As consumers, we have significant power in creating sustainable change in the way we use our money. The most common way is by the choices we make during our regular purchases like food, household goods, vehicles and others. I would define these as direct expenditures. But, we also have an opportunity to encourage sustainable change […]
Author Archives: Karin Lengger
50 Shades of Green: The Carbon Economy
Carbon dioxide emissions contribute to global warming, so why is it that we have been so challenged in taking steps to reduce our emissions and thus our impact on climate change? One big reason is that our current economic system allows for the ‘externalization’ of costs to such a great extent that there is little […]
50 Shades of Green: The Power of Money
This feels like coming home! Until a few years ago, I lived in the ‘Warmland’—farming, vending at the Duncan Farmers’ Market, and writing a weekly column for The Citizen called “Food for Thought”. Not a very innovative title but it did describe very well what I intended it to be all about—my thoughts and observations […]