George Carlin Inspired Me to Give Up My Stuff
posted by Mama Hope | June 23rd, 2008 in Eco-Minimalism
by JustDerek
Rest in peace, George Carlin. You managed to teach your lessons while giving people a whole lot of fun and laughter. I think I was still a teenager when the implicit message from my favorite George Carlin routine first began to sink in. Want to learn the real lesson of the Three R’s? [...]
I am human. -or- Earth Day ate my baby bouncer!
posted by Mama Hope | April 28th, 2008 in Eco-Minimalism
…Having just written a well-researched piece on “The Three R’s” of green living, I was of course beholden to my mantra to avoid buying new wherever possible. This means not rushing off to a big box store every time you have a new idea for a gadget. “But I want it now!” said my pioneering shopping spirit. Once it gets hold of an idea it is like hell on wheels…
