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When ‘frugal’ became a bad word in America

June 3, 2015 By Lindsay Curren

Two incidents recently got me to thinking about how what was once an essential American value — frugality — morphed into a cultural pariah. The first was when I posted on my Facebook page that my hubby and I had made a New Year's resolution to not buy any new clothing during all of 2015. We both enjoy nice clothes, and we purchase worthy stuff — quality over quantitiy — but it's not like we … [Read more...] about When ‘frugal’ became a bad word in America

Filed Under: Families, Individuals Tagged With: #AmericasGotProblems, activism, consumerism, DIY, fashion

Food not lawns

September 12, 2014 By Lindsay Curren

Food Not Lawns

The Food: Not Lawns Movement may be one of the most perfect storms in addressing how we can simultaneously cut back on destructive practices in lawn care and centralized food production while increasing healthy and productive ones at the hyper-local level. Between fossil-fuel powered mowers and leaf blowers, heavy water use, application of synthetic — and too often toxic — herbicides and … [Read more...] about Food not lawns

Filed Under: Portfolio Tagged With: #AmericasGotProblems, 31 Days Project, activism, art, DIY, food

Many faces of Urban Agriculture

September 3, 2014 By Lindsay Curren

  Over the past month perhaps you've seen my Kickstarter campaign to fund the poster art show called 31 Days of Urban Agriculture. During the time I've been on the fundraising mission I've continued to do the art for the show and, behind the scenes, to continue researching the issue and writing the essays that will be in the show chapbook. One of the things that's been most … [Read more...] about Many faces of Urban Agriculture

Filed Under: 31 Days Project Tagged With: 31 Days Project, activism, community garden, DIY, food, relocalization, simplicity

Greenhorns to the rescue!

August 26, 2014 By Lindsay Curren

Grenhorns

Slightly blurry on the Web but clear in person — this piece is in celebration of the many Greenhorn people in various training and development programs whose aim is to build the farmers, farms, and food systems of the future. The folks depicted — Trevor Piersol, Emily Melvin, Ben Samuelson — just happen to be former Senior Fellows from the Allegheny Mountain Institute. Their training ground was … [Read more...] about Greenhorns to the rescue!

Filed Under: Portfolio Tagged With: 31 Days Project, DIY, food, simplicity

Our local eco swap

January 29, 2013 By Lindsay Curren

Fashion Wheels

I've written before about the merits of swapping clothes and accessories you no longer want for "new-to-you" items instead. The three top benefits are: Saving money — one of the the keys to prosperity is spending less/saving more. Eco-friendly — reusing stuff helps avoid adding to the landfill. Fun! — getting together with others for a good time beats solo shopping zombiedom. But while I had … [Read more...] about Our local eco swap

Filed Under: Communities Tagged With: activism, consumerism, DIY, fashion, happiness, reusable, shopping

Why I love Etsy

November 14, 2012 By Lindsay Curren

Since I've gotten back to regular blogging, I've mentioned a few times that I've opened a store on Etsy, the online marketplace for handicrafts and vintage. I've also pointed you to products on Etsy that are in line with the conservation values I espouse. But now I'm going to wring out a full-throated paean to exactly why I think Etsy is so great across so many fronts. And then, even though I'm … [Read more...] about Why I love Etsy

Filed Under: Businesses Tagged With: consumerism, DIY, etsy, lifestyles, relocalization, reusable

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