Category Archives: consumerism
Cumulative Effects
Who doesn’t like to indulge a bit? A chocolate bar here, a vacation there, it’s human nature to want to treat ourselves – especially on special occasions. Coincidentally, we just had a few special occasions whip by – Hanukkah, Christmas, … Continue reading
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Feminine Hygiene Chain Letter
I went to two conferences in the past two weeks, and in the process I learned a lot about social marketing. At the first one, they were using a Mac computer for the presentations, and the first speaker commented about … Continue reading
Filed under consumerism, Hygiene
Wrap Up Results
So we’ve had a few days to settle down here after the finale of our Clean Bin Project Year. I know people are dying to know who won. We had the official weigh in our backyard on Canada Day, exactly … Continue reading
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Day 365: The End!
Can you believe it has been a whole year! I have all kinds of things on my mind for the last day of our buy-nothing-zero-waste year, but I only have an hour on my lunch break, so I’ll make it … Continue reading
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Day 301: Oh the Irony
We ran out of hard drive space while making our documentary, and, you guessed it, we had to buy a new hard drive. Two actually, since we double back up everything having learned the hard way that electronics are not … Continue reading
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Day 286: White Pants Show Down
Grant is losing the consumer competition. He can site “work exemption” all he wants, but we all know that buying clothing is a definite no no. Maybe we need a little background first. Before we started the Clean Bin Project, … Continue reading
Filed under consumerism, slip ups
