THANK YOU! -- Unconsumption remains in top 5 for Knight News Challenge $

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[Background on, & press coverage of, Unconsumption can be found here and here.]

Consumption is a word used to describe acts of acquisition – generally, the acquisition of things, in exchange for money.

Unconsumption is a word used to describe everything that happens after an act of acquisition.

Unconsumption is an invisible badge.

Unconsumption means the accomplishment of properly recycling your old cellphone, rather than the guilt of letting it sit in a drawer.

Unconsumption means the thrill of finding a new use for something that you were about to throw away.

Unconsumption means the pleasure of using a service like Freecycle (or Craigslist, Goodwill, or Salvation Army) to find a new home for the functioning DVD player you just replaced, rather than throwing it in the garbage.

Unconsumption means enjoying the things you own to the fullest – not just at the moment of acquisition.

Unconsumption means the pleasure of using a pair of sneakers until they are truly worn out – as opposed to the nagging feeling of defeat when they simply go out of style.

Unconsumption means feeling good about the simple act of turning off the lights when you leave the room.

Unconsumption is not about the rejection of things, or the demonization of things. It’s not a bunch of rules.

Unconsumption is an idea, a set of behaviors, a way of thinking about consumption itself from a new perspective.

Unconsumption is free.

CONTRIBUTORS:

Founder & Editor: Rob Walker, journalist, Savannah, GA

Editorial & Community Manager: Molly Block, marketing and business development geek, Houston, TX

Brian W. Jones, designer & writer, Göteborg, Sweden

Kashvi Kumar, Environmental Studies and Economics major at New York University

Deirdre Nelson, ever threading artist, Glasgow, Scotland

Shanna Trenholm, writer. catalyst. force of nature. San Diego, CA

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Alumnus & Unconsumption logo creator: Clifton Burt, graphic designer, Portland, OR

Further information about Unconsumption can be found here.

Original by Knight News Challenge

10:53 pm - Thu, Mar 29, 2012: 242 notes

THANK YOU! — Unconsumption remains in top 5 for Knight News Challenge $

We’re thrilled to say that our proposal seeking Knight News Challenge funding to expand the Unconsumption project is among those with the most “notes” on Tumblr.

And we’re in good company, with highly ranked proposals from tech entrepreneurs Anil Dash and Gina Trapani, and UNICEF.

There’s still one more hour (until midnight Eastern) for our proposals to get additional “notes,” so if you’ve been waiting to add your support, simply “like” and/or reblog this post now.

Also, we encourage everyone to open our News Challenge proposal post here, scroll down to the area where Disqus comments start, and add a comment and “like” there. What would you like us to do more (or less) of — leave a comment and tell us!

Again, thank you for all your support.

—Molly

(Source: newschallenge1, via unconsumption)