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tingilinde: getting around without oil
The most reasonable short term fixes involve conservation. A few simple and available technologies combined with good choices can make a dramatic impact without changing lifestyle. You do...
2008, article, behavorial, frugal, green, reasonable, technological saved by: meryn more details ...
http://tingilinde.typepad.com/starstuff/2008/07/getting-around.html
Crossroads » Blog Archive » The man outside the box
Reinder van Tijen is surely no ordinary character. Perhaps there are people who smirk at him for being a dreamer, an odd eccentric. However, he has created tools and technologies that are...
2008, article, dutch, eccentric, frugal, innovative, practical, van-tijen saved by: meryn more details ...
http://crossroads.journalismcentre.com/2008/demotech
Introducing the NegaWatt! at Greenmonk: the blog
It should be possible to sell these demand side units back to the utilities. They are just as useful to the utilities for meeting demand as actual MegaWatts. More useful when demand for e...
2008, article, economical, financial, frugal, green saved by: meryn more details ...
http://greenmonk.net/introducing-the-negawatt
Breakthrough: Is Consumption Evil?
If you throw away consumption because of the utilization of non-human natural resources, you also throw away the utilization of human resources that comes with it and actually forms the b...
2008, article, consumeristic, disagree, frugal, wasteful saved by: meryn more details ...
http://thebreakthrough.org/blog/2008/06/is_consumption_evil.shtml
Why are People called CONSUMERS? : Sustainablog
Perhaps the first step is simply calling one another a citizen of planet Earth, then getting to work together to cooperatively make the world a better place, starting in our community.
2008, article, constructive, consumeristic, cooperative, entrepreneurial, framing, frugal, green, local, More... saved by: meryn more details ...
http://sustainablog.org/2008/06/04/why-are-people-called-consumers
Europe's Mandatory Carbon Footprint Labels Could Have Major Impact
Research has shown that 70% of all shoppers notice the labels. That should be a wakeup call for businesses to really live up to their green credentials.
2008, article, conscious, corporate, frugal, green saved by: meryn more details ...
http://www.triplepundit.com/pages/europes-mandatory-carbon-footp-003199.php
RSA - Carbon Limited - Personal Carbon trading
The project has so far been investigating how a personal carbon trading scheme might function, as well as analysing its potential social and economic impacts.
fair, financial, frugal saved by: meryn more details ...
http://www.rsacarbonlimited.org/default.aspa
The price isn't quite right yet | Gristmill: The environmental news blog | Grist
[A tax on carbon] inserts basic information about carbon costs into every little decision we make, and we don't even have to think about it, because it's right there in the price.
2008, article, economical, financial, frugal, grist, wasteful saved by: meryn more details ...
http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/6/2/135321/1922
No Impact Man: Designers: If it isn't life-enhancing, can it really be sustainable?
We have become so short on environmental resources that we can no longer afford to be wasting them on things that don't even improve our lives.
2008, article, connected, content, effective, efficient, frugal, functional, green, happy, More... saved by: meryn more details ...
http://noimpactman.typepad.com/blog/2008/05/designers-if-it.html
Creative Citizen
community, creative, frugal, green, social saved by: meryn more details ...
http://www.creativecitizen.com
WorldChanging: Intent Shapes Environment, Environment Shapes Life
What happens if your intent is to create a wonderful place to live? Intent shapes the environment. Environment shapes life.
active, architectural, attractive, concerned, environmental, fearful, frugal, happy, healthy, intentional, More... saved by: meryn more details ...
http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/008042.html
Bill Moyers Journal . Transcripts | PBS
Science and religion are the two most powerful social forces in the world. Having them at odds at each other all the way up to the highest levels of government and-- the popular media all...
2007, beautiful, centralized, complex, conscious, curious, destructive, diverse, encouraged, evolution, More... saved by: meryn more details ...
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/07062007/transcript1.html
The Simple Dollar » Frugality and the Impression of Poverty
Things that went from being viewed as patriotic and a social “good” to being signs of poverty and a social “bad” are all tied to buying more stuff.
2008, advertising, article, consumerism, frugal, green, poverty, sociology saved by: meryn more details ...
http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/05/17/frugality-and-the-impression-of-poverty
Ztail
http://www.webware.com/8301-1_109-9729770-2.html?tag=nl.e776
c2c, commercial, community, ebay, economical, financial, frugal, shopping, social, usable, More... saved by: drburix02 and 2 people more details ...
http://www.ztail.com
Welcome to ThriftyFun.com - A Gardening, Arts & Crafts and Frugal Living Community
ThriftyFun is a site where regular folks can share their knowledge and ideas.
community, crafts, diy, frugal, home, reference, tips saved by: a1mega more details ...
http://www.thriftyfun.com
PENNY PINCHING SURVIVAL GUIDE
"Penny Pinching, Frugal, Tight fisted, Miserly, Money saving, Cheap" call it what ever you want. Try raising 5 children on military pay, I call it Survival. Now you can learn how to be fr...
cheap, frugal, savings, survival saved by: a1mega more details ...
http://www.pennypinching-grandma.com/index.html
How to Save $2,007 in 2007: 25 New Ways to Be Frugal
frugal saved by: Eric more details ...
http://frugalist.instantcreditcard.com/2007/how-to-save-2007-in-2007-25-new-ways-to-be-frugal