Comments on: The Minsumer Movement: A Quiet Revolution

By: Dia de Folga » Blog Archive » Um Ano Sem Comprar – Um Ano Sabático

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:27:39 +0000

[...] Essa proposta me lança no mundo do consumo mínimo, não do minimalismo. Ainda tenho coisas demais pra poder me considerar minimalista e, embora [...]

By: Editando a Vida » Dia de Folga

Editando a Vida » Dia de Folga — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:20:30 +0000

[...] A explicação da Miss Minimalist sobre consumo mínimo: O instinto do consumo está enraizado na sobrevivência e é difícil de ser contido. Os [...]

By: hanna

hanna — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:05:08 +0000

Im so glad I have found minimalism at the young age of 17. This is how I will live for the rest of my life and how i will inspire others to live. I love how you put it! wish minsumerism could spread even faster

By: severine

severine — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 21:32:32 +0000

I love that new word. As i’m french, let me think about a translation !!!

By: Ami

Ami — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:10:24 +0000

YES! It’s like you put all my thoughts into words. I’m almost done getting rid of most of my stuff, and I have no desire to fill my newfound space with more. It’s amazing how liberating it is, and also how few people understand. Lets be strong together! Maybe when people see how happy and free we are, the idea will spread.

Thank you for your blog. In addition to validating my beliefs, it is also full of ideas that really work!

By: Steven

Steven — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:46:29 +0000

within the last minutes my wife declared she wants to buy a new autumn jacket. Well, we discussed a while. And it is always the same way: she wonders me to splurge her that purchase. But she already owns several appropriate jackets…

Well, that’s just a little illustration of the problem.
I’m a strong follower of your/the minimalist movement. Although the old Adam sometimes gains control over my decisions (when I’m making an akquisition … or even lots of them )

On the other hand: I wonder about the consequences of a large spread of our idea.
In fact I believe only a real reorientation on every level (political, international and economic) would bring a lasting improvement. I don’t want to express WE shouldn’t begin, – we should and we do.

But if everyone would, we might have a problem, as nearly everything is based on consumption. Our whole way to live and to economies. No one knows the answers, there are some ideas, OK. But as it is definitely true that we will destroy the whole planet and all the future, it is undeniable necessary to change a lot. Beginning with our PERSONAL HABITS! So you are absolutely on the right way!

Just to mention one thing: I believe a bedstead might be better: Depending on the climate of your region (and the season) there might be moisture (from your body and just from the air) under your mattress, more or less. Within some time you’ll find mold there, not just very healthy. I’d this experience, you must not, of course. At least a bed base (some inches distance from the floor) might be good.

Thank you for your website and sharing your ideas (and life decisions) with us.
Steven

By: Friday’s Favourite Five ~ 30sep2011

Friday’s Favourite Five ~ 30sep2011 — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:02:57 +0000

[...] love this post by missminimalist ~ The minsumer movement-A quiet revolution. I think it is so well written and discribes how I feel about turning my back on rampant [...]

By: Turning Your Back on Consumerism | minimalist packrat

Turning Your Back on Consumerism | minimalist packrat — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:53:35 +0000

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By: Christopher

Christopher — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 14:04:18 +0000

Like other comments I not only fully agree with you, and have been thinking long and hard on this, I think you’ve stated the issues and your manifesto quite well. I would like to add, however, that in addition to minsumerism as part of consumer disobedience it would be a good idea for individual consumers to clearly express their dissatisfaction with the companies on which we depend (which have unfairly lobbied for this dependence) by not playing by the rules. For example, it is not acceptable for the customer service department of your local telephone or cable monopoly to define how you use your bandwidth (see Electronic Frontier Foundation). So, use free anonymous browsing services – or if you are tech savvy – setup your own anonymous proxies and tell your friends about it. Another example, when confronted with ANY company that records your call for customer service improvements, let them know that YOU are recording the call as well, for consumer protection purposes.

The point is that it is important to be disobedient in many ways in order to demonstrate that the various “corporate policies” out there may not correspond to the needs of or be acceptable to the customers of these businesses.

By: Hunger Rumblings » Blog Archive » The Disappearance of Garbage - Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Sun, 19 Jun 2011 05:04:48 +0000

[...] Then there’s my favorite: the Zero Waste trend. It’s partly an industry push to redesign products to eliminate wasteful packaging like plastic clamshells, and partly an individual quest to keep garbage at bay by buying in bulk, reusing containers, and otherwise avoiding packaging. The Zero Waste mantra? “Refuse, refuse, refuse” and “Don’t buy it!” These folks are upgrading the old three Rs into five—Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Rot (compost) and then Recycle—and launching a great new word: minsumerism. [...]