Thanks to American Express, post-Thanksgiving shopping now encompasses not only Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but also Small Business Saturday. This type of corporate support can do a lot to raise the profile of localism. But the …
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How to be a ‘Localist’ in the Delaware River Valley: Buy Local
This is the first in a six-part series on the connections between “going local” and living sustainably. Are you a “localist”? The answer may be “yes” if you make an effort to buy food, …
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How Green Is Our Valley…Compared with the Great Northwest?
"Northwesterners" seem to have sustainability in their DNA. At least that was the impression formed during a recent trip to Vancouver, Victoria and Washington State's San Juan Island. "Want to grow your own food?" asked …
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A Green (silver) lining?
The latter part of 2008 marked the beginning of the economic downturn. But was it also the dawn of something more positive? There's growing evidence to suggest that just as the economy was cooling, demand for all things green-sustainable-and-local was heating up, taking a trend long …
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