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Title:

From Consumed to Thrifty: Strategies for the Good Life in a Wobbly Economy

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Organizer:
Serge Lescouarnec, Serge the Concierge
Description:
Strategies for the Good Life in a Wobbly Economy From Home Swapping and Thrift Shops to Dropping Bottled Water and Lattes what path can we take to live well without breaking the bank and being a Scrooge. We will share tips and tricks on travel, work, food and more.
Questions
Answered:
  1. Why should we go from being Consumed to Thrifty
  2. Five simple ways to do it?
  3. Five things we could do without
  4. Cutting down on your commuting costs
  5. Ways to recession proof your life and work
  6. How to eat well in an era of rising food costs?
  7. Turning your backyard into a garden: do it yourself or outsource the job?
  8. Vacations: Staying local or traveling abroad?
  9. How to homeswap?
  10. Best places to shop on the cheap
Level:
Beginner
Category:
Human / Social Issues
Type:
Panel
Event:
SXSW Interactive 2009
Serge Lescouarnec
on 8/8/08
This idea has been germinating in my head over the past few months.
If you want to have a better sense of what we will explore on this panel check related stories I wrote on 'Serge the Concierge' at http://www.sergetheconcierge.com/consumed_to_thrifty/

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Serge
Serge Lescouarnec
on 26/8/08
Am I missing some comments
Serge Lescouarnec
on 26/8/08
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Deadline for votes is Friday, August 29 (Midnight)

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Kami Huyse
on 27/8/08
Interesting, life skills workshop
Ryan C
on 28/8/08
Ryan's vote for Serge.
Serge Lescouarnec
on 29/8/08
Not too many comments, I know that this is the end of the summer and a presidential year.
I hope that none of you lost their chance to vote due to the Panel Picker being down.
Judith Greenwood wrote to me yesterday that this year is "Not a good year for tourism in Italy. There have been more
opportunities in food writing instead.
We in Italy have been at it longer than the US so we have the good life
carved down to affordable most of the time. From the perspective of one
who has dollars and livs on euro, wobbly does not fully describe that
economy"...
Are Europeans better at tightening their belts than many of us in the good old USA, probably.
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on 8/11/09
Good strategies when we are in a troubled economy.
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