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We Run Green: Do YOU?

Monday Feb 01 2010

By Lauren Selman | Bio

Do you want to get lean while staying green? Whether you're a runner, a competitive cyclist, a recreational yogi or a vacation skier, there might be a more sustainable way for you to exercise. Recently, I was inspired by LuluLemon’s blog posts considering not only what we wear on our bodies but also how we wear our clothing.

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Written by eldering at Health

Tagged with: cycling environment exercise olympics run sustainable yoga

Growth Too (Continued)

Thursday May 29 2008

Here is what I call the ‘Eldering Consumer Checklist’ in this new marketplace. Actually it is a checklist for all consumers—it just comes more naturally as we get older and start living on a fixed (finite) income. We can take it with us and ask these questions before we spend a nickel on anything.[Read More]

Written by eldering at The Great Turning

Tagged with: consumer_checklist growth investors plan_b_3.0 sustainable

Growth

Monday May 12 2008

I remember having conversations about real estate prices 7 or 8 years ago, particularly on the West Coast. “How can prices keep rising and where does all the money come from to buy these properties?” A house I sold in 1997 resold in 2005 for four times what I sold it for! I am not an economist, but something didn’t seem right to me about this kind of never-ending upward spiral. My ex-wife sells homes and told me people were getting into million dollar properties with little or no down payment. Even so, I couldn’t afford to buy into most of the residential areas that I would want to live in. As a result, I lived on a boat which, while pricey, was a whole lot more affordable than a condo in the same town where the boat was moored. We’re reading about the bubble bursting, the credit crisis and the coming recession as if they are news. What did everyone expect?[Read More]

Written by eldering at The Great Turning

Tagged with: credit_crisis growth recession scarcity sustainable