I've been thinking a lot lately about what it means to live locally in one of the biggest cities in the world. I think "local" is about a lot more than the "locavore" food culture that everyone is talking about right now. It's about being a part of the community where you live. It's about the fabric and texture of this city of a thousand tiny neighborhoods that feel more like small towns to me than most of the dots on the map in Middle America that I've visited of late. "Sustainable" is about a lot more than green design and environmentally friendly cleaning products. It's about sustaining your neighborhood through your patronage of local small businesses. And it's also about loving the place where you live, being sustained by it in an intangible way. Read the rest of the story behind this blog
