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Name: Aaron

Bio: Blogger, Greenimalist, Christian, Entrepreneur, and Digital Nomad. I founded Greenimalist to help people save money, attain freedom, and live greener through minimalism.

Posts by aaronjlin:

Drugged Up

September 1st, 2011


Even in the era of Lipitor, lifestyle matters more than we realize.

Sean Lo furrows his brow as he tries to make sense of the cocktail of medication he is about to take. On his table lie oblong pills of pink and white, round tablets of gray, and little discs colored like olives. Inside each hermetically-sealed capsule lies a precisely measured, bioactive ingredient: 4mg of doxazosin, for his high blood pressure; 90mg of Cardizem, to treat angina; and 20mg of sennosides, used as a powerful laxative. These drugs are every bit as potent as they are difficult to pronounce, and knowing which ones are safe to take can be more of a black art than a medical science. In the last year, Lo has had his drug regimen changed three times by three separate physicians, each time without explanation. The only medication he could recognize today was a pouch of pills containing nitroglycerin. This was a precursor for making dynamite, that much he knew. What he couldn’t figure out was how an explosive could help his heart problems. Read the rest of this entry “

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CD3WD: Do Everything Yourself

August 14th, 2011


Learn how to fish, eat for a lifetime. Browse CD3WD, stop shopping forever?

We all know the proverb of teaching a man how to fish; the challenge is in getting us to practice it. Self-reliance, according to the saying, is far more useful than continual outside aid. Yet each year, droves of consumers still choose to abandon small-scale, local production in favor of high-tech factories run by international corporations. Over time, many local communities have lost their local artisans, and with them the means for self-sufficient production. Without the butcher, baker, and candle-stick maker to pass on their traditional knowledge, practical skills are quickly forgotten. Eventually, basic life necessities must come entirely from imports thousands of miles away. Read the rest of this entry “

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Food Without Shrink-Wrap (A How-To Guide)

July 28th, 2011

As a former consumer, I used to produce mounds of garbage each week after grocery shopping. Last year, however, I realized just how harmful and expensive packaging truly was. I decided to spend a few months of trial and error to live a package-free life. Today, I now produce 95% less garbage than a year ago, and in the process I save thousands of dollars in food costs. The best part is that now, apart from composting kitchen scraps, I hardly ever take out the garbage anymore. Here’s how I did it, and how you can, too: Read the rest of this entry “



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