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“The history of clothing practices provides guidance for fashioning a new ethic that emphasizes quality over quantity, longevity over novelty, and versatility over specialization. With such an ethic, consumers would demand a shift toward more timeless design, away from fast-moving trends. Clothes could become more versatile in terms of what they can be used for, their ability to fit differently shaped bodies and to be altered.”

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Juliet B. Schor

Juliet B. Schor is an American economist born on November 9, 1955. She is known for her critical research on consumerism, work-life balance, and economic inequality. more

“Striving for longevity through versatility facilitates what we might call an ecological or true materialism. ... we are not truly materialist because we fail to invest deep or sacred meanings in material goods. Instead, our materialism connotes an unbounded desire to acquire followed by a throwaway mentality. True materialism could become part of a new ecological consciousness.”

Might Desire Consciousness Failing Materials Sacred Strive Acquire Materialism Goods Mentality Longevity Ecological Facilitate Versatility

Author:Juliet B. Schor

“Get ready for a smaller world. Soon, your food is going to come from a field much closer to home, and the things you buy will probably come from a factory down the road rather than one on the other side of the world. You will almost certainly drive less and walk more, and that means you will be shopping and working closer to home. Your neighbours and your neighbourhood are about to get a lot more important in the smaller tworld of the none-too-distant-future.”

World Mean Important Home Sides Walks Fields Ready Shopping Factories Neighbour Down The Road Neighbourhoods

Book:Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller

Source: Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller

“If we wait for the governments, it'll be too little, too late; if we act as individuals, it'll be too little; but if we act as communities, it might just be enough, just in time.”

Ifs Littles Enough Government Might Individual Waiting Community Late Too Late

Author:Rob Hopkins

“Since nature has the most sustainable ecosystem and since ultimately agriculture comes out of nature, our standard for a sustainable world should be nature's own ecosystem.”

World Should Standards Agriculture Ecosystems