Awesome Postconsumer Inspired Halloween Costumes
Halloween is one of our favorite times of year at Postconsumers (as you can probably tell by all of the Halloween memes and content around here). Part of the reason is that there are tons of fun ways to celebrate it that can be completely separated out from consumerism. Don’t get us wrong, we’ve seen the huge displays of plastic pumpkins in our local drug store, too. But we also think that Halloween [...]
Innovation Inspiration 9: Do What You Fear
“The key to success is for you to make a habit throughout your life of doing the things you fear.” Vincent Van Gogh Get more quotes like this by following us on the social networks below. Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Tumblr | Pinterest | Google+ […]
Innovation Inspiration 8: Change Things Yourself
“They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” Andy Warhol Get more quotes like this by following us on the social networks below. Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Tumblr | Pinterest | Google+ […]
The Best-Of Postconsumers Halloween Tips
It’s no secret that we love Halloween at Postconsumers. Look how much time and energy we devote to it! We admit it – we’re kind of holiday people (though we think that the holidays shouldn’t be synonymous with consumerism). Over the years, we’ve given out lots of tips on having a sustainable Halloween. Just this year we had content on postconsumer Halloween costumes and even some Postconsumer advice for zombies. We thought [...]
Innovation Inspiration 7: Don’t Do What You Always Did
“If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got.” Albert Einstein Get more quotes like this by following us on the social networks below. Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Tumblr | Pinterest | Google+ […]
The Four Elon Musk Innovations We Love
We don’t think that it will come as any surprise to you that we love innovators who try to look at the world in a different way. After all, Postconsumerism essentially asks you to look at the world in a different way than what society as a whole tells you. Today, we thought we’d take a little time to talk about how much we love Elon Musk. Yes, we’re prone to loving [...]
Five Energy Innovations That Could Help Save the Planet
We’re ramping up towards both winter and the holiday season. Those are both times when, at Postconsumers, we’ve been known to talk a lot about energy conservation. After all, these are both seasons when the average person uses more energy (and typically fossil fuel energy) than they do during the rest of the year. This year, we’re taking a more positive spin on the situation and looking at energy innovations that could [...]
Postconsumer Tips for the Zombie Apocalypse: A Very Postconsumer Halloween
It seems like everywhere you look these days, somebody is talking about zombies. If the living dead could truly be en vogue, they would be. At Postconsumers, we’re clearly not out to follow trends, but we have to admit that we rather like this one. From lovable zombies to truly horrifying ones, we’re watching a lot of the shows and reading the books. We’re hoping that we never see a real life infestation [...]
Innovation Inspiration 6: Ideas are Useless
“Ideas are useless unless used.” T. Levitt Get more quotes like this by following us on the social networks below. Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Tumblr | Pinterest | Google+ […]
Being Innovative at Home: Think Outside the Box
This month at Postconsumers, we’ve been talking about innovation. Some of that is because we’re fascinated with the speed and breadth of innovation happening in the world right now – and some of that is simply because we consider postconsumerism itself to be an innovation in thinking. After all, if all of society tells you to buy into the idea of addictive consumerism, it’s innovative to think differently. We feel that learning [...]
