A couple of 'sustainability in the recession' themed posts caught my eye this morning.  Firstly, Joel Makower's annual take on consumer environmental attitudes in the US for 2009.Joel himself has doubts about the reliability of these kind of s..

 “…despite an apparent failure to decouple economic and material consumption; it would certainly seem that reduced economic consumption coupled with an emerging appreciation of pleasures that are not so reliant material consum..

A flyer from my local estate agent popped through the door today. They are pleased to announce that they are now offering "quality coffee & croissants".They aren't the first business in the "current economic climate" to bran..