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Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Monday, August 13, 2007
A Greener Way to Shop
Wow, I can't believe it's been a month since my last post. A lot has happened in the last four weeks, most notably my consumer boycott for the month of July. I didn't give any indication of this plan in previous posts because - well, I was pretty sure it wouldn't stick.
I heard a story on NPR about how this group of people who refused to buy anything but absolute necessities for a year. I just spent about 20 minutes trying to find the story to link to, to no avail. The general idea is that these 1000+ people committed to not buying anything other than food, housing, etc. and the "must-haves" to get by for a whole year. One woman in the story sheepishly admitted she bought a pair of running shoes because she needed them for work. She's a dog walker by trade.
I thought I'd try it for a month.
The first week was a bit of a struggle. I'm not a compulsive shopper by any stretch of the imagination, but I did get an email from Banana Republic on day two of the experiment highlighting the season's hottest jean that I simply had to have. I almost postponed the kick off of the buying boycott to get the jeans ... but I refrained. Just like any addict, I had my doubts about making this work at first. But the more I said no to buying, the easier it became. It got to the point where I wasn't' even interested in looking at most stuff. And that's a pretty big feat considering my office is on a mall, for crying out loud.
I'm sure buying pre-made pizza dough at Whole Foods or dinner out at Suehiro's shouldn't really be considered "essential" but it all falls under the category of food to survive, so I did flash some plastic for those luxuries. Overall, though, the month off of buying was a success and wasn't that hard to pull off. You can do anything for a month. A year ... now that's another story.
I got my wide leg trouser jeans from BR this week.
I heard a story on NPR about how this group of people who refused to buy anything but absolute necessities for a year. I just spent about 20 minutes trying to find the story to link to, to no avail. The general idea is that these 1000+ people committed to not buying anything other than food, housing, etc. and the "must-haves" to get by for a whole year. One woman in the story sheepishly admitted she bought a pair of running shoes because she needed them for work. She's a dog walker by trade.
I thought I'd try it for a month.
The first week was a bit of a struggle. I'm not a compulsive shopper by any stretch of the imagination, but I did get an email from Banana Republic on day two of the experiment highlighting the season's hottest jean that I simply had to have. I almost postponed the kick off of the buying boycott to get the jeans ... but I refrained. Just like any addict, I had my doubts about making this work at first. But the more I said no to buying, the easier it became. It got to the point where I wasn't' even interested in looking at most stuff. And that's a pretty big feat considering my office is on a mall, for crying out loud.
I'm sure buying pre-made pizza dough at Whole Foods or dinner out at Suehiro's shouldn't really be considered "essential" but it all falls under the category of food to survive, so I did flash some plastic for those luxuries. Overall, though, the month off of buying was a success and wasn't that hard to pull off. You can do anything for a month. A year ... now that's another story.
I got my wide leg trouser jeans from BR this week.
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