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Minimalism? Credit: Laura Mardon, FlickrCC

Can the Rising Trend of Minimalism Help the Environment? Maybe Less Really Is More

Kate Harveston back, clutter, consume, consumer, consumerism, de-clutter, declutter, down, downsize, house, junk, less, less is more, minimalism, minimalist, more, reduce, removal, reuse, scale, stuff, tiny 1 Comment

Minimalism — reducing clutter, buying & wasting less — is more popular than ever now thanks to Millennials aversion to their parents’ pack rat mentality.

Hurricane Sandy damage. Credit: Ann Oro, FlickrCC

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Scaling Back: Distributed Power to the Rescue

Melinda Tuhus de-clutter, Hurricane, learned, lessons, Sandy, scaling back, Superstorm 0 Comments

At its peak, Hurricane Sandy knocked out power to more than 8.5 million homes and businesses across 21 states. Residents of parts of New York City, Long Island and the Jersey Shore struggled for months to access funding to start rebuilding, or, in some cases, to access reliable power. Power transmitted from far-off generating stations […]