What are your plans for a lovely day of not-shopping?
Entries Tagged as 'activism'
Escaping the Barcode
November 8th, 2011 · 2 Comments
What a great image for this year’s Buy Nothing Day. I think I’ll start today. You may also like:Create an Inspiring, Low-Budget Craft Room Knit Graffiti, Yarn Bombing, And Other Dangerous Hobbies Three Ways to Keep the Peace of the Season How to Make a Giant Magical Paper Flower Poppy Garden A Faerie Tangle
Tags: activism, art, inspiration
The Picture Book Proclamation: Lessons for Life from a Favorite Form
November 7th, 2011 · 4 Comments
I can’t stop thinking about the recent Picture Book Proclamation, penned by Mac Barnett, and signed by many of my favorite writers/artists/illustrators. This is an inspired statement toward the defense and reclamation of a book and art form that will always influence my life. But much of the advice herein can be applied to the [...]
Grow With the Flow–Pee On Earth Day is June 21st
June 15th, 2010 · 13 Comments
Start drinking water, friends–Pee-On-Earth Day is coming fast! On June 21st (also the Solstice, of course) people across the hemisphere will be celebrating the clean, phosphorous and nitrogen rich liquid we produce every day. Green design theorist, William McDonough (coauthor of the iconic Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things), likes to say, [...]
Tags: activism, waste reduction
