We are all partners in much needed change

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIQdYXCKUv0] The Story of Change is the second chapter of Annie Leonard’s Story of Stuff Project. In the first chapter, Annie eloquently pulls together years of research to highlight the destructiveness of society’s...
How Collaborative Consumption Saves Lives

How Collaborative Consumption Saves Lives

For those still unfamiliar with the term Collaborative Consumption, here’s your ‘101’: the movement describes the rapid rise in renting, lending and even sharing goods instead of buying them. Predictably, we’re tremendous fans of what TIME is calling one of 10 Ideas...

Buy Less, Live More

In August 2010, Andrew Hyde gave away nearly everything he owned. When I first read about the self-proclaimed vagabond-minimalist, he owned just 15 things. According to his blog, he currently owns 39 things – evidence of his continued choice to live simply. Since...