Is having the latest technology a want or a need?
How often do you get a new cel phone or mp3 player? Did you really need a new model? Do you consider the environmental impact of these purchases? If you are addicted, how can you break your addiction?
Wants or Needs? >
Do you really need that?
Sometimes we buy things that we actually think we need but we actually want. This is a common reality in many of our lives, including my own. We must remember that even though the certain article that we want to buy might not physically produce a footprint itself, it still technically has a footprint because it has to be manufactured.
I am very guilty of buying many things I don't need because I say I need new clothes but I have many clothes already in my closet. Realizing how much I spend per year on clothes and shoes made a big impact on my personal footprint.
Wow this was so accurate and I agree with everything!