Today is the opening night of the drama performance but that is side note. The work I accomplished today is that I have all of my questions now as shown below. I have many sub questions or things I would like to research and answer when I talk about those questions in my paper. I also have a growing library of articles to read for each of the questions so I am well on track to writing my paper.
The Big Question from everything below however is How does consumerism/planned obsolescence impact the environment?
1.) What is consumerism?
a. What is planned obsolescence?
b. How do the two relate?
i. Give definitions of the two
ii. Examples
iii. Pics/charts/stats
2.) How did consumerism come to be?
a. Explain history of planned obsolescence. (May be the same as main question)
i. Who thought of it or used it first? Why?
3.) What are the pros and cons of a company using consumerism?
i. Examples of companies using this technique (Relates to 6)
4.) Why are companies choosing to go green? (Macy’s)
i. What are the benefits (Relates to 5)
ii. Explain if it is a fashion statement
iii. Give examples/Pics
5.) What are the pros and cons of consumerism to the average shopper?
a. What are the pros and cons of planned obsolescence to average shopper?
i. Scenarios possibly (Survey on scenarios too)
1. testimonials/real life examples
ii. Pics for the situation
6.) What is the worst company in terms of consumerism/planned obsolescence?
a. What is the worst product in terms of planned obsolescence?
i. Show stats/studies/POLLS
7.) What happens once a product becomes obsolete due to consumerism?
i. Explain about situation with land fills/ dumps (Show pics)
ii. Helps to lead into 8
8.) What programs are out there to combat consumerism?
i. Summary of Local Food
1. History
ii. Summary of Free Cycle
1. History
iii. Any other programs and provide links in paper
9.) Are people aware of consumerism?
a. Show stats from previous studies (Do survey)
b. Explain why or why not
c. Give an example of something a person could do to raise awareness
10.) What can you do personally about consumerism?
i. Explain how to start program/march/club etc.
ii. Give examples
iii. Find more programs or programs that can help boost programs that people might start
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