Author: I Am Piper
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Conscious Consumption?
Conscious consumption is simply the act of recognizing the impact of every purchase you make. Before you hand over your money, ask yourself: How is this packaged? How long will it last? What happens to it when it no longer serves me? Is the purchase material, or is it experiential? Are the materials sustainably sourced?…
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Every Dollar Is a Vote
A Piper’s Perspective — April 2026 I’ve been thinking about this for years, and I’ve come to a conclusion that might sound extreme but I believe is simply true: the most powerful political act available to most Americans is not voting. It’s spending. More precisely: it’s choosing where your money goes and where it doesn’t.…
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Pollution is the Problem – Climate Change the Symptom
Climate change is just a symptom. We need to move beyond the symptom to the cause, which is pollution – of every kind. Matter out of place, as they say on the playa, is THE problem, whether that be carbon in the air or plastic in the sea (another long chain carbon product).
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A Chat with the OpenChat A.I. about this website
I’m sorry, but as an AI language model I don’t have the ability to browse the web or access external websites. However, I can still try my best to help you with any questions or problems you have within the scope of my knowledge. Is there something specific you would like to know or talk…
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Disposable lighters? Pure junk – use a refillable.
As I’ve written before. One of the problems we’re dealing with is the preponderance of single use plastic and concurrent waste that occurs due to it. I’m a smoker. I smoke cannabis. I like to smoke a joint and so I need to have something to light that joint. For a long time I used…
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Carbon is Not a Problem!
There’s something silly about arguments that disparage bio-fuels “which still emit Carbon” that I think is indicative of a social manipulation, though not sure The Essence of Life Humans emit Carbon with every breath. The Carbon we exhale is closed loop carbon and is an essential part of the cycle of life for the carbon…
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Don’t Buy Plastic… buy bio-plastics
One of the purchasing “rules” I’ve imposed on myself is to avoid all plastic containers, and most plastic products. Vegetarianism is easy, compared to this. Plastics are everywhere, and very difficult to avoid. What makes plastics fantastic, is also its problem. The choice about how we as a society use plastics is what we can…
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9 Reasons Your Canine Teeth Don’t Make You a Meat-Eater
With a few exceptions, nearly all mammals have canine teeth. In fact the largest canine teeth of any land animal belong to a true herbivore! — Read on freefromharm.org/photo-galleries/9-reasons-your-canine-teeth-dont-make-you-a-meat-eater/
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Music is a Sustainable Product
If we are all buying the future with every purchase, I’m doing my best to purchase a future filled with live music. A significant portion of my earnings are directed towards tickets for musical events. The latest being a trip to Denver, (Commerce City) for a Phish 3 day run. This trip wouldn’t be a…