Santa 2.0

Santa 2.0

How about a greener Santa myth to go along with a simpler Christmas season?

Buy Nothing This Holiday Season

More than 200 million Americans shopped over Thanksgiving Weekend, spending more in a day on average than 1 billion people worldwide earn in a year. If you haven’t started your shopping yet, please don’t buy a thing. The Earth can’t afford the interest payments. Read on for tips on how to make it easier to buck cultural expectations to buy nothing.

The Mallport and the Bibliometro

The Mallport and the Bibliometro

As I travel around Europe to launch State of the World 2010, I’ve done a lot of schlepping from airport to metro station to bus [...]

Will Malls Dominate in the 21st Century?

Will Malls Dominate in the 21st Century?

The world’s second most populous country is witnessing rapid growth of malls, along with a rising consumer class. Comparing the mall phenomenon of the US, this blog questions the type of development path India will take in an era focusing on sustainability.