http://www.worstedwitch.com/2006/04/07/whoa-slow-down-pardner/ Crafting the Super-Natural Life Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:45:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://www.worstedwitch.com/2006/04/07/whoa-slow-down-pardner/#comment-21049 The Worsted Witch » Tue, 08 May 2007 16:37:21 +0000 http://www.worstedwitch.com/?p=161#comment-21049 [...] Carlo Petrini, the founder of the Slow Food movement, will be talking about his new book, Slow Food Nation: Why Our Food Should Be Good, Clean and Fair at the American Museum of Natural History on May 15, 7pm; $15. RSVP through the museum box office at 212-769-5200. [...] [...] Carlo Petrini, the founder of the Slow Food movement, will be talking about his new book, Slow Food Nation: Why Our Food Should Be Good, Clean and Fair at the American Museum of Natural History on May 15, 7pm; $15. RSVP through the museum box office at 212-769-5200. [...]

]]> http://www.worstedwitch.com/2006/04/07/whoa-slow-down-pardner/#comment-12131 The Worsted Witch » Fast Clothes Nation Mon, 05 Mar 2007 19:04:50 +0000 http://www.worstedwitch.com/?p=161#comment-12131 [...] We’ve heard of “slow food”—now prep your noggin for the concept of “slow clothes.” Fast clothes, as defined by the International Herald Tribune, are “low-cost garments that can be used and discarded without a second thought.” Think cheap, readily disposable clothing from your usual suspects—such as Old Navy, Target, Kmart—which are replacing more-durable hand-me-downs that last one or two generations. Consumers spend more than $1 trillion a year on clothing and textiles, an estimated one-third of that in Western Europe, another third in North America, and about a quarter in Asia. … [...] [...] We’ve heard of “slow food”—now prep your noggin for the concept of “slow clothes.” Fast clothes, as defined by the International Herald Tribune, are “low-cost garments that can be used and discarded without a second thought.” Think cheap, readily disposable clothing from your usual suspects—such as Old Navy, Target, Kmart—which are replacing more-durable hand-me-downs that last one or two generations. Consumers spend more than $1 trillion a year on clothing and textiles, an estimated one-third of that in Western Europe, another third in North America, and about a quarter in Asia. … [...]

]]> http://www.worstedwitch.com/2006/04/07/whoa-slow-down-pardner/#comment-355 Clay and Wattles Thu, 20 Apr 2006 23:40:34 +0000 http://www.worstedwitch.com/?p=161#comment-355 [...] I don’t have much more to say about this right now, but here are some helpful resources on the topic from The Worsted Witch. [...] [...] I don’t have much more to say about this right now, but here are some helpful resources on the topic from The Worsted Witch. [...]

]]> http://www.worstedwitch.com/2006/04/07/whoa-slow-down-pardner/#comment-286 Amy Fri, 07 Apr 2006 20:32:19 +0000 http://www.worstedwitch.com/?p=161#comment-286 I just tried to make this exact point to my parents, sighting this article, and do you know what they said to me, “How are Ding Dongs and salmon in even that same class of consumption. I don't sit down with a glass of milk and think, 'hmmm, I could really use a slab of salmon with this.'"... they missed the mark totally. *sigh* I just tried to make this exact point to my parents, sighting this article, and do you know what they said to me, “How are Ding Dongs and salmon in even that same class of consumption. I don’t sit down with a glass of milk and think, ‘hmmm, I could really use a slab of salmon with this.’”… they missed the mark totally. *sigh*

]]> http://www.worstedwitch.com/2006/04/07/whoa-slow-down-pardner/#comment-285 kyrie Fri, 07 Apr 2006 18:54:15 +0000 http://www.worstedwitch.com/?p=161#comment-285 have you read the book in praise of slowness? it has a chapter on slow food, as well as slow other things ;) love your posts, as always. have you read the book in praise of slowness? it has a chapter on slow food, as well as slow other things ;) love your posts, as always.

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