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- All-Consuming Passion: Waking up from the American Dream
Statistics, compiled by the New Road Map Foundation, describing USA consumption patterns and their effects on personal lives and the environment. Advocates a cultural trend toward low-consumption lifestyles. - Apoplectic Press
Subversive political and anti-Christmas greeting cards, free graphic images and GIF animations, original protest music and resources for activists and other misfits. - Buy Nothing Christmas
National initiative started by Canadian Mennonites to de-commercialize Christmas and re-design a Christian lifestyle that is richer in meaning, smaller in impact upon the earth, and greater in giving to people less-privileged. - Center for a New American Dream
National non-profit organization challenging the "more is better" definition of the American dream. - Consumer Citizenship
European effort, based out of Hedmark University College in Norway, to get consumers to actively participate in developing and improving society by considering ethical issues, diversity of perspectives, global processes and future conditions on a global as well as regional, national and local scale when securing one's own personal needs and well-being. - Consumers Anonymous
Promote innovative alternatives to consumerism, for people seeking better ways to live with the Earth. - David's Page
Documents one man's real-life economics experiment, living on under US$900 per year while buying everything and sharing housing. - Mall-aise
Offbeat look at shopping centers in America. - The Story of Stuff
A 20-minute animation of the consumerist society, narrated by Anne Leonard, to view online or download. Includes footnoted script, credits, blog, and resources.
Random Indian Recipes:-
- Stuffed Bangda
First clean the bangda.remove eyes and tail. Give cuts on stomach both the side. Apply lemon juice and little salt.keep aside for 10 min. In a bowl take red chilly powder,turmeric,ginger paste,tamarind pulp and salt. Mix well and apply this chutney to bangda. fill chutney also in stomach. Keep aside for 20 min. Dip bangda in rice flour and fry in hot oil on mid. flame. Stuffed bangda is ready. - Balushai
Make the syrup of 2 string consistency and add rose essence and lemon juice. In a plate sieve flour and baking soda together and keep aside. In a big plate take curd,2 tsp sugar and 1&1/2 cup ghee and beat finely for 4-5 min. Now add maida and soda. Knead the dough smoothly. Use curd if necessary.(no water) Make small balls off the whole dough and press them a bit. Make thumb impression in center. Cover with a damp cloth and keep aside for 10 min. Heat ghee in a pan and fry balushai on a ... - Bangda Fish Curry
Clean the pieces. apply salt and 1/2 tsp turmeric powder. Keep aside for 30 min. On hot tava fry urid dal for a min. Then in a mixture take fresh coconut,onion,red mirchi powder,turmeric powder,urid dal,methi seeds,coriander seeds and black pepper. Make fine paste using enough water. In a pan ... - Pulao
First clean and wash rice.drain all water and keep aside for 1 hour. Cut vegetables in shape as you want. Grate coconut and extract coconut juice with warm water. In a cooker pan take 4 tbsp ghee or oil. to this add cloves,dalchini and pepper. Then add chopped green chillies and onions .fry till onion is brown in colour. Now add rice and saute it for ... - Potato Burfi
Boil potato and mash finely. Grate coconut. In a thick bottom pan mix mashed potato,coconut and sugar. Allow to cook on a low flame (appx. 45-50 min). When the mixture bacame thick remove from the gas. Add elaichi powder and mix well. Pour the mixture on greased platform. Roll out the mixture with roll pin to make 1 cm thick. Cut the pieces as shape as you want. Allow to cool. - Bhakarwadi
In a dish take maida,1 cup besan and add salt . Knead hard dough with 2 tbsp oil and a little water. Cover with a moist cloth. Roast coconut,sesame and khuskhus seeds lightly. In a mixer take sesame,khuskhus,grated coconut and Fennel seeds. Run a mixie for a minute. In a dish take roasted 1 tbsp besan, ground paste,ginger garlic paste,red chilly powder, garam masala powder,cumin powder,coriander powder,asafoetida, sugar and salt. Mix well and add 2 tsp water. Take a midium size ... - Gobi Manchurian
Boil 2 cups of water and add 1/2 tsp salt and cook cauliflower florets for about 5-6 min.drain it and keep aside. In another bowl make a batter of half cornflour,maida,half portion of the ginger garlic paste,red chilly powder,ajinomoto and salt. Dip the florets one by one in batter and deep fry in a hot oil till golden and keep aside. In another kadai take ... - Chicken Kabab
First wash chicken mince and drain. In a big dish take chicken mince, green chilly-ginger-garlic paste,finely chopped onion and coriander leaves. Mix well and add salt. Mix again and make small balls. Refrigerate for an hour. Heat oil in kadai and fry the kababs in hot oil on low flame till golden brown. Serve hot with tomato ketchup. - Mango Sasav
Wash,peel and cube mangoes. Dry roast 1/2 tsp mustard seeds in a pan till they crackle. Add to the coconut and grind fine paste along with jeera,turmeric powder,red chilly powder and peppercorns. Heat oil and add 1/2 tsp mustard seeds and allow to crackle. Now pour the grind paste. Add jaggery,tamarind pulp,salt,mango pieces and 1 cup of water. Bring to a boil and simmer till all the water dries out. Add more jaggery if necessary. Serve hot with rice. - Dabeli
First boil potato and mash it by adding red chilly powder,garam masala powder, turmeric powder,chat masala, tamarind pulp,sugar,asafoetida and salt. Mix well and check the seasoning. Chop onion and coriander leaves finely. In a kadai heat butter and add potato mixture and add little water to cook for 4-5 min. Remove from kadai.mix chopped onion, ...