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Now in College, #LudditeTeens Still Don’t Want Your Likes

Three years after starting a club meant to fight #SocialMedia’s grip on young people, many original members are holding firm and gaining new converts.

By Alex Vadukul
Jan. 30, 2025

"Biruk Watling, a college sophomore wearing a baggy coat and purple fingerless gloves, walked the chilly campus of Temple University in #Philadelphia on a recent afternoon to recruit new members to her club.
She taped a flier to a pole: '#JoinTheLudditeClub For #MeaningfulConnections.' Down the block, she posted another one: 'Do You Desire a Healthier Relationship With Technology, Especially Social Media? The Luddite Club Welcomes You and Your Ideas.'

"When a student approached, Ms. Watling dove into her pitch.

"'Our club promotes #ConsciousConsumption of #technology,' she said. 'We’re for #HumanConnection. I’m one of the first members of the original Luddite Club in #Brooklyn. Now I’m trying to start it in #Philly.

"She pulled out a #FlipPhone, mystifying her recruit.

"'We use these,' she said. 'This has been the most freeing experience of my life.'
If Ms. Watling had a missionary’s zeal, it was because she wasn’t just promoting a student club, but an approach to modern life that profoundly changed her two years ago, when she helped form the Luddite Club as a high school student in New York.

"But that was then, back when things were simpler, before she had embarked on the more independent life of a college student and found herself having to navigate QR codes, two-factor-identification logins, dating apps and other digital staples of campus life.

"The #LudditeClub was the subject of an article I wrote in 2022 — a story that, ironically, went viral. It told of how a group of teenage tech skeptics from Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn and a few other schools in the city gathered on weekends in Prospect Park to enjoy some time together away from the machine.

"They #sketched and #painted side by side. They read quietly, favoring works by #Dostoyevsky, #Kerouac and #Vonnegut. They sat on logs and groused about how #TikTok was dumbing down their generation. Their flip phones were decorated with stickers and nail polish.

"Readers inspired by their message responded in hundreds of emails and comments. Reporters from Germany, Brazil, Japan and elsewhere flooded my inbox, asking me how to reach these students who were so hard to track down online. Snarky Reddit threads and think pieces sprouted. #RalphNader endorsed the club in an opinion essay, writing: 'This is a rebellion that needs support and diffusion.'"

Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/style/luddite-teens-reunion.html

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/
#SolarPunkSunday #Nature #NeoLuddite #Luddites #LessScreenTime #MoreBoardGames #MoreGreenTime #MoreOutdoorTime #FlipPhones #MoreBooks #ResistTheMachine

Our purchases will soon become "smarter": the EU introduces digital passports for products! By 2027, every product in Europe will receive its own unique QR code or NFC tag.

Just scan the label on your jeans or a new smartphone - and immediately learn the entire history of the product: where and how it was produced, what carbon footprint it left, how to dispose of it correctly.
https://www.tumblr.com/vladimirokhotnikov/767190956743196672/our-purchases-will-soon-become-smarter-the-eu?source=share

#SmartShopping #Ecology #ConsciousConsumption #FutureIsClose #DigitalTechnologies

I am a longtime and deeply grateful fan of EWG's Skin Deep Database for looking up ingredients in personal care products.

If you have specific health concerns, or you're trying to lower the toxicity of products in your home, it's a wonderful resource.

https://www.ewg.org/skindeep/

#EWG #ConsciousConsumption #SmartShopping #HealthAndBeauty #PersonalHygeine #Toiletries

Celebrating the spirit of Pongal with Paconia Packaging – where every wish is carefully packaged with joy, prosperity, and the warmth of the season. Happy Pongal🌾🌞! "

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In the pursuit of beauty, animals bear the burden of our choices.

Their skin becomes a battleground for painful reactions and signs of toxicity.

It's time to face the truth: our beauty routines come at the cost of immeasurable suffering for unwilling participants.

Be human, not a monster. Say no to cruelty-induced Dermal toxicity testing for skincare and makeup.

It's your responsibility.

#CrueltyFreeBeauty #EthicalChoices #BeautyReality #ConsciousConsumption #ChooseKindness

Study says that there are both positive and negative outcomes of social media usage.
Users should focus on a healthy use. #consciousconsumption

Social Media Is Not Heroin
https://nautil.us/social-media-is-not-heroin-454959/

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#olio #spina #imballaggi #innovazione #packaging #LongEVO #impattoambientale #natura #rispettoambiente #persone #solidarietà  #condivisione
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Packaging olio, l'innovazione è ... olio alla spina! - https://www.thegoodintown.it/packaging-olio-alla-spina-per-ridurre-gli-imballaggi/