Game Over: Reflections on living China-free
Posted by: Fred Katayama
From Reuters.com
Archive for the ‘The Localizer’ Category
Socially responsible living: spending or saving?
Posted by: Fred Katayama
Live green. Come clean. Detox and go organic. Buy local. Sell sin stocks. Boycott this. Buy that instead. Everyone from the sixties’ earth mother to the celeb driving a Prius loves to pressure others into living a socially responsible life. Easily said. But just how hard is it to become a conscientious convert? How much time is spent looking for that hemp curtain instead of the silky satin one? And how much more will you pay for that bleeding’ blue, made-in-USA item? Can you even find an alternative? This site aims to tackle the question: how much will it cost … in time and money …to live a socially responsible life? I hope to take up new challenges on a seasonal basis.
