tips, resources, & encouragement for low-footprint living
deep green: jenny nazak
In this installment, I’m starting a list of investments that might be worth making even if you don’t reap a monetary return, or even any kind of direct material return. Here are a few examples: -Plant rye, clover, or other regenerative groundcover on a denuded empty lot that has suffered wind and water erosion from …
In Part 1 and Part 2 of this series of posts, I offer some suggestions for investing your money locally. One of my suggestions was to start a business that allows you to earn a livelihood while also helping your local community become more vibrant and resilient. Looking around at my own community, I can …
In Part 1 of this post, I point out that our investment choices affect the wellbeing of other people and the planet. This can be for better, or for worse. It struck me awhile back that money invested far away, where the investor can’t truly see what it’s doing, can be as bad for communities …
In my book Deep Green, I touch on financial footprint as one category of a person’s eco-footprint. I divide financial footprint into three subcategories: debt, overhead, and investment. Getting out of debt, and minimizing one’s financial overhead, are both good ways to lead a more peaceful, low-footprint life, and I offer tips in my book …
First, two disclaimers: • I’m not in any position to tell anyone how they “should” approach retirement, or any other aspect of their financial affairs. Everyone comes from different circumstances, and there are reasons why finance is a sensitive subject. As always on this blog, and in my book, I’m merely sharing my own ideas …
“There’s no retirement on a dead planet. Invest accordingly.” This was the text of a recent post in the Socially Conscious FIRE group on Facebook. (A group I have permalinked in the sidebar of this blog, and refer to fairly often in my posts.) It was very timely to me, because I had been thinking …
Someone in the Socially Conscious FIRE group just asked if anyone had had any success with non-traditional investments (i.e., not stock market/brokerage, and not real estate). Awhile back I wrote a post in this blog, sharing suggestions for alternative investment. (Actually a series of posts. See Further Reading section below.) At the time, I had …