What We’re Thankful for This Year
The Postconsumers team tries to practice thankfulness whenever we can. We actually think that should be a daily practice and not just something we focus on in November, but we appreciate that it’s also nice to have a set time of year to sit back and reflect on the things that you’re most thankful for. This year, with the extreme amount of turmoil and upset going on in the world, we figure [...]
A Special Shout Out to Stores That Aren’t Open on Thanksgiving
If we’re being honest (and we like to stick to a policy of honesty as much as possible), we spend a lot of time being critical of the Black Friday culture at Postconsumers. And we think that we do that with good reason, and we suspect that most of you agree. But we also try to foster a sense of positivity around here. That’s why we wanted to make sure to take [...]
10 Different Ways to Help Others This Thanksgiving
We actually talk a lot less about volunteerism and community involvement at Postconsumers than we’d like. That’s because while these things are valuable and do separate you from consumer driven society, they’re often not as directly related to our mission as some of the other topics we tackle. That’s part of why we’re excited that Thanksgiving gives us an opportunity to tackle the topic with these ten ideas for helping others this [...]
10 Ways to Get Your Teen to Let Go of Holiday Consumerism
The association of consumerism with the holiday season is, unfortunately, something that society begins to instill in individuals as early as young childhood. By the time the teen years roll around, “stuff” and “holidays” are almost synonymous. And if you think that it’s challenging to get your child to stop the cycle of consumerism for back to school season, then imagine how hard it can be for the holiday season. We’re here to [...]
The History of Black Friday
It’s no secret that we spend a great deal of our November at Postconsumers discussing the phenomenon that is Black Friday. If we’re being perfectly honest, it’s almost unbelievable to us what a behemoth this shopping tradition has become. But was it always like this? While Black Friday was clearly always designed to get bodies into stores and buying “stuff”, how did it ultimately become the over-the-top event that it is today? [...]
Top Ten Movies for Your #BetterThanBlackFriday Marathon
Each year, the idea of a movie marathon makes it onto our #BetterThanBlackFriday list. That’s because it’s a relaxing and often mood-setting way to avoid the crowds and, more importantly, not yield to the consumer machine and frenzy that is Black Friday, Cyber Monday and (these days) the weeks surrounding each. But perhaps you’re stumped for ideas for movies to watch? In this age of media, there are so many options. We [...]
The Postconsumers Thanksgiving Content Center
November is a huge month every year at Postconsumers. Why, you may ask? There are actually three reasons. The first is that there are just some great opportunities at Thanksgiving to reduce your carbon footprint by being aware of the difference between tradition and habit. The second is because we adore any opportunity to talk about things that we’re thankful for. And of course the final one is because we want to [...]
Five Marketing Tricks to Look Out for This Holiday
Oh, holiday shopping season. We know that many dedicated postconsumers simply boycott it. But postconsumerism is about finding your own comfort level on the consumer “enough” scale and doing it with the knowledge of how consumerism and the mass media operate. For many, that means holiday shopping. And we’re great with that as long as you go into it armed with information instead of programmed by the consumer machine. That’s why, today, [...]
The Postconsumers Holiday Cooking Food Center
If there’s one topic that people have an intense interest in as soon as the winter holiday seasons roll around, it’s food. Food, food and more food. Postconsumers has an obsession with food, too. And over the years we’ve created and compiled lots of information about food – and specifically holiday food – that we think will be useful to you to be able to access all in one place. Rather than [...]
Innovation Inspiration 10: Change Your Thinking
“We cannot solve a problem by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” Albert Einstein Get more quotes like this by following us on the social networks below. Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Tumblr | Pinterest | Google+ […]
