I believe in a world where money and status doesn't control our way of thinking. Although this is definitely not something easy to achieve, I am a firm believer that any change, big or small, has the opportunity to become something huge. In the future, I am hopeful that our views and reasons of buying items that trigger environmental and social misery change. While it may be more difficult to get big industries to change the way they manufacture things in order to reduce negative externalities, change can happen starting with ourselves- we don't necessarily need to spoil our partner a big diamond ring to tell them that we love them :) The little things can be just as meaningful (if not, sometimes even more meaningful!). As consumers, we have a lot more power than we think on big companies. Additionally, with increasing urgency to act on the environment, I'm optimistic that positive changes can happen to reduce the negative effects we leave on this Earth.
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I love your vision! Changing industries can seem so daunting that it's easy to not try to make small changes, so I like that you mentioned all changes are worthwhile. You're right that consumers have more power than we think. Maybe we just need to put more energy into pooling together to change trends (and with social media and more environmental awareness, this definitely seems possible!).
Hello Destinie! I really like how you said that the "little things can be more meaningful"and I agree that it's just a change in perspective that people need to realize this.
Hi Destinie! Great post, thanks for sharing! I really like how you emphasize that any type of change, whether it be small or big, can result in a huge change. Starting small such as donating your clothes to a non-profit organization or instead of buying items that are considered "fast fashion" buying second-hand items by purchasing from a thrift shop is something worth noting.
I think you had a lot of really neat points! I agree that we could put a lot of pressure on companies just through more mindful consumption
I really liked this post and I agree that we need to act with increasing urgency
I really like this view! I personally feel like it would take some weight off peoples shoulders if everyone worried less about money
Thank you for your optimistic post! I get inspired that we could not change the behavior of large companies, but ourselves can act as producer, we could recycles stuffs from our daily life, we could also handmade gift which is more meaningful as you said!
You are 100% correct that any change big or small can snowball into something huge! Together we are strong