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Happy Holidays! Stay Grateful, Gracious, and Green!

Lasára Allen — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 06:15:26 +0000

Gift Buying with Consciousness – A Guide to Compassionate Consumerism

Often my anti-consumerist, smaller footprint, “live simply” self, and my “the kids deserve the joy that materialism so easily delivers”, acquisitive, affluenza-suffering self war with each other.

Especially during birthdays, and holidays. During these special days I, like every other conscious consumer, enter the

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Holiday Health: Compassionate Consumerism, and Self-Care.

Lasára Allen — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 18:39:50 +0000

The holidays are (basically) upon us! Since starting to do the Holiday Season binge-shopping (yeah, me too), I thought I’d offer a link to my article, Gift Buying with Consciousness: A Guide to Compassionate Consumerism.

And, since we’re all prone to losing track of our self-care during the season, I am also linking Self-Care for the

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Gift Buying with Consciousness – A Guide to Compassionate Consumerism

Lasára Allen — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:08:33 +0000

Especially during birthdays, and holidays. During these special days I, like every other conscious consumer, enter the battlefield of who to buy for, what to buy, and why? And,

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Doing Our Part to Safeguard the Ecological Heritage of Future Generations

Lasára Allen — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:13:42 +0000

See below the text box for our other green business policies, and ways that you, too, can reduce your carbon footprint.

We Sell Primarily Green Products, and Our Services are Green, Too Gratitude Games, our primary product is download only – zero-waste product; no shipping waste, no manufacturing waste. Telephone-based coaching and teleclasses are a greener option than

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THE THIRD R: RECYCLE

Lasára Allen — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:16:03 +0000

Recycling is probably the most mentioned, but least effective of the three Rs. Of the four items mentioned above, only the yogurt container can be recycled. And at, that, only at some recycling centers. The shirt and plastic bag are landfill. Over time, the shirt will rot away. The plastic bag will not.

Of all the

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THE SECOND R: REUSE

Lasára Allen — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:14:17 +0000

Reusing is step two; once you’ve purchased an item and put it into circulation, the more times the item is used, the less the overall impact. This is just as true for a plastic bag, yogurt container, t-shirt, or computer.

Of the four items mentioned, only the shirt is biodegradable. And, at that, only truly biodegradable

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Re-Framing Your Family’s Recession Anxiety to Conscious Consumerism

Lasára Allen — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:09:38 +0000

Every challenge is an opportunity. The recession is a perfect chance to create a shift in your family’s, and your own, values; a chance to move from want-based, status-based, and impulse spending, to sustainable consumer choices.

Of course, the first step is to that reframe is in shifting your own thought process. In this article you’ll

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