When we think about environmental degradation and climate change, the first things that come to our mind are cars factories, but not how grow, consume dispose of. If collectively put these together, account for nearly one-third of human-induced change. That certainly agriculture at crossroads system-level transformation towards healthy food, people, planet. Such food-system requires a paradigm ...

This report presents findings from the EBRI/Commonwealth Fund Consumerism in Health Care Survey, 2006, the second annual version of this survey. The online survey of 3,158 privately insured adults ages 21– 64 was conducted to provide nationally representative data regarding the growth of consumer-directed health plans (CDHPs) and high-deductible health plans (HDHPs), and their impact on the beh...

This paper analyzes the evolution of consumer-driven health care in terms of its original vision, its subsequent implementation, and the transformations it has endured as it moves into its second decade. The market is generating product designs that combine elements of consumerism with elements of managed care, but the trend is always toward a stronger role for consumer choice and a weaker role...

This report presents findings from the EBRI/Commonwealth Fund Consumerism in Health Care Survey, 2006, the second annual version of this survey. The online survey of 3,158 privately insured adults ages 21– 64 was conducted to provide nationally representative data regarding the growth of consumer-directed health plans (CDHPs) and high-deductible health plans (HDHPs), and their impact on the beh...

Health care costs in the United States are rising at an extraordinary rate. The escalation has been attributed to a variety of factors, including the managed-care backlash, consumer choice, consumerism in an aging society, and insufficient competition in the health care industry. In addition, anecdotal evidence suggests that regulatory control may be a significant driver of health care costs. I...

Housing was originally devised as a control of the thermal environment, but numerous other functions have been added with resulting competition and confusion. Current design gives insufficient attention to thermal factors and relies upon supplementary heating and cooling to compensate for faults. These are wasteful of energy, and the exhaust from air conditioners adds to the heat island conditi...

In this paper, we explore opportunities for green computing, drawing on our ethnographic study of 35 green households in the United States. We begin by discussing recent shifts in Western environmentalism and the growth of green consumerism. We then explore green social networking processes and how these relate to perceptions of corporations, openness to new technological solutions, and our par...

The culture of consumerism has expanded globally. Basically, this ideology is a derivative investment capitalism which gives rise to spirit consumption form "self-identity". As result, causes new problems in the order life, namely psychological and manipulative damage, formation social constructs, as well economic inequality ecological damage. This study aims examine assumptions Islamic rationa...