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Posts in this category are about Household Economy, or household patterns of consumption and work. Consumption choices may lead to a treadmill of high expenses, stressful work, and an inability to express core values. Life may move so quickly that we fail to use our values to guide our purchases and investments.

For a greater quality of life, make more discerning consumption choices, regain a balance between time, money, and work, and let social and ecological values guide purchases and investments.

(Adapted from ConservationEconomy.net)

INDONESIA: Waste Composting Project Blazes Cleaner Path

Source: Inter Press Service Environment - Posted: March 11, 2010 09:19
JAKARTA, Mar 11 (IPS) - Battling the pain from a boil on his left thigh, 45-year-old Inggit Tukino pulled his two-wheeled cart through the overcrowded alleys of a slum in Rawabebek, Penjaringan hamlet in here North Jakarta.
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New Green Candy Wrappers Encourage Littering

Source: GreenBiz GreenerDesign - Posted: March 10, 2010 16:37

Two new sweets come packaged in materials that can be tossed in home gardens or compost piles.
 


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RIGHTS: "Famine Marriages" Just One Byproduct of Climate Change

Source: Inter Press Service Environment - Posted: March 10, 2010 09:44
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 9 (IPS/TerraViva) - The negative fallout from climate change is having a devastatingly lopsided impact on women compared to men, from higher death rates during natural disasters to heavier household and care burdens.
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