One day this month when I was on my own (sans family), I weighed all my trash — both garbage and recycling. It amounted to 2.48 pounds and consisted in the main of packaging. At that rate, I’d waste a staggering 10 tons in 25 years. In Trashy Habits, my November issue of This Green [...]
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Holiday Shopping at Non-profits
If you’re looking for a way to keep the economy pumped up this holiday season without giving in to commercialization, why not look for meaningful gifts at non-profit organizations? End-of-year giving is as important to them as end-of-year shopping is to retail businesses — and they’re suffering just as much, with consequences for jobs, the [...]
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