11.1.2007 | 10:47
aš lifa er aš versla...
Svo er aš margra mati ķ dag, en 10 vinir ķ ķ Amerķku įkvašu aš hętta aš versla allt nema żtrustu naušsynjar ķ heilt įr. Žetta tókst svo vel hjį žeim aš lķf žeirra hefur breyst til batnašar aš žeirra sögn.
The year of living frugally: how 10 friends survived without shopping
It started as a pledge over dinner between friends worried about the impact of mass consumerism and today's disposable society.
"Let's see if we can give up shopping for a year," they said.
Now, at the close of the "12-month flight from the consumer grid" in which the 10 friends were egged on by thousands of supporters inspired by their idea some have declared the experiment so revelatory and life-changing that they plan to continue the boycott indefinitely.
The Compact has several aims (more or less prioritized below):
- To go beyond recycling in trying to counteract the negative global environmental and socioeconomic impacts of disposable consumer culture and to support local businesses, farms, etc. -- a step that, we hope, inherits the revolutionary impulse of the Mayflower Compact.
- To reduce clutter and waste in our homes (as in trash Compact-er).
- To simplify our lives (as in Calm-pact)
We've agreed to follow two principles (see exceptions etc. on our blog).
#1 Don't buy new products of any kind (from stores, web sites, etc.)
#2 Borrow, barter, or buy used.Ég er mjög hrifin af žessu en held ég ętti mjög erfitt meš žetta, en eflaust bara fyrst svo venst žaš, en nei žetta er eflaust mjög erfitt... Sérstaklega žar sem ég fékk tvö gjafabréf ķ Kringlunni ķ gęr... En ég žekki fólk sem er svona af nįttśrunnar hendi kaupir ekkert og nżtir allt ķ tętlur, en žaš eru eflaust leifar af hallęri fyrri įra og reynslu foreldra žeirra ķ žeim efnum. En hallęri er eitthvaš sem allir hafa gott af aš kynnast sérstaklega ķ dag žar sem fólk er aš fį sjśkdóma vegna ofgnóttar.
Meira hér um consumerism.
-(Consumerism is a term used to describe the effects of equating personal happiness with purchasing material possessions and consumption.)
Athugasemdir
Jį žetta er snišušugt.Viš ęttum aš fara aš hugsa um móšur jörš...sérstaklega nśna meš žessar vešurfarsbreytingar ķ huga Hérna td į Spįni er 18 grįšur ..ķ Janśar...2007 er spįš hręšilega heitu...
Ragnheišur Magnśsdóttir (IP-tala skrįš) 11.1.2007 kl. 21:18
jį og var žó nógu heitt fyrir
SM, 11.1.2007 kl. 22:08
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