woo hoo the holidays

just a link to my "saint nick" post from last year (with the obligatory reference to "six to eight black men" by david sedaris, info on the "zwarte piet" tradition and using blackface, and last but not least buy-nothing-christmas)

and from worldwatch institute

"We're richer, and richer, and richer, and yet, no happier."

In many parts of the world, population growth has stabilized or fallen, but in no part of the world has consumption fallen, notes Gary Gardner, Worldwatch Senior Researcher and State of the World 2008 Project Co-Director, in this new video clip on responsible consumption.

More than 80 percent of the materials we use today are used once and then thrown away. But as consumers, our impacts are more than just environmental. As Gardner asks: What is the quality-of-life price we pay for our consumption choices?