greendesigncollective/blog* » consumerism http://www.greendesigncollective.com/blog Mon, 26 Sep 2011 04:25:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 So long Cash for Clunkers, we hardly knew ye http://www.greendesigncollective.com/blog/2009/08/so-long-cash-for-clunkers-we-hardly-knew-ye/ http://www.greendesigncollective.com/blog/2009/08/so-long-cash-for-clunkers-we-hardly-knew-ye/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:03:06 +0000 emKem http://www.greendesigncollective.com/blog/?p=243 U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced this week that after a wildly successful and very brief run, the Car Allowance Rebate System, aka CARS or Cash for Clunkers, will end this Monday, August 24.  I took a screen shot of the Web site just in case it isn’t there when you click the link.

Soooo… if you are looking to run out and get in on the Cash for Clunkers this weekend, go as an informed consumer!  Take a look at Treehugger’s Top 10 Most Fuel Efficient Cars to Buy with your government rebate.  I bet you can’t guess what number one is!  Ok you probably can.  :)   But the rest of the list is worth looking at!

Image courtesy of Treehugger: Oh Prius, why must you be so good at everything?

Image courtesy of Treehugger: Oh Prius, why must you be so good at everything?

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]]> http://www.greendesigncollective.com/blog/2009/08/so-long-cash-for-clunkers-we-hardly-knew-ye/feed/ 0 What is home? http://www.greendesigncollective.com/blog/2009/07/what-is-home/ http://www.greendesigncollective.com/blog/2009/07/what-is-home/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:27:27 +0000 emKem http://www.greendesigncollective.com/blog/2009/07/what-is-home/ I just got done moving out of an apartment in Downtown Los Angeles that I occupied for two years. I managed to purge about 80% of my furniture and at least 50% of my stuff. A long and exhausting struggle to move my remaining belongings into storage really made me start to think about why I’m so attached to all of these items. I am beginning to envy the types of people that can move freely from place to place with little more than a couple of suitcases. We might all know someone like this but I think you’ll agree with me when I say they are a minority, at least in the United States.

Still though, as I leave another apartment behind and go in search of where I belong, I have to wonder what constitutes “home” for me. Sure, there will always be my “hometown”, but there are so many different ways to regard home. If home is where the heart is, then I must say my home is everywhere I have a friend or loved one. And although I placed such a strong value on the goods I ended up keeping, they do not make a home. Hopefully they will make it more interesting though, whenever I decide to settle down.

But, what does “home” mean to you?

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