Solutions in decreasing materialism?

Question

What are some solutions that can result in decreasing of materialism?

thanks to all that can help

Answer 1

Education has proven to have strong effects on the population in areas of

1) health & prevention of disease

2) environmental issues (lowering industrial pollution and conserving resources)

3) smoking

4) racial discrimination.

Hence reducing the damaging effects of extreme materialism could also be effected by education and broadcasting. The only thing is whether there is a will to do so. What positive ideas can be promoted to compete with financial growth and prosperity? This is a tough bill to fill.

Answer 2

I think what you are talking about is the innate collecting. I will call it innate but what is innate is always debated except maybe reproduction. Anyway, we come from individuals that collected rocks and plants.  The early man who collected rocks had a stash he could use when something came around to attack him and he had plenty of rocks to throw and thus survive. The individual that collected plants could figure out what was good to eat or use as medicine and thus survive. Some mental problems cause people to overcollect and is why you hear of some people with only pathways thru their houses. It's a part of being human, it feeds business which gives us jobs. I suppose studies could be done to find out why people considered "bohemian" (sp?) are the way they are. My understanding of the word means people with few possessions but the possessions they have are very nice.