A nifty quote

[mousme]

"A big transformation for me was from consumer to citizen. Once you take out the consumer role in your life, you start to have a lot more time and passion and money to contribute as a citizen."
~Judith Levine

Yes. That.

Taken from this article. It's a tempting idea. I don't know if I could go for a year without buying books, though. I might be able to go an entire year without going to the movies. Lord knows, I think I can count on the fingers of one hand the movies I went out to see.

It makes me wonder if I could do it...

Comments

[curtana.livejournal.com]

Yes! I meant to mention that - stopping the consumption of unnecessary products in favour of something that works better as well as being environmentally sounder make a lot of sense to me. For the rest of my thoughts, see below ;)

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Indeed. I have been meaning to look into obtaining one of those (as I said to Lannie, sometimes not having a credit card is a real stumbling-block in this world).

[curtana.livejournal.com]

They always used to stock them at Le Frigo Vert on Mackay. I would try there first, then check other organic/environmentally-friendly type shops.

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Really? Wow.

I shall check it out next time I'm in the area, in that case. Bee products otherwise are stupidly expensive and bad for the environment.