Derek Markham’s Tips for Living Sustainably

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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