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Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

Curmudgeoness

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3. I have always thought local when I could.

Reply to jwirr (Original post)

Wed Mar 11, 2015, 02:07 PM

Mar 2015

It has been a wonderful thing for me to see this line of thinking get more traction, since the more people who lean in this direction, the more local, small businesses are available for me to use.

Also, local politics is vital, since it makes more direct influence on me. And the "buy local" from farmers movement has opened the markets for our local farmers. You have to love thinking local, small, and simplifying your life.

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"Yes" Spring 2015 has an excellent article by Wendell Berry called "Revolution Starts Small and [View all] jwirr Mar 2015 OP

He is not a heralded as he should be. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2015 #1

I agree. I read him for the first time in the 60s and have tried to keep up. He has a very basic way jwirr Mar 2015 #2

I have always thought local when I could. Curmudgeoness Mar 2015 #3

This is exactly what the article talks about. Government programs often are hard to impliment and jwirr Mar 2015 #4

I rarely see change that does not start local. nt Curmudgeoness Mar 2015 #5

i dont understand dennisdavid Aug 2015 #6

A good way to understand is to read his books and I encourage that. But in short this author has jwirr Aug 2015 #7