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Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

Starboard Tack

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3. Excellent post. Beautiful! I must read this anthology.

Reply to 4dsc (Original post)

Mon Sep 8, 2014, 04:39 PM

Sep 2014

Mindless consumerism is killing the planet, at least in terms of it's ability to sustain human life. Our obsession with convenience and so-called "comfort" has blinded us to the extent that we are suffocating ourselves in excess.
The answers are in history and the answers are also all around us, if we care to look. We take so much for granted that we have lost touch with our own senses.

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Simple Living in History [View all] 4dsc Sep 2014 OP

I think, more than even 'consumerism', what is killing the planet is 'disposability'. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #1

I agree. Curmudgeoness Sep 2014 #2

Excellent post. Beautiful! I must read this anthology. Starboard Tack Sep 2014 #3