Executive Summary
Many industries have been recognized as directly and indirectly causing climate and ecological degradation.
So far, however, the advertising industry has largely escaped accountability.
This report attempts to remedy the omission by looking at... the consumption-driving work & spend cycle... encouraged by advertising and... implicated in causing various forms of environmental damage ...similar dynamics occur for other products, services & experiences. This... supports the conclusion that if humanity hopes to make progress in addressing and reversing climate and ecological degradation, it would be prudent to rein in and change the practices of the advertising industry.
Authors
Authors: Tim Kasser, Ph.D.,
with Emilie Tricarico, David Boyle, & Andrew Simms
Tim Kasser is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Knox College, US, author of several books including Hypercapitalism (2018) and The High Price of Materialism (2002), and co-editor of Psychology and Consumer Culture (2004). He is a research advisor to the Badvertising campaign.
www.timkasser.org
