Comments on: Simplicity and Climate Change

By: Loukia

Loukia — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:26:37 +0000

This post is inspiring! I so have to do more… and spend less!
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By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:48:52 +0000

Sorry I haven’t been by in awhile. I love this post- very inspiring.
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By: *pol

*pol — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:51:18 +0000

grrrr… I had a nice long reply already done, and it seems to have disappeared!

Short version. I totally agree. I do stuff too.
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By: highlyirritable

highlyirritable — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:55:11 +0000

We’ve started eating “out” at home. The kids pick a restaurant fave, and I re-create it here. Varied menu + kids helping out + healthy meals = everyone wins.
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By: Annie @ PhD in Parenting

Annie @ PhD in Parenting — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:26:14 +0000

I just stumbled across this post today on 25 ways to simplify your life with kids. Some great ideas in it!

http://zenhabits.net/2008/03/25-ways-to-simplify-your-life-with-kids/
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By: Allison

Allison — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:32:03 +0000

Ditto on the work in progress. I feel buried under stuff a good part of the time. Part of the problem is the overstuffed jammed-into-every-possible-space bookshelves, but let’s be honest, those aren’t going anywhere, so everything else has to be pared down instead. I’ll let you know how that goes :0
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By: Holly

Holly — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:28:43 +0000

Trying to live more simply is an ongoing theme in my life, so your post definitely resonates with me! We live car-free and don’t have cable tv. I work hard at taming my consumer tendencies and really consider whether a prospective purchase is a want or a need before buying. Despite my best intentions, we always have more stuff around than necessary, so we have a donation box by the door and are continually culling. It’s a work in progress, but I think we’re making steps in the right direction!
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By: *pol

*pol — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:33:01 +0000

Oh I could go on and on about this subject! It is near and dear to me as well.

One thing I do is try to keep errands to a minimum. Once a week for shopping, and at the same time do any banking, post office , etc on the same trip. Also, I will move my shopping day to correspond with medical appointments so all the driving happens at once!

I am a great believer in second-hand for clothing, and feel good re-purposing things, like making cloth bags or fun throw pillows out of favourite, outgrown t-shirts. And second hand means NO PACKAGING!!!! Woohoo!

I try to give “experience” gifts instead of objects. Aside for home-baked/canned goodies I like to giove (and get) movie tickets, dinner cards, pool passes and that sort of thing… (I am getting more clutter conscious lately).

I try to buy local whenever possible, even if it costs a bit more. It feels great supporting my community (and my country) and try to keep all that shipping pollution to a minimum. And I have had some success with a small veggie garden in my yard, and container tomatoes and strawberries on my deck.

I love line dried clothes, so that goes on every day I can get away with it. I have even hung things up under my porch to get them “half” dry as best it can be and then machine dry the rest of the way…. it all makes a difference.

BTW I found an interesting chart on the Giant mass of plastic floating in the middle of the Pacific… and the graphics are quite creative… http://awesome.good.is/transparency/web/0905/trans0509throughthegyre.html horrifying to think this is all man made, and all going to get bigger and bigger!
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By: Harriet Glynn

Harriet Glynn — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:14:52 +0000

So far we have only bought one thing for our 2.5 month-old baby – an ergo carrier. Everything else is a hand me down (stroller, crib, bjorn, clothing …!!) and when I needed a little cap ($5)- I bought one at our local baby store – Bean Sprouts on Main St (also got the Ergo there.) I can walk to this store – it also happens to be conveniently located between two lovely little cafes – hehehe… I love peering into the bags of things people have handed down to us a baby grows to see what fun things are inside. Of course, this abundance is largely due to the incredible generosity of parents who’ve gone before me.