Sunday, March 2, 2008
Glaeser on Cities
My Harvard colleague Ed Glaeser worries that cities are disadvantaged because they have more than their share of the poor and because the suburbs do more than their share of emitting carbon.
A carbon tax with revenues rebated via a lump-sum demogrant would address both concerns.
A carbon tax with revenues rebated via a lump-sum demogrant would address both concerns.
Saturday, March 1, 2008
nice! -- portovert.com
thanks to the stylishly green portovert.com for the etsy love and eco-etsy suggestions, as well as the news (to me -- i can't keep up!) that march has been proclaimed DIY wedding month. am not sure who proclaims these things, but i'm in!
if you think about it, weddings are full of 'disposable' things, in the basic sense that they are 'one-day's-use': even the dress, veil, etc. i don't often feature vintage items, as they're frequently one-of-a-kind, but there are a ton of vintage bridal items, decorations, even retro housewares on etsy: a great way to recycle and minimize a wedding's 'footprint.' portovert is a great DIY/eco-friendly resource as well. thanks, friends!
#263: it's lovely.
when i first started researching for my faux-wedding, i had no doubt in my mind that a bride would need to drop at least $2000 for a dress worthy of wowing the future hubs. at least.
but i've since been inspired by you brilliant readers and am happy to report that i now know that i have endless lovely dress options, all of which fall within my 'budget' aka $500 or less...you know, for when it comes time to drop the 'faux' from 'faux-wedding'.
$3000 dresses are wonderful...hell, so are $10,000 dresses...but hope is not lost for those who have limited resources (ME!) and would rather put the extra money where our stomachs are (ME AGAIN!) and at the same time would prefer something a little less cookie cutterish (um, ME...).
open your mind and keep the faith, ladies.
and if i were getting married, say, this june, i'd keep the faith whilst prancing around in this $440 rebecca taylor number.
from estore.com
{thanks to the ever-stylish joanna for the find.}
but i've since been inspired by you brilliant readers and am happy to report that i now know that i have endless lovely dress options, all of which fall within my 'budget' aka $500 or less...you know, for when it comes time to drop the 'faux' from 'faux-wedding'.
$3000 dresses are wonderful...hell, so are $10,000 dresses...but hope is not lost for those who have limited resources (ME!) and would rather put the extra money where our stomachs are (ME AGAIN!) and at the same time would prefer something a little less cookie cutterish (um, ME...).
open your mind and keep the faith, ladies.
and if i were getting married, say, this june, i'd keep the faith whilst prancing around in this $440 rebecca taylor number.
from estore.com
{thanks to the ever-stylish joanna for the find.}
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