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How to Shop to Boost the Middle Class This Season

Hillary St. Pierre | Posted 01.11.2012 | Impact
Read More: Farmer's Markets, Art, Holiday Shopping, Craft Fairs, Shopping, Middle Class, Occupy Wall Street, Gifts, Shopping Local, Online Shopping, Hand-Made Gifts, Mind the Gap, Impact News
Hillary St. Pierre

This year's Occupy Wall St.'s War on Poverty has brought a new form of enlightenment to shopping, and believe it or not, it's possible to shop for the upcoming holidays like an heiress while boosting the middle class.

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Bookstore Celebrates 200 Year Anniversary

The Boston Globe | Brian Benson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Shopping Local, Independent Bookstores, Oldest Bookstore, Bookstores, Boston, Bookselling, Indie Bookstores, Books, Andover Bookstore, Second Oldest Bookstore, Books News

The store - the second oldest in the country after a bookstore in Pennsylvania - features a fireplace, reading nooks, and a popular weekly author seri...

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No Impact Man (and Wife) Discuss the Joys of Their Small Carbon Footprint

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Local Farms, Colin Beavan, Consumerism, WalletPop.Com, Colin-Beavan, Sustainable Choices, Eco-Choices, Michelle-Conlin, Buying Local, Shopping Local, Michelle Conlin, Andrea Chalupa, No-Impact, Green News
Andrea Chalupa

I recently saw an incredible documentary about a Manhattan couple who lived "no impact" for a year. This means they did all they could to drastically ...

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Corporations Inventing New Definitions For Local Shopping

Mother Nature Network | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Green Shopping, Green Living, Going Local, Local Food, Corporations, Shopping Local, Green News

National chains and big-box stores are all jumping on board the "buy local" phenomenon, using the loose definition that visiting your local Starbucks ...

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