Revisited: Too much stuff: can we solve our addiction to consumerism?

The Audio Long Read

The Guardian

Society & Culture

4.3 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Alarmed by the rising tide of waste we are all creating, my family and I decided to try to make do with much less. But while individual behaviour is important, real change will require action on a far bigger scale. By Chip Colwell Because of industrial action taking place by members of the National Union of Journalists at the Guardian and Observer this week, we are re-running an episode from earlier in the year. For more information please head to theguardian.com. We’ll be back with new episodes soon.. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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0:38.8	The audio long read is supported by national book tokens, the only gift cards that can be
0:45.3	bought and spent in bookshops across the UK.
0:49.6	A book is a wonderful, classic gift.
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0:56.8	give them the joy of choosing it too. Book lovers relish the joy of choosing a book, and many
1:02.1	also prefer to support a favourite bookshop. National book tokens can be bought and spent in bookshops
1:08.8	across the UK from major chains to hundreds of local independent and spent in bookshops across the UK from major chains to hundreds of local
1:13.2	independents. And spent in bookshops online, they're super flexible too, available in lots of
1:19.5	different designs, they can be personalised with your own images and text, or can be sent as
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