Anti-consumerism is a sociopolitical ideology that is opposed to consumerism, the continual buying and consuming of material possessions. Anti-consumerism is concerned with the private actions of business corporations in pursuit of financial and economic goals at the expense of the public welfare, especially in matters of environmental protection, social stratification, and ethics in the governing of a society. In politics, anti-consumerism overlaps with environmental activism, anti-globalization, and animal-rights activism; moreover, a conceptual variation of anti-consumerism is post-consumerism, living in a material way that transcends consumerism.
Picture of the Times Square, emphasizing on its prevalence of advertisements
An anti-consumerist stencil graffiti saying "Consuming consumes you"
Anti-consumerist stencil art
Environmental protection is the practice of protecting the natural environment by individuals, groups and governments. Its objectives are to conserve natural resources and the existing natural environment and, where it is possible, to repair damage and reverse trends.
Wetlands remediation at a former oil refinery is just one example of environmental protection
Top five countries by biological diversity
Zebras at the Serengeti savana plains in northern part of Tanzania
The Longwanqun National Forest Park is a nationally protected nature area in Huinan County, Jilin, China.
