I’m afraid Gus at A Pagan’ Blog mistook my thoughts on his “spirituality and buying local” for criticism.  Quite the contrary, I was admiring and agreeing with his insight on spiritual connection coming from the world around us – not in terms of what we buy or what we have, but who we are within…

You guys are a creative bunch!  You have great ideas for ways to use un-recyclable orange juice (and milk) cartons.  Here are a few, please add your ideas to the combox so we can make this a full-fledged Beliefnet feature! From Sugrona:“I wash them out with vinegar and use them to freeze broth, soup, berries,…

There are environmental, economic, and logistical things to consider when deciding how much of a locavore to be.  But is buying local spiritual? Our Beliefnet blog brother Gus diZerega has a fascinating post over on A Pagan’s Blog about this very question.  He says: “Spiritually, buying from [a] larger perspective recognizes we are anything but…

Do you put orange juice cartons in the recycle bin, thinking that they count as cardboard?  Ok, then, maybe I’m the only one….but it turns out that orange juice containers are made of an already-recycled material, and they in turn are only recyclable in certain states (and only in certain towns within those states….alas, not…

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