This is a guest post by my friend Allison Hamilton. Allison lives in the country and skillfully grows an amazing variety of vegetables and fruit trees, when she isn’t creating award-winning solar energy projects. She calls me Ali. I love the way she’s deepened the conversation on the best things in life. I love this [...]
Entries Tagged as 'simplicity'
The Best Things In Life: Part II
October 25th, 2011 · No Comments · home & garden, nature, simplicity
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World Made By Hand
June 11th, 2011 · 5 Comments · energy, simplicity, sustainability
I wish I’d invented that title. World Made By Hand is an inspiring novel I’m recommending, written by James Kuntsler (Mr. Kuntsler is best known for his nonfiction books like Geography Of Nowhere and The Long Emergency). Why am I recommending this book in its own post, rather than simply adding it to Books I [...]
Radio Shack Comes Through With Integrity
May 19th, 2011 · No Comments · simplicity
I know. You never thought you’d hear me yodel with joy about a visit to Radio Shack here at Diamond-Cut Life. I’m not a fan of chain retail shores, nor of buying any more technology than I absolutely need. Which is the exact reason I loved my latest encounter with
Tags: laptops·Luddite·power cords·Radio Shack·retail·technology
The Joy of Simplifying
January 3rd, 2011 · No Comments · simplicity, spirituality & religion
“To simplify is to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may emerge.” Why is a lifestyle philosopher like me quoting from
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Is Zhang Yue A Diamond-Cut Businessman?
December 8th, 2010 · No Comments · energy, global warming and climate change, simplicity, sustainability, work
I learned awhile back that China passed the U.S. as the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases.* What’s more interesting, though, is that Zhang Yue, one of China’s wealthiest businesspeople, has been slashing his own emissions as he conducts his business.
Tags: absorption chillers·Broad Air Conditioning·Climate Solutions·energy consumption·Zhang Yue
