Lindsay's List

When good people in any country cease their vigilance and struggle, then evil men prevail. --Pearl S. Buck There's a special role for women that's called for in the Transition of our society, culture and economy to a more sustainable form. Because women in industrialized societies, including in the US, make the majority of the purchasing decisions in the household, we're in a position to most influence our family's material values. Women … [Read more...]

The three classic "R's" of energy use and its impact on the environment are reduce, reuse and recycle. Of these, reducing is the number one priority. Reduce Reducing how much and what exactly you buy is the first step toward using less new stuff, especially when it's cheap goods that travel a far distance to get on the store shelves. Those cheap goods represent many carbon footprint miles, which means even though what you're buying seems … [Read more...]