{"id":543,"date":"2009-04-15T08:00:40","date_gmt":"2009-04-15T08:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/onecity\/2009\/04\/a-month-of-responsible-consumption-practice.html"},"modified":"2009-04-15T08:00:40","modified_gmt":"2009-04-15T08:00:40","slug":"a-month-of-responsible-consumption-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/onecity\/2009\/04\/a-month-of-responsible-consumption-practice.html","title":{"rendered":"A month of Responsible Consumption practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Starting this Friday &#8211; April 17, 2009,\u00a0 the Interdependence Project is going to be practicing 30 days of responsible consumption. (<a href=\"http:\/\/theidproject.com\/evt_rcparty.htm\">If you are in the NYC area, please come to our Kick Off Party &#8211; see here for more info.<\/a>)<br \/>\nBut no matter where you are, we hope you will <a href=\"http:\/\/onecity.wordpress.com\/april-2009-responsible-consumption-pledge\/\">pledge to reduce some aspect of your consumption of disposable items for the next 30 days<\/a>. If you are looking for ideas, check out <a href=\"http:\/\/theidproject.com\/activism\/rc_lowimpactguide.htm\">our low-impact guidelines and survival kit<\/a>.<br \/>\nOnce you have made a commitment, you can <a href=\"http:\/\/onecity.wordpress.com\/april-2009-responsible-consumption-pledge\/hows-it-going\/\">join the discussion<\/a> as we share how each of us are doing in our practice, <a href=\"http:\/\/onecity.wordpress.com\/april-2009-responsible-consumption-pledge\/responsible-consumption-24-hour-diary\/\">document 24 hours of your practice<\/a> to share with others, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/groups\/theidproject\">post photos to the Flickr group<\/a>.<br \/>\nWe have set up <a href=\"http:\/\/theidproject.com\/activism\/rc_index.htm\">a page with information and resources<\/a> to help you maintain your pledge and learn more about responsible consumption.<br \/>\nWe have activities planned throughout the month, including a <a href=\"http:\/\/theidproject.com\/evt_rcaction.htm\">Day of Practice in Action<\/a> (in conjunction with <a href=\"http:\/\/planetgreen.discovery.com\/work-connect\/green-apple.html\">the Green Apple Festival<\/a>) this Sunday April 19th at the Lila Center in NYC, which will <span class=\"body\">include <\/span><span class=\"body\">bag making, street theater, hitting the pavement to talk to people about consumption, and an <\/span><span class=\"body\">overview of Integral Activism Theory from <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.schneiderman.org\">New York State Senator Eric Schneiderman<\/a>.\u00a0<span class=\"body\"> <\/span><br \/>\nI will be blogging about all our activities (to be posted on Wednesday mornings over the next 4 weeks), so stay tuned&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting this Friday &#8211; April 17, 2009,\u00a0 the Interdependence Project is going to be practicing 30 days of responsible consumption. 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