Early Retirement Extreme

— a combination of simple living, anticonsumerism, DIY ethics, self-reliance, and applied capitalism

The vehicle dependent mindset

Published in May 26th, 2008
Posted by in culture, Personal, Timely, Transportation
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I am convinced we could live without a car. Granted, there are certain conveniences we would have to go without, but having given it some thought, I think going without a car would not be an unsolvable problem. Reading a post on AL6400 about the vehicle lifestyle got me thinking. I don’t think it’s a [...]

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New schedule

Published in May 2nd, 2008
Posted by in Announcements, Blogging
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In order to keep the content interesting and novel, I’ll be moving from a 5+1 posts a week to a more or less random schedule. Ahh, the luxury of a noncommercial blog

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My favorite writings of April 2008 – including ecological budget

Published in May 1st, 2008
Posted by in Announcements, ecological footprint
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A better way of “growing” in a limited world is to increase quality. Make things better fitting, smaller, and more efficient instead of just making them bigger and more powerful. With that in mind, here are the best posts of April 2008. Making changes Row, row, row your boat — On the law of comparative [...]

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