Sublime

Buy used, buy local, and recycle whenever possible.

Material World: A Global Family Portrait by Peter Menzel.

mend our clothes instead of buying new ones. We shop on Craigslist and Freecycle, rather than at the mall.

96. Downsize your digs. A smaller home means

The design presented in the rest of the book rests on three pillars. First, reduce waste and increase efficiency. It's possible to live with the same benefits as the rest of society for one quarter of what the average consumer spends. Many of these

We are not your typical revolutionaries. You won’t see us protesting, boycotting, or blocking the doors to megastores; we’re simply not buying. Our battles are personal, made up of a million little acts of consumer disobedience. We leave convenience foods on the shelf and breeze by impulse items without a glance. We cut up our credit cards, borrow

62. Limit the number of blogs you read. When you subscribe to a new one, drop an old one, so as not to increase your time commitment.