I know I’ve said this before – and it’s the whole message of my book and many of my talks – but it bears repeating:
Consumer spending is the backbone of the economy. In the USA it’s something like 70%.
We the everyday people can either choose to exercise the power of our wallets, or we can continue to be dependent on mountains of “stuff” from large distant corporations that don’t care about us or the planet.
It’s a lot of fun to get creative about reuse and upcycling. It’s also really fun to support our neighbors and local businesses.
Non-consumerism also helps undermine the war machine.
Photos of our little porch, and part of our rainwater harvesting setup, for the i’ll geaux rhythm!!