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Posts tagged “reduce”

Simple Green: Living With Less
And Explaining Why You Do It

Recently, our home has been getting a preview of the Fall Cure—we've been paring down and organizing like there's no tomorrow. But we have loving family members who want to give us things we don't t...

Survey: Vote for Your Favorite R!

This is a fun cartoon that comes from Japan for Sustainability. According to their thinking, the three Rs can actually be ranked in order of importance. And Reduce takes the gold. Do you agree? Which ...

Repair, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Fixing a Laser Printer

With the low cost of electronics, it's tempting to chuck something out and replace it when it breaks. But some things really will last forever with a little bit of maintenance and a bit of know-how.....

Greed in the Name of Green

Monica Hesse's above-named Washington Post article scolds us soundly: Really going green, [Paul] Hawken says, "means having less. It does mean less. Everyone is saying, 'You don't have to change your ...