A Consumption Manifesto

[NJCher]

A Consumption Manifesto (from Grist Magazine)

How to streamline your life and still enjoy the heck out of it

<snip>Editor's note: Ever wonder when We the People stopped being called citizens and started being called consumers? Take back your real identity, and take the consumption-crazy days from Thanksgiving to New Year's in stride -- with Umbra Fisk's guide to graceful (and limited) consuming.

With thoughtfulness and commitment, consumption can be a force for good. <snip>


<snip>Article One. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. This brilliant triad says it all. Reduce: Avoid buying what you don't need -- and when you do get that dishwasher/lawnmower/toilet, spend the money up front for an efficient model. Reuse: Buy used stuff, and wring the last drop of usefulness out of most everything you own. Recycle: Do it, but know that it's the last and least effective leg of the triad. (Ultimately, recycling simply results in the manufacture of more things.)<snip>

<snip>Article Six. Support thoughtful innovations in manufacturing and production. Hint: Drilling for oil is no longer an innovation.<snip>

More at: http://www.gristmagazine.com/ask/ask112503.asp?source=daily


Cher

[pansypoo53219]

1. i am a compost queen

those doggie boxes don't just hold leftovers.
estate sales are a great opportunity to recycle as are rummage sales.