here constitutes "spending the way to prosperity".Is being net in debt a prosperous condition? Is depleting natural resources and energy in an unsustainable way good either? Better values, terms and metrics need to be applied to define sustainability and progress toward livable conditions for human society, economy and environment.By such metrics I would think humanity is collectively backsliding.It would be nice to see such work explored more directly in this article, or in the book it is derived from. I fail to see why the behavior being outlined here constitutes “spending the way to prosperity”.

Is being net in debt a prosperous condition? Is depleting natural resources and energy in an unsustainable way good either? Better values, terms and metrics need to be applied to define sustainability and progress toward livable conditions for human society, economy and environment.

By such metrics I would think humanity is collectively backsliding.

It would be nice to see such work explored more directly in this article, or in the book it is derived from.

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