turbo-consumerism blog!

having posted yesterday, i randomly got an email from the author, saying he's writing a book about it.

"I am writing a book about the implications of a consumer society on
politics. There is a site for the book where I would like to hear from people
about what they think about the growth of consumerism from both a
personal and political perspective. "

The blog is here .

could be an interesting one to watch......

turbo-consumerism

turns out being a mere consumer is past it.

Now, we're talking about 'turbo-consumerism'. Check this article.

It's from the guardian, and suggesting a link between that which we consume and have, and out status/class/success. What do you think? It is a bit weird to sometimes think of what it'd cost to replace the stuff i leave the house with some days.

Also the word 'turbo-consumerism' is fun. Lets think of more.......

uber-capitalist
tres-bien
ultra-philosophy
mega-brill

Cristo dentro il abisso

I was watching a travel program about Italy last week and they finished the programe with the presenter diving off the coast of Sicily to this statue known by the locals as 'Christ of the Abyss'

we need a Gore-fest

Al Gore sounds like an interesting chap. Check his interview on today programme on radio 4.

its interesting he talks about climate change but also his ideas on how change occurs. That through his work, the public/electorate will become passionate about it, and they will then demand the government to make changes. So, he's neither campaigning for legislative change, nor using Bush style 'leave it to the market' to sort it out type rhetoric. Instead it is a bottom up, emerging norm that will cause a top down (ie government) response. I think that makes sense. Anyhow, seems interesting in terms of wanting to change the world, and campaign for justice etc.....

What do you reckon? ps its not a long bit of audio, and if the link doesn't work for you its on the bbc radio 4 today website.

Church and food......

I found this on Jonny's analogue boy blog. It is a wicked talk by Scott McKnight about the gospel, and what it is, and looks a lot at community , and how our lives are all about being in relationship. You may chuckle at how relevant some of it is. The actual talk is about 30 mins then a bit of Q & A after. It would be great to hear what you think......


Another thing, did anyone catch the Urban Chef on BBC 2 at 1830? It's on every night this week, about a young chef opening a restaurant and he has a self imposed rule that he must be able to source all produce and get to it on the tube! He hopes to give more of a sense of where food has come from. Interesting!