CONSCIOUS CONSUMPTION CONTRACT
Whereas the planet
Earth & its dependents are poisoned & polluted by
the production & distribution of clothes, fiber &
fabric,
& Whereas the human & economic imbalance between
labor, corporations & wages is immoral &
unsustainable,
& Whereas an overabundance of clothing already exists
at all price points in stores, warehouses, second-hand
venues & closets,
& Whereas consumer marketing & a cultural mind-set
founded on the worship of production, “progress” &
possession keep us in thrall to newness, waste, unnecessary
spending & false hopes,
& Whereas our personal self-images are problematically
wrought with both fantasies of sexual appeal based on what
the next purchase may render unto us, & illusions that
inner value is equal to & proven by material ownership,
I, ____________________________________,
on this day, ___________________, in_________________,
& witnessed herewith by my peers in consciousness,
hereby do promise & intend:
to STOP & consider intensively the necessity, etiology
& origin; my intentions, hopes & dreams; & the
breadth, depth & degree of past suffering & future
consequences concerning my every clothing purchase for the
amount of time herein stated:
3 months / 6 months / 9
months / 1 year
& to revisit this
contract at that elapsed span of time, during which I
further pledge
to stay conscious of my clothing practices, prejudices
& assumptions, & their repercussions for human
& other inhabitants animal & vegetable on this
burdened Earth,
to
make the best effort I can to rethink & recreate
clothes I already own, trade, or purchase second-hand
& / or to obtain aid & assistance from sympathetic,
like-minded friends or knowledgeable professionals in doing
so,
& by following these tenets to educate & serve as a
model for others to do the same.
Signed:
permission
granted by abf & Lyric Couture to freely reproduce
& use with this line present
c 2006