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Our Lives Are Filled With Worthless Crap That's Destroying the Earth: Here's What You Can Do
Posted on Nov 28, 2009, Source: In These Times
The way to lower the quantity of energy required to make and distribute short-lived consumer goods is to make them durable, repairable and upgradable.