<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/5d3cd2b1-1fa7-4786-9a18-1bbcd9d0b7dc/E9FD12E8-1EEA-46A5-850F-3B0E5DDC5E61/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://simple-green-frugal-co-op.blogspot.com/2009/04/buying-ethically-vs-frugality.html" href="http://simple-green-frugal-co-op.blogspot.com/2009/04/buying-ethically-vs-frugality.html" style="font-size: 11px;">simple-green-frugal-co-op.blogspot.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://simple-green-frugal-co-op.blogspot.com/2009/04/buying-ethically-vs-frugality.html"><DIV>curbing over-consumption is hard. <A href="http://simple-green-frugal-co-op.blogspot.com/2008/10/why-i-consumed-too-much.html">We have built our identities</A>, our relationships with others and our society on this habit. Breaking it would involve (as I have found) questioning our identities, and finding alternative ways in relating to others. It may even mean (at first) feeling even more isolated from the rest of our over-consuming society. But then the rewards at the end of the long road are worth it. Instead of feeling helpless against the problems of exploitation, we are now empowered. Instead of feeling frantic and pressured to buy, we are now buying (or not buying) joyfully and on OUR terms.</DIV><BR />Ethical buying does not have to be opposed to a frugal philosophy. Indeed, I have found that a frugal philosophy enables me buy ethically... and buying ethically helps me live a more simple, green and frugal life. </blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/E9FD12E8-1EEA-46A5-850F-3B0E5DDC5E61/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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