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  why always buy food?

  i am currenty living in a developing afrikan country, and while i know this article is more related to yoiu folks living in the states, there seems to be a very unstated conception, that one must buy thier food.  

  we can argue all day long about the beneifits or cons of one type of purchased food or another, buy they all do help contribute to a system that inevatabloies causes harm to the environment and the biodiversity therein.  growing food for yourself is beyond easy, and for the majority of the world, it is a fact of life.  the ebst way to "reduce your impact" is to make no impact, grow your food, eat what you can grow.  pretend that this imaginary system of life suddenly imploded upon itself and there were no stores selling food, would we all die?  

  anywho, please forgive my spelling.  its just one of the ways i stick it to the manOn Umbra on the impact of food purchases posted 2 years, 2 months ago 21 Responses

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  one more thing

  when looking for a bike, look to get a used one if possible, new bikes are pretty taxing on the environment in regards to the resources needed and the energy required for processing, they are pretty dirty to make, but clean to runOn Umbra on bicycle tires posted 2 years, 7 months ago 11 Responses

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  you can recycle your inner tube

  The tube can be recycled into...wallets and other such stuff.  I contacted Splaff, they make recycled content items such as flip flops, wallets, etc, and they said you can mail, or hand them, your old inner tubes.  Pretty cool.  I wonder if bike shops know about this?

  www.splaff.com/

  --- I don't work for splaff---On Umbra on bicycle tires posted 2 years, 7 months ago 11 Responses