“I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues. I am the Lorax, and I\'ll yell and I\'ll shout, for the fine things on earth that are on their way out! Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” -  Dr. Seuss
Browse: Home / Culture / Consumption & Corporations

Consumption & Corporations

Tailor Your Wardrobe

By Vihar Sheth on March 18, 2009

My tailor and I have philosophical differences about two-way zippers. I don’t even know if that’s their technical name but you know what I’m talking about, right? Zippers with two thing-a-ma-bobbies on ‘em so you can zip the coat closed with the top ’ma-bobbie and then open it from the bottom with the bottom ‘ma-bobbie. Great for sitting. [...]

Posted in | Tagged , , , , | 4 Responses

Up In The Air

By Vihar Sheth on March 10, 2009

Katie and I spent Tuesday on set as extras in the upcoming George Clooney movie, Up In The Air. I can’t say much about the movie itself given we signed confidentiality agreements but I will say the scene we were in takes place at a conference where Clooney’s character, Ryan Bingham, is giving a speech. [...]

Posted in | Tagged , , , | 2 Responses

Stimulated by Stuff

By Vihar Sheth on January 29, 2009

Stuff. Things. Trinkets. Widgets. Doohickeys. Our economy is based on the consumption of the aforementioned. That’s not a good thing, but that’s reality. I would love to live in a world where “things” lasted longer than they do now and money was spent on, and people were employed providing, services to enhance our overall quality of [...]

Posted in , | Tagged , , , | 1 Response

Green Garbs

By Vihar Sheth on November 16, 2006

The idea that most of the designs presented at a fashion show are junk just got truer. The Ethical Fashion Show, to be held in Paris in 2007, will showcase the creation of the winner of the Scrap Fashion Eco Competition. To enter the competition: “Create a fashion item using old denim. Either customise the [...]

Posted in | Leave a response

Advertising Age

By Vihar Sheth on November 3, 2006

I’d like to give a shout out to Martin Calle. He runs a blog called “Advertising Age” and will be featuring one of my articles in a carnival he hosts. According to his website, he “is to marketing, advertising and sales what Cirque du Soleil is to the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.” [...]

Posted in | Tagged | 1 Response

Doing Good? Not So Fast.

By Vihar Sheth on November 2, 2006

Oh the irony. I don’t want any Alanis Morissette haters analyzing my use of the word irony because this situation is close enough. A division of Cargill called NatureWorks that produces a renewable and compostable plastic packaging material is getting heat because its environmentally-friendly plastic is hard to recycle. What the f*ck? I’m serious. Recyclers [...]

Posted in | Tagged | 3 Responses

Conscious Clothing

By Vihar Sheth on September 15, 2006

Clothing manufacturers are growing a conscious. For years it’s been “style” at any cost – economic, social or environmental. Hopefully the tides are turning. I’ve written about sustainable style before and there are some great companies doing some ground breaking work out there. This recent article on CNNMoney.com talks about the latest in eco-fashion. The [...]

Posted in | Tagged | 2 Responses

Recycling Innovation

By Vihar Sheth on September 14, 2006

At what cost do we innovate? This piece by Rick Hind, legislative director of Greenpeace USA’s Toxics campaign, is a real eye-opener to the environmental damage technological innovations can create. Hind sites his organization’s “Environmental Report Card for Technology Companies” in analyzing Apple’s poor environmental record, saying: We all expect a lot more from Apple, a [...]

Posted in | Tagged | Leave a response