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What is Voting with Your Dollar? Why Does it Matter?

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One of the biggest impediments to effecting change through daily action is that we often view real change as requiring one of two things: either introducing completely new conduct into your routine, or completely eliminating something well-entrenched in your life. It’s reasonable that we aren’t always in a place to accept those challenges and commit to a complete lifestyle change. That reality shapes a critical part of our mission here at Grow Ensemble: Sometimes change doesn’t require you to completely change what you’re doing. Sometimes it only requires you to change how or where you’re doing it. A huge example of this philosophy: voting with your dollar. 📼 Watch the Series: Conscious Consumerism We produced a 2-part series on Conscious Consumerism; what it is, why it matters, and how you can be a conscious consumer yourself. Get started with Part 1 below: What is voting with your dollar? It’s exactly what you think. Each dollar you spend (or don’t) is a vote you are casting and the

Hi, I’m Cory — telling the stories that make Texas wilder & wiser. Through essays, short films, and hands-on native-plant guides, I chronicle the plants, people, and places redefining sustainability in San Antonio and across the Lone Star State—all gathered here for anyone ready to dig in and explore. 🌿 Get My Texas Field Notes A short Friday dispatch from the same desk-to-trail workflow that powers my essays, short films, and native-plant guides. Each note distills the freshest takeaway from the week’s work—sometimes a plant trick I just tested, sometimes a trail or neighborhood…

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