Eat, drink and be miserable: the true cost of our addiction to shopping

While our green consumption may make us feel good, like we've done our little penance, the consumer culture is at the root of our climate and energy crises. This Guardian writer predicts that it will take governmental rationing, in the style of a war effort, to motivate the kinds of behavioral changes that are needed. She hopes for "... a low-consumption economy oriented towards facilitating the real sources of human fulfilment. Most of us dimly recognise that huge lifestyle changes are necessary, but we're waiting for someone else to initiate the process."