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	<title><![CDATA[A New Ethics of Consumption]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-posner/a-new-ethics-of-consumpti_b_115216.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Last week I visited Rhode Island's central landfill to do some research on <a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/01/how_to_green_your_recycling.php">recycling</a> and<a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/07/green-basics-compost.php"> composting</a>. As I sat in an office overlooking the dump, I couldn't help but marvel at the endless stream of trucks filling the valley with what I like to call the by-products of bad design and carelessness. Bad design because almost nothing we buy is designed to be re-used at the end of its life, and carelessness because so much of what we...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Green]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-08-04T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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