How We End Consumerism

How we end consumerism, explained. Support OCC and get 20 bonus, ad-free videos by signing up for Nebula: Help me make more videos like this via Patreon: In this Our Changing Climate climate change video essay, I look at how we end consumerism. Specifically, I unpack how degrowth and ecosocialism can work in tandem to stop consumerism and overconsumption and reduce emissions in order to transition to a zero-carbon, post-climate change world. Degrowth is a response to the rampant growth/profit capitalist paradigm that fuels consumerism and is causing climate change. Degrowth de-centers capitalism and consumerism and instead argues for a world wherein there’s a planned contraction of rich economies to allow for the well-being of everyone in the world. Degrowth, however, can’t function well without ecosocialism. Ecosocialism recognizes that the climate crisis is a capitalist crisis and vice versa. In order for degrowth to work it needs to incorporate full democratic control of the means of production and the state in order to avoid draconian measures of austerity. Degrowth and ecosocialism represent an end to consumerism and overconsumption. Help me make more videos like this via Patreon: Email List: Twitter: Facebook: Instagram: Reddit: Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 0:52 - Why We Consume 3:03 - Green Growth Doesn’t Work 4:22 - A Case for Degrowth 6:56 - You Don’t Have to Live in a Cave 8:57 - Towards Ecosocialist Degrowth 10:41 - Support OCC on Patreon! 11:33 - Outro Check out other Climate YouTubers: Climate in Colour: zentouro: Climate Adam: Kurtis Baute: Levi Hildebrand: Simon Clark: Sarah Karver: Sweet Soul Whisper ASMR: ClimateTown: Jack Harries: Beckisphere: All About Climate: Aime Maggie: Just Have a Think: I use Epidemic Sound for some of my music: _______________________ Further Reading and Resources: #Consumerism #Degrowth #Socialism