Derek Markham’s Tips for Living Sustainably

January 17, 2014 1 min read

Earlier this week, we had the honor of partnering with Derek Markham, writer for treehugger.com and sustainable living guru based in Silvery City, New Mexico.  #AskDerek was a Twitter Chat we co-hosted with Derek, where, we gathered questions from fans before and during the chat to learn more about how to live sutainably — according to Derek.

We learned a lot from Derek in only 30 minutes time — here is the transcipt…enjoy!

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You may read Derek's "Ten Low-tech tactics for living more sustainably" on treehugger.com here.

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What are your tips for living sustainably?  Tweet them to us @simplystraws.


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