There Are No Passengers on Spaceship Earth
"There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew." Marshall McLuhan © Photographer: Egidijus Mika | Agency: Dreamstime.com
Ten Surprising Ways to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
As postconsumers, we’re all constantly working (and playing) to let go of our addiction to “stuff” and reduce our carbon footprint. It’s fairly easy to get caught up in wanting the “big changes that everybody needs to make” to reduce your daily carbon footprint. That can be overwhelming and also set you up for failure when you don’t succeed right away. The truth is that there are many smaller, easier ways to reduce [...]
Native American Proverb About the Earth
"We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors. We borrow it from our children." Native American proverb. © Photographer: Lidian Neeleman | Agency: Dreamstime.com
Four Ways Becoming a Postconsumer Can Help Your Taxes
Happy Tax Day (in the United States!). Taxes are a hot topic in the U.S. right now. Chances are, as we post this, the government is still arguing who should pay how much. And chances are also high that, in the midst of a recession, you are concerned about how much money you’re spending on taxes. Ok, let’s be honest, you’re probably always concerned about how much money you’re spending on taxes whether [...]
Hal Borland on the Suspicion of Trees
"You can't be suspicious of a tree, or accuse a bird or a squirrel of subversion or challenge the ideology of a violet." Hal Borland
Facts About Plastic Bag Use
One of the most often complained about “bad guys” in the environmental battle is plastic bags. You know the ones – you get them at grocery stores, pharmacies and just about anywhere that you buy, well, anything. Environmentalists say that plastic bags cause pollution both in their production and as landfill waste (or floating in an ocean) after they’re discarded. Pro-bag lobbyists point out the many “environmentally-friendly” uses for plastic bags (we’ll get [...]
Science and Nature Quote from Barry Commoner
“The proper use of science is not to conquer nature but to live in it.” Barry Commoner […]
What Is a Big Box Store and Why Are They Bad for the Environment?
If you’re part of the environmental discussion, then you’ve probably heard the term “big box store.” Most likely, you’ve heard that you should avoid big box stores because they’re bad for the environment (and also in some cases unfair to labor). It’s fine to use the term, and even to think in general that using a larger retailer isn’t as good as using a smaller, local retailer. However, it’s also important that when [...]
John Muir on Nature and the World
"When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world." John Muir © Photographer: Cia Pix | Agency: Dreamstime.com
What Countries Have the Biggest Carbon Footprint?
At Postconsumers, we would admit that sometimes we can be a little hard on the United States as we rail against the large carbon footprint that it leaves on the planet. While the U.S. certainly leaves behind a massive carbon footprint (bigger than any other country’s), other countries are quickly industrializing and leaving their own brand of damage on the planet. It wasn’t that long ago that the news was about smoke and [...]
