The annual Earth Day Matsuri (Festival) is taking place at Yoyogi Park's event space this weekend (20-21 April 2018). Every year I think I won't go, I end up going, and enjoy myself in the process.
Every year when I come back I can't help but think, "If we all consume less and then, when we consume we're more thoughtful about it", wouldn't that be better for the environment than buying a bunch of organically grown and ethically harvested cotton made into a T-Shirt you don't need?
Of course, that is a gross over simplification of the complexities. And the reality of existence is that one needs income to live pretty much everywhere on the planet. By not consuming you negatively impact the job of the farmer and picker and weaver and dyer and …