Consumerism with Jonathan Porritt part 1

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1. What does the presenter (Jonathan Porritt) 2. What does he say that the "message" of
say is more powerful than anything else? advertising is?
 religion  that the more we consume, the better our
 shopping lives will be

 consumerism  that we should shop until we drop

 that shopping is at the heart of the economy

3. Several million people becoming 4. Which is true?

"shopaholics" is...  He's in the UK and he buys apples that came
 an economic success from NZ by plane.
 a disaster  He's in the UK and he buys local apples.
 unfolding  He's in NZ and he buys apples that came
from the UK by plane.

5. Where does he think we should buy our 6. He says that every little act of consumerism
food from? is linked to a much bigger picture. What's the
 supermarkets picture?

 local farmers' markets  too much shopping

 New Zealand  ice melting

 the end of the world as we know it

7. What's been the problem for much of 8. For thousands of years, there were only a
human history? few...
 scarcity- poverty and deprivation  basic needs
 consumerism  conspicuous consumers
 global warming  survival instincts

9. In the past, religion encouraged people to 10. In the 17th century, it became
 be rich  respectable to consume and flaunt
 be unhappy consumption

 be satisfied with very little  easy to be rich

 possible to trade
11. The economist Adam Smith said that 12. The 19th century saw
individuals should  more factories
 get luxury  more wealth
 follow their self-interest  a shift to consumerism
 get jobs

13. Both production and consumption were

 easy
 transformed
 different