For a healthy mental environment.

Help support Adbusters's lawsuit against major Canadian broadcasting corporations and protect freedom of speech and freedom of the press. If they succeed, possibilities of similar lawsuits may arise in the States.

WHY?!

Our minds have become a virtual dumping ground of pollutants — manipulative ads, distorted news, untold violence, spin and hype. We can cope with the media onslaught to a degree. But all signs suggest that the cumulative effects of this toxic culture — on our stress levels, our moods, our relationships, our worldviews, even our mental health — could become one the most pressing issues of our generation.*

WHAT TO DO:

Sign here and support the Mental Environment Movement. (I swear it takes one minute to do.)

Like the rest of Adbusters Magazine, the Media Carta, supports meaningful advertising for a healthy mental environment free of materialistic, sex-driven, mind-cluttering advertisements--at least outdoors? Instead, Adbusters emphasize the up and coming power of the consumer. Cities like São Paulo, Brazil have already adopted a healthier mental environment, eliminating all outdoor billboards and advertisements from residential neighborhoods, isolating key areas for advertising.

For more information on the Mental Environment Movement and other readings, visit the website.

*From Adbusters's website.

Consumer-friendly Kicks

The anti-corporate, environmentally conscious, pro-grassroots capitalists at The Blackspot Anticorporation, via Adbusters Magazine, have produced reasonably priced kicks, knocking off corporate Nike and Converse designs. The sneakers, according to Adbusters, is one way to blackspot traditional capitalism, using Treasure Island's cursed literary device.

Because the Blackspot name and logo have been open-sourced and trademark free, the team encourages other independent, grassroots businesses to accommodate the campaign. So far, they've sold over 25,000 pairs of shoes all clad in 100% organic hemp and 70% biodegradable rubber soles and car tires. The "Unswoosher" and the "Blackspot Sneaker" are hand-painted, stitched and glued, and processed by sweat-free Portuguese workers.

Still skeptical where your eighty bucks goes? The website even includes a breakdown of each material, production, labor, marketing and tax price. The shoes don't look half-bad and it's a no-brainer fashion statement (if you're into that).