Less Stuff, More Happiness

HOW TO TRANSFORM THE MODERN SHOPPING DILEMMA

“We have more stuff, but less time for the things that make us happy.” ~ Annie Leonard

As winter holiday shopping inexorably nears its peak, the last weeks of the year are often the most frenetic. We’re bombarded with advertisements for gifts of all kinds, caught between doing good for the people we love and thinking that surely there’s a better way than trudging around like beasts of burden, crossing hazardous parking lots and navigating crowded malls in search of a satisfying end to the seasonal buying spree.

We wonder: Will the gifts we spend our time and money to buy really make anyone happy—or the world a better place?

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