Throwaway Culture is Destroying Us

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Why is everything disposable now? || Big thanks to Branch for partnering with me! Transform your workspace by heading to my link https://branchfurniture.yt.link/BxESucH. We're living in the midst of a growing Throwaway Culture -- a culture in which everything is ephemeral, where single-use products are all the rage, and microtrends control our spending. And unsurprisingly, this is terrible for our world and wallets. So in this video, we dive into how Throwaway Culture came to be, the way it impacts our day-to-day lives, and how you can combat Throwaway Culture in your life. ✏️ Check out my new newsletter, The Pop Finance Report: https://thepopfinancereport.substack.com/ !! Making money make sense—through media and pop culture. * 📷 My New Content Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefinancialfreedomgirl/ * 📷 My Personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mscaranicole_/ * 📷 My TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thefinancialfreedomgirl * My Patreon: http://patreon.com/caranicole 💌 Want to support the channel? Here are a few ways! * ☕ Buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/cara.nicole * 🥂 Join my Patreon: https://patreon.com/caranicole * 📊 Budgeting spreadsheets & digital tools: https://www.etsy.com/shop/FinancialFreedomGirl * 📨 Subscribe to my newsletter: https://thepopfinancereport.substack.com/ 🎥 Check out some of my other videos! 🎥 * Influencers Have A Money Problem: https://youtu.be/eSYavxqT_kM * The Labubu Trend Is Officially Dead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlk5ILjrrFc&t=4s * How Impulse Spending Keeps You Poor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jL8354vWrpk&t=113s 🔍 Resources mentioned: Nat Geo Fast Fashion & Atacama Desert: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/chile-fashion-pollution Guardian article on Atacama Desert: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/may/08/castoffs-to-catwalk-fashion-show-shines-light-on-vast-chile-clothes-dump-visible-from-space Earth.org: http://Earth.org McDonalds sustianable packaging goal: https://corporate.mcdonalds.com/corpmcd/our-stories/article/renewable_packaging.html McDonalds plastic-free restaurant experiment: https://corporate.mcdonalds.com/corpmcd/our-stories/article/plastic_free.html Consumers demanding more sustainable businesses: https://hbr.org/2023/09/research-consumers-sustainability-demands-are-rising ⏰ Time Stamps: 0:00 Atacama Desert 3:11 Branch Furniture 4:34 McDonalds & the Beginning of Throwaway Culture 5:45 Throwaway Culture Is Everywhere 9:28 We're Devaluing EVERYTHING (not just items) 11:49 How do we fix this? 📊 Keywords for some sweet, sweet metadata: personal finance, influencers, influencer culture, social media, pop culture, tiktok, instagram, youtuber, money problem, money management, impulse shopping, spending money, video essay, Cara Nicole, overspending, overconsumption, consumerism, lifestyle inflation, fake rich, debt, poor, influencer income, shopping addiction, compulsive shopping, budgeting, budget, money management, throwaway culture, throwaway lifestyle, single use, junk, sustainability #videoessay #overconsumption #personalfinance #fastfashion