TY - JOUR
AU - Ellison, Katherine
AB -  FINISHING LINES FINISHING LINES FINISHING LINES he holidays aren’t what they used to be – if they ever were. That treasured tradition of decking a choppeddown pine tree with power-sucking geegaws and then popping it into the landfill on December 26 has become an inconvenient icon of wasteful consumption. Likewise, the non-compostable gift-wrap. Even the Yule log is on its way out, with local governments starting to restrict pollutants emitted from wood-burning fireplaces. The burgeoning green-shopping industry offers alternatives: you can buy a potted Christmas tree to plant later; you can even rent a tree from an eco-minded grower. And you can string up power-saving LEDS – light-emitting diodes – instead of incandescent bulbs on your roof. Still, sooner or later, for anyone thinking seriously about the impacts of rising consumption on our fragile planet, ‘tis the season to feel guilty, nearly everywhere you turn. The recent global economic downturn throws a new wrench into the works. My ever-enterprising 10year-old son took the opportunity to test a new tactic in his campaign for a Wii: “Mommy, if everyone stopped shopping, wouldn’t that hurt the economy?” Which made me think that it might be time to start hiding the 
TI - What if they held Christmas and nobody shopped?
JF - Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
DO - 10.1890/1540-9295-6.10.568
DA - 2008-12-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/ecological-society-of-america/what-if-they-held-christmas-and-nobody-shopped-jpv7vv7SqK
SP - 568
VL - 6
IS - 10
DP - DeepDyve
ER -