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Ventajas de la moderación en vino y comida
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En contra de la cultura de la cantidad, comer en moderación, evitando el exceso calórico, y beber vino tinto con regularidad y la misma mesura, puede no sólo aumentar nuestro vigor, sino también simplificar parte de nuestra cotidianeidad.Varios estudios sugieren que ingerir alimentos con mayor ...
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2 weeks, 2 days ago by: nicolas.boullosa staff comments
Hackers on happiness & tiny houses, plus The Story of Stuff
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Last week, my husband posted to Hacker News a link to my video about a guy who
lives in a 96-square-foot home. It seems hackers like
small houses. Within hours, a couple thousand of them had visited the
video.Their comments were different from the average green blog
crowd. Besides ...
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9 months, 3 weeks ago by: kirstendirksen staff 9 comments
A present shopping guide? 15 tips
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This article is not meant to feed the season's shopping fever. On the contrary, these are tips on how to shop, if you must, a bit more responsibly.By Kirsten Dirksen and Nicolás BoullosaGiven the economic situation worldwide, measurement agencies have extra work this season: to confirm if ...
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1 year, 9 months ago by: kirstendirksen staff 4 comments
Tips to save money going green
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The economic crisis is the perfect time to go green. Helping the environment can mean big savings to your household budget. These tips can help you save hundreds or thousands of dollars a year.In the midst of a world financial crisis, the environment may be taking a backseat to ...
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1 year, 10 months ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments
How downshifting led me to a TV career, Bardem and Barcelona
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I wish I knew the term downshifting back when I was a college senior surrounded by future "titans of industry". As a Harvard economics major, it was easy to see your job choices as: investment banker, consultant, venture capitalist or trader. Those were the firms that came to campus to ...
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1 year, 11 months ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments
On the meaning of consumption and our social model
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Something feels off about my last post.
Too negative.
I forgot the important part about how being "green" isn't really a sacrifice at all.
Because, really, a great many things that we take for granted today, many of the convinces and luxuries, don't really add much to life ...
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2 years ago by: BioDieselHauling user comments
The (not so) secret formula to happiness
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I realized relatively recently that I have finally achieved my lifelong dream.Back in high school I had the common dilemma of trying to decide what to do next.I had been thinking engineer, cause of interest in how mechanical stuff works, but then I hated calculus.Everyone assumed it ...
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2 years, 3 months ago by: BioDieselHauling user 1 comments
Black Friday
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Media and politicians would have us believe that consumerism is good for "the economy".
Most consumption is done at chain stores.The majority of the durable goods (and a high percentage of food and other consumables as well) stocked at the majority of chain stores is imported.
That money only ...
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2 years, 6 months ago by: BioDieselHauling user comments
Issue one: in which I respond to an article on RVing
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It would appear I have been convinced to put some content here after all, already.
This is actually taken from my first blog entry on my myspace account, which in turn was just a post of a letter I wrote to the editor of Pop Mechanics:Quarter million dollar 42ft ...
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2 years, 11 months ago by: BioDieselHauling user comments
Small thoughts
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Having the chance to witness the consequences of overconsumption and bulimic and waste culture, makes me realize that back in my country we might still have the chance to avoid the future that await for us if we follow these "models".Even knowing that information empowerment is a very known ...
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2 years, 11 months ago by: nananaina user comments
