Sag Harbor, USA

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The other night, I quizzed a 22-year-old male friend about his sagging britches. He had no idea about the origin of the tradition, no awareness of the unattractiveness of it, either. He just said that’s how he’d always rocked it. We tried to trace back when the trend began and figured that it had been …

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Repair Cafes Counter Consumerism with Fixer Movement

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All too many of us are ever-eager to upgrade to the latest and greatest whatever. Whether they be computers, washing machines, or clothes, if something goes wrong or next next arrives, we’re on to the next purchase. Part of it, too, is that we don’t actually know how to repair our stuff. And our world …

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Because You Can’t Pirate Intimacy

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About a year and a half ago, a pal of mine from way back started a website called Stageit. The idea was/is simple: performances streamed online from anywhere. Seeing as he was a musician, the first tier of said performances are music. Folks like Josh Garrels, Glen Phillips, Garrison Starr, Vienna Teng, David Berkeley, David …

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Greek Town Taps Bartering for a More Shareable City

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As Greece continues to search for solutions to its national economic crisis, the port town of Volos has adopted an old-school barter system to help its citizens muddle through. Five years into their recession with 21 percent unemployment, some Volos residents who were short on Euros but long on other resources created a local currency …

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