If the economics don’t work, recycling efforts won’t either.
As our little contribution to make this economics of recycling more appealing,http://LivePaths.com blogs about people and companies that make money selling recycled or reused items, provide green services or help us reduce our dependency on non renewable resources.

There is an organic (vegetables and fruits) farm based out of Illinois called Angelic Farms, that is a co-op farm type of situation. One pays up-front for a years worth of organic produce and when the seasonal items spring up, they get delivered to your doorstep. Alas they have a waiting list too, this is becoming more and more popular as folks want to eat healthier and also for eco reasons.

Tiffany:

Frugality and living a more eco-centric life ideally should go hand in hand. But i think that some folks also are going green consumer happy. There was an article i read somewhere that basically stated that one of the best things one can do for the environment is to buy less, shop less, consume less, etc. I have done this kind of semi-consciously with just re-using alot. One of my fave sites on recycling and re-using is http://www.make-stuff.com/recycling

Have a good day, ladies.

Question… have you ever written on shared farming? Not even sure if that is what it is technically called. But basically you have a farmer not far from you that does not take government subsidies and you by a subscription or time share of sorts for the season and they notify you when things are ready for pick up. I am thinking of doing this for the first time next year (the farm near me is on waiting list). I love the idea because it is so very hard to tell where our food is coming from at the store b/c of bad label laws. If this is something you know a lot about I would love for you to consider a guest post on not china made about it. I don’t feel expert enough to write well about it, but will If i can’t find someone else too :)