November 2011
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A piece of clothing should last for decades. Like a recipe passed down from...
– Pascale Brevet, in praise of quality and “slow fashion,” from Slow Fashion: Reconnecting Production and Consumption - Life - The Atlantic
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Why We Can't Spend Our Way Back to Normal --... →
In which Juliet Schor asks: After a decade of reckless overconsumption, why is buying more stuff still expected to save the economy?
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Puma's New Tack on Sustainable Consumption:... →
As with all consumer-facing companies, one of the biggest hurdles to overcome is what happens to your goods when your customers no longer want them. Another sustainability-minded brand, Patagonia, recently took steps to get people to buy used clothes first, but Puma is taking a different tack: Making their clothes compostable.
Puma’s Frank Koch is quoted in this article in The...
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‘The Hoarder in You’ - A Book That Can Help Cut... →
Recently, as if by fate, an advance copy of a book arrived in the mail that is without doubt the most helpful tome for anyone with a cluttering tendency. It’s called “The Hoarder in You: How to Live a Happier, Healthier, Uncluttered Life” (published Tuesday by Rodale Books). It was written by Robin Zasio, a clinical psychologist, a star of the show “Hoarders” and director of the Anxiety...
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Poppytalk: DIY - Lino Cut Stamp & Gift Tag Tutorial says:
Phoebe from elSage Designs shows how to create a lino cut stamp to make eco friendly gift tags for the holidays. Check out Phoebe’s art shop on Etsy! Thanks Phoebe!
Pretty cool — and looks like this could be done with Unconsumption’s Mr. Cart logo, no?
Poppytalk also says: “Do you have a tutorial or DIY...
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Ixnay on the iPod: In Praise of Crap Technology :... →
A provocative line of thought, arguing that “crap technology is green technology.” Here’s a snippet:
My portable audio technology needs are simple. A few hundred well-chosen—by me, dammit—songs and a half-dozen episodes of the WTF podcast and I’m good to go. My trusty Coby does all that, with an FM radio tuner included. (I do wish it had AM too—the crap technology of the...
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