The problem with Black Friday.

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In this Our Changing Climate environmental video essay, I investigate the various problems with Black Friday this 2019 season. Using Black Friday as a microcosm for the United States' desire for overconsumption, I look at the environmental impacts of Black Friday and Cyber Monday as well as the social problems of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Specifically, the video dives into the treatment of workers in large companies like Amazon and Walmart and then understands the environmental consequence of the massive consumption spree that is Black Friday and Cyber Monday. In short, the overconsumption of Black Friday is steeped in a profit-over-all model that we must escape if we are to change Black Friday.

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Resources:
1. Every Result You Need To Know From Black Friday, Cyber Monday And The Holiday 2018 Season So Far (Forbes): https://www.forbes.com/sites/nikkibai...
2. What Is Black Friday? Sales and Trends (The Balance): https://www.thebalance.com/what-is-bl...
3. Black Friday Death Count (Black Friday Death Count): http://blackfridaydeathcount.com/
4. This Black Friday, Amazon employees across Europe are protesting ‘inhuman’ working conditions (Washington Post): https://www.washingtonpost.com/techno...
5. Why some brands aren’t offering Black Friday deals (Vox): https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2018/11...
6. Black Friday Has a Darker Message This Year (Bitch Media): https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/bl...
7. Created Wants (Noam Chomsky via YouTube):    • Noam Chomsky - Created Wants  
8. Consumerism & Advertising (Noam Chomsky via YouTube):    • Видео  
9. Online shopping is terrible for the environment. It doesn’t have to be. (Vox): https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2017...
10. 2019 Holiday Shopping Trends (Adobe): https://www.adobe.com/experience-clou...
11. USPS Holiday ‘Bear’ Facts (US Postal Service): https://uspsblog.com/holiday-shipping...
12. An Amazon warehouse worker is waging war on working conditions in a new anonymous newspaper column (Business Insider): https://www.businessinsider.com/amazo...
13. Online transactions grew 15% during Peak Week 2018, with off-peak days posting strongest growth (Hitwise): https://www.hitwise.com/en/2018/11/27...
14. The Truth about Black Friday (Matt D'Avela via YouTube):    • The Truth about Black Friday  

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