Recommendations for changing your consumption habits:

The 72-hour rule:

Before any non-essential purchase, wait three days; this breaks the dopamine cycle of impulse buying and reduces demand for unnecessary manufacturing.

Invest in durability:

Apply a long-term cost-benefit analysis; buy high-quality products that won't need replacing for years, pushing back against planned obsolescence.

Support the circular economy:

Choose brands that offer repair services or post-consumer recycling programs for their products.

Ditch 'Fast Fashion':

Buy fewer clothes made of polyester or synthetic fibers, which shed microplastics and come from supply chains with severe human exploitation.

Digital minimalism:

Regularly clean out your email and cloud files; storing huge amounts of unnecessary data consumes real energy in data centers around the world.