It’a Black Friday and instead of being out shopping, I’m attending a workshop on consumerism hosted by UBC students: Harrison, Celeste and Sara.
The most surprising thing I learnt from was how companies use “greenwashing” for their own self gain. This is pretty corrupt because they’re pretending to be sustainable in order to achieve more sales, but the customers think they’re helping the environment.
An intervention I can take to stop consumerism is to research the carbon footprint and environmental actions of the companies I purchase from.
Hi Elle, we just listened to Harrison, Celest, and Sara present about their final workshop yesterday in ENVR 430! Their presentation was super well done and I would only imagine that the workshop was a blast!
Welcome, Elle! I hope you enjoyed the workshop!