It’s not good fortune on my part that in writing Lindsay’s List I get to be the unhappy bearer of bad news. I take no glee in this role, nor assume any moral superiority. I aim to deliver the facts and don’t necessarily find that easy when the facts stand in such sharp contradiction to prevailing social and cultural norms….
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On the mend
However much you might want one, you don’t need a bike-powered sewing machine to take care of your sewing needs. You might need one after the collapse of the industrial economy and the end to cheap fossil fuels, but let’s leave that bleak scenario for another day. In the meantime, for an inspiring option watch a short video of a…
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Kindle: Good for the environment or not?
I recently received a Kindle as a present—an amazing piece of technology, capable of holding, forever, tens of thousands of books. Editor’s Note: This is our first guest post on Lindsay’s List. If you’re a friend of Lindsay’s, a friend of energy conservation, or just have an idea to help women live locally with a smaller carbon footprint, then send…
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Holiday embrace, holiday revolt
Americans are among the least vacationing people of the industrialized world. So when our few national holidays roll around there’s a gigantic sigh of relief as we gain access to a rare day in which to purportedly either celebrate the meaning of said holiday, relax, get away, or drink ourselves into oblivion. Sometimes all of the above. ACT NOW! The…
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Keep your cool
With summer just around the corner many of us are getting those transitional days when the temperature spikes, leaving us wondering, “When did it get so hot?” If last summer is any indication, hot weather may hit us all pretty hard this year. For most of my adult life I’ve lived in places without air conditioning. You know, old apartment…
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The haute couture hand-out
Sometimes I marvel at just how many clothes there are out there in the stores. Though it’s true that I’ve seen more than a few strip mall stores shuttered in the wake of a floundering economy, the ones that are still chugging along always seem to be packed to the gills with new products and styles. But I don’t shop…
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