I appreciate that your comment doesn’t leave it at “Americans are stupid and morally deficient” in explaining why American cities sprawl. > among other things,

I appreciate that your comment doesn’t leave it at “Americans are stupid and morally deficient” in explaining why American cities sprawl. > among other things, it makes us less sensitive to waste in general, and more prone to think of things as single-use and disposable. I think this is mostly down to consumerism. Companies made a lot of money off of the wealthy American middle class in the late 20th century (and up to now) and convincing them to work more to spend more on cheap, disposable things was/is immensely lucrative. I’m sure in some indirect way, wasting space only helps reinforce the notion that waste in general is okay, but I don’t see it as a primary driver. To that end, does anyone know of any organized initiatives to get people to move away from disposable plastic junk (often imported from China or some other place with abhorrent track records for environment, working conditions, political repression, etc) and toward a less consumerist culture (fewer more expensive possessions that we mend when they break rather than throwing them away)?