Received this via email today. The author is unclear, though some sites attribute it to Tom Dooley. In any case, it makes some excellent points:
In the line at the store, the cashier told the older woman that she should bring her own grocery bag because plastic bags weren’t good for the environment.
The woman apologized to him and explained,
“We didn’t have the green thing back in my day.”
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Have you seen “Extreme Couponing”? OK, we haven’t either. 
It’s a new show on TLC (U.S.) that showcases those obsessive penny-pinchers who make creative use of coupons and promotions to reduce their grocery bills by as much as 90 percent. The show has elicited some strong reactions–pro and con. We thought we’d share with you one comment from a visitor to the Entertainment Weekly website. The response perfectly encapsulates the mindset of the New Consumer and how passionately some are fighting back against our culture of hyperconsumption.
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This is the fifth in a series of 12 posts expounding on the 2011 forecasts in the annual trends report from Marian Salzman, president of Euro RSCG Worldwide PR and an internationally respected trendspotter.
We hear the word “reinventing” applied to systems all the time: reinventing capitalism, reinventing credit options. Reinventing health care, politics, journalism, food, the factory town, the airport security line. And now it applies to many Americans, who are reinventing their lives, changing “Yes, we can” from a political mantra to their own as they launch their third (or 15th) act. People will be refocusing and committing to life changes with gusto in 2011.
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By John Winsor
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about my stuff. It’s hard not to coming off of Black Friday.
Like most of us, I have a lot of stuff. And, a lot of it I bought quite unconsciously.
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Unpackaged is a London grocery store opened in 2007 by Catherine Conway. As the name suggests, customers bring their own containers (ranging from reusable bags to scrubbed takeout boxes and bottles) and fill them with goods from the store.
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This post was written by Alex Goldmark and originally appeared on GOOD. Click here for the original.
A set of New Jersey Walmart parking lots now have a way to turn consumer product waste into profits. (Well, a little pocket change, anyway.)
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In the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn, New York, a space that was once a parking lot has been transformed into one of the borough’s best scenes. Habana Outpost, a restaurant-cum-cultural center, features an open-air market, outdoor movies, great food and drink, and a social hub for the creative and diverse local community. Underlying it all is an ethic of sustainability: The eatery, powered by renewable energy, boasts dozens of green building features—none of which takes away from the enjoyable experience. We took a look at some of the Outpost’s most inventive innovations.
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Have you felt the end of the recession yet?
It’s officially been over for quite a bit but, you and I both know, the global economic crisis is far from over.
The economy is in a period of great reset. The old ways will fall away and new ways of commerce will prevail. This isn’t a far-flung prophecy; it’s an observation of changes taking place already.
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