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10 Mantras to Keep Your Spending in Check

Now we know how Katherine spent her Thanksgiving break: reading how-to books. The first is how to control spending, which is also a good way to control your carbon footprint. But it is hard, as she notes in point number 10. The economic system is desiged this way; as Victor Lebow said 60 years ago: "Our enormously productive economy ... demands that we make consumption our way of life, that we convert the buying and use of goods into rituals, that we seek our spiritual satisfactions, our ego satisfactions, in consumption ... We need things consumed, burned up, worn out, replaced, and discarded at an ever-increasing rate."

How to Get Started with Zero Waste Living

Next, Katherine teaches us to "choose better and less packaging to eliminate superfluous waste."

'How to Be a Conscious Eater' Will Help You Make Smart, Ethical Food Choices

Finally, she tells us what to eat; to pick foods that are good for both people and planet.

Dvele Gives the Smart Home New Meaning

I have long sung praises of the dumb home, but this year has made me appreciate the benefits of smart.

Patagonia Now Sells Used Clothing Alongside New

This company has been on Treehugger so many times, always innovating with sustainability.

What Happens When Architects Don't Live Up To Their Climate Pledges?

I have alway wondered what you have to do to get kicked out of some of these groups.

13 Animals of the Arctic

Happy December, it's snowtime, folks!

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