Tag: consumption
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Making Black Friday a Bit Greener
It probably won’t surprise anyone here to find out that I’m not a fan of Black Friday. This predates any of my concerns around the environmental impacts of overconsumption. When I was in my teens and twenties, my family would often go to the movies the Friday after Thanksgiving. The movie theater was attached to
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One Man’s Trash is Another Man’s Treasure
I recently wrote an article about the sharing economy for Re-Action Collective (btw – if you haven’t checked out Re-Action and all of their members, you definitely should!). That piece was focused on the importance of community sharing – neighbors helping neighbors kind of thing – but I believe that sharing can be really valuable
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The Power of Individual Action and Why I Even Bother
“I alone can’t change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.” – Mother Teresa I know full well that my decision to not take a race t-shirt will not change the world. I also know that even if Nike stops issuing new uniforms to athletes annually, the
The Green Ostrich 