Overconsumption, Freegans and the environment

Less is more. This is the new way of consuming if you ask the new consumer groups. They take recycling and no carbon footprint to a higher level, for the sake of the environment. But what about us other? Is it possible for us to change our life in sake for the environment? And how extreme do we need to change? And do we really need to feel guilty of this over consuming?

We can get anything we want, from all over the world. Clothes, exotic food and whatever. This easy way of consuming is one of the hugest benefits of the globalization. But our level of consuming is becoming more and more extreme, and we are taking this lifestyle for granted. As we go to the supermarket, we will find all sorts of goods from all over the world, and without asking we just buy it, with a hopeful feeling of that the environment has not suffered for our consuming. After the use of the imported goods, the waste the regular consumer produce is enormous and it is becoming a big issue for the environment. The new generation has taken this bad way of consuming to the next level, and has become greedy to satisfy all of their needs, even the needs they does not have. This way of consuming has become a big part of everybody’s life, and it would not be easy to change this way of living.