Comments on: Long Overdue Riot Update : 56% Less Consumerist Pig! http://www.organicneedle.com/blog/2009/03/30/long-overdue-riot-update-56-less-consumerist-pig/ the birth of a business...and more Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:38:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Seraphim http://www.organicneedle.com/blog/2009/03/30/long-overdue-riot-update-56-less-consumerist-pig/comment-page-1/#comment-1503 Seraphim Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:32:43 +0000 http://organicneedle.com/blog/?p=335#comment-1503 I've never looked at Riot4Austerity before, so I have nothing to compare too, but I think I still did pretty well, though I have the advantage of no kids! I'm sure I can decrease my unnessary spending a lot though, so i'll focus on that. Oh, and that little piggie... is the cutest thing I've seen all day. I’ve never looked at Riot4Austerity before, so I have nothing to compare too, but I think I still did pretty well, though I have the advantage of no kids! I’m sure I can decrease my unnessary spending a lot though, so i’ll focus on that.

Oh, and that little piggie… is the cutest thing I’ve seen all day.

]]> By: knutty knitter http://www.organicneedle.com/blog/2009/03/30/long-overdue-riot-update-56-less-consumerist-pig/comment-page-1/#comment-1502 knutty knitter Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:17:53 +0000 http://organicneedle.com/blog/?p=335#comment-1502 I decided to do ours on the strength of it. Our highest was 18% for electric but that covers everything as we don't use anything else at all except the solar hot water heater. Garbage was 10% - I've been trying to reduce this a bit more as I'm not happy with it yet. 6% was the car but it is too far to bike for youngest until next year. We do carpool and that helps. So do the bikes. The rest was all under 3% so I don't feel too guilty there. The food one was hard to figure but we do buy local as much as possible. I have to say I'd like to buy a little more stuff every so often but we are poor and need to save for education etc for the kids. Keep at it - it does get easier with time and I have found that if I do one thing at a time and then let it become a habit its much easier to move on and not forget things. viv in nz :) I decided to do ours on the strength of it. Our highest was 18% for electric but that covers everything as we don’t use anything else at all except the solar hot water heater. Garbage was 10% – I’ve been trying to reduce this a bit more as I’m not happy with it yet. 6% was the car but it is too far to bike for youngest until next year. We do carpool and that helps. So do the bikes. The rest was all under 3% so I don’t feel too guilty there. The food one was hard to figure but we do buy local as much as possible. I have to say I’d like to buy a little more stuff every so often but we are poor and need to save for education etc for the kids.

Keep at it – it does get easier with time and I have found that if I do one thing at a time and then let it become a habit its much easier to move on and not forget things.

viv in nz :)

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