By Miles Grant
Who are you to deny me my two-car garage filled with junk, an elegant dining room I’ll never use, and massive heating/cooling bills?
That’s the basic response from critics when greens question McMansions in particular and our consumer culture in general. I mean, isn’t newer, bigger, better the American way? Didn’t President Bush urge us to go shopping more ?
But one financial advisor says trying to look rich by buying so much stuff is keeping some Americans from being rich. And while he never once mentions the environment, his prescriptions for building your savings have a lot in common with tips for cutting your environmental impact.
Among TheStreet.com’s 10 " possible reasons you aren’t rich ":
You care what your car looks like: A car is a means of transportation to get from one place to another, but many people don’t view it that way. Instead, they consider it a reflection of themselves and spend money every two ye...
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What would you do with $700 billion?From: ecobuying.com
Post Date: 2008-10-12 03:26:51
By David Roberts
A little while back CNN hosted an interesting discussion called “ dreaming of a climate bailout .” It ran through a few ideas for what 0 billion could do if spent on green initiatives. (3,700 90MW offshore wind farms! Etc.)
It’s worth reading. Also dear to my heart is this elegant op-ed from James Carroll . It points out another place to find 0 billion:
By a nice coincidence, though, the U.S. financial rescue package of 0 billion duplicates a n...
more Friday music blogging: Eliza GilkysonFrom: ecobuying.com
Post Date: 2008-10-12 03:26:51
By Kit Stolz
According to dozens of experts surveyed by The Wall Street Journal, we’re heading into a recession that will be the worst in 50 years, with at least three consecutive quarters of less-than-zero growth. Millions of homeowners face foreclosure, trillions of dollars have been lost in the stock market, and we’re going to see a spike in joblessness — perhaps a big one.
In a jaw-dropping story in yesterday’s Washington Post, a news analyst even wonders whet...
more Poor Management Costing Fisheries Upwards of $50 Billion a YearFrom: ecobuying.com
Post Date: 2008-10-12 03:26:49
Image courtesy of Greenpeace
Given the gusto with which we’ve decimated the ocean’s major fisheries stocks over the past half-century, it should hardly come as a surprise that we’ve been extremely wasteful in the process. According to a new U.N. report, entitled “The Sunken Billions: Economic Justification for Fisheries Reform,” the world’s fishing fleets are pissing away close to billion a year through poor management and overfishing, reports BBC News...
more The Declaration for Healthy Food and AgricultureFrom: ecobuying.com
Post Date: 2008-10-12 03:26:48
Image courtesy of Food Declaration
“We, the undersigned, believe that a healthy food system is necessary to meet the urgent challenges of our time.” So begins the Declaration for Healthy Food and Agriculture , initiated by the Roots of Change , and endorsed by over 200 leaders in the sustainable food movement. The Declaration consists of 12 essential points its authors believe should frame agricultural policy in the 21st century….
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