Beau Miles, Sustainability & Consumerism

In the modern age, we live a life surrounded by consumerism. In this video, we'll take a look into the life of Beau Miles, and how his videos are able to portray adventuring in a stripped back way such as planting trees and working locally, as well as heavily planned exotic expeditions to afar locations via plane, giving a different contrast and how the meaning of the video can be found in either journey, and how this relates to sustainability.

We'd also like to say a massive thanks to Beau for allowing us to use clips from his videos.

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Credits:

Footage from Beau Miles and Adobe Stock

References

[1] - OCC, Planned Obsolescence Sucks. Here's Why It Still Exists.    • Planned Obsolescence Sucks. Here's Wh...  

[2] - The Guardian - Just 100 companies responsible for 71% of global emissions, study says https://www.theguardian.com/sustainab...

[3] - Berners-Lee, M. (2019). There is no planet B: A handbook for the make or break years. Cambridge University Press.

[4] - Helm, S., Serido, J., Ahn, S. Y., Ligon, V., & Shim, S. (2019). Materialist values, financial and pro-environmental behaviors, and well-being. Young Consumers.

[5] - Ramble House, ‘The Existentialist Joy of Beau Miles’,    • The Existentialist Joy of Beau Miles  

Extra sources from Beau himself:

[B1] - Miles, B. and Wattchow, B., 2015. The mirror of the sea: Narrative identity, sea kayak adventuring and implications for outdoor adventure education. Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education, 18(1), pp.16-26.

[B2] - MILES, B.L., 2017. The Secret Life of the Sea Kayaker: An Autoethnographic Inquiry Into Sea Kayak Expeditioning (Doctoral dissertation, Monash University).

Chapters:

00:00 - Introduction
00:31 - Beau Miles
02:00 - Fast Fashion & Consumerism
03:37 - Sustainability
05:03 - Could It Even Be Better For Your Wellbeing?
06:00 - Political Changed To Be Aware Of
06:38 - Thanks & Extra Info
07:07 - The Swanson Method


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