Fighting the Affluenza Epidemic in AmericaBY GREY HOWARD

A L L Q U O T E S A R E F R O M H E N RY D AV I D T H O R E A U ’ S WA L D E N

“Our life is frittered away by detail.”

http://ocw.mit.edu/resources/res-18-001-calculus-online-textbook-spring-2005/textbook/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abacus

“Our life is frittered away by detail.”

“We do not ride on the railroad; it rides upon us.”

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartphone

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camping “We do not ride on the railroad; it rides upon us.”

“There is some of the same fitness in a man’s building his own house that there is in a bird’s building its own nest.”

http://www.cnbc.com/id/101500804

“There is some of the same fitness in a man’s building his own house that there is in a bird’s building its own nest.”

http://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/tongass/recarea/?recid=79134

“Why should I feel lonely? Is not our planet in the Milky Way?”

http://www.csc.cs.colorado.edu/~matthew/content/2003-08-blackout/blackout.html

“Why should I feel lonely? Is not our planet in the Milky Way?”

http://www.nps.gov/media/photo/gallery.htm?id=F274B442-155D-4519-3E0EF185EDB7DB2F

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_application

“But what right had I to oust johnswort and the rest, and break up their ancient herb garden?”

“But what right had I to oust johnswort and the rest, and break up their ancient herb garden?”

http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=4222

“I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life”

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiking

“I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life”

“Instead of three meals a day, if it be necessary eat but one”

http://www.ouhsc.edu/facultyhouse/HolidayFeastMenus.asp

“Instead of three meals a day, if it be necessary eat but one”

http://www.choosemyplate.gov/about.html

“They fought with more pertinacity than bulldogs. Neither manifested the least disposition to retreat.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitt_Romney

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handshake

“They fought with more pertinacity than bulldogs. Neither manifested the least disposition to retreat.”

“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.”

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces

“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.”

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goth_subculture

“if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”

http://biomed.missouri.edu/couch-potatoes-may-be-genetically-predisposed-to-being-lazy-mu-study-finds/

“if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Roberts

“Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.”

http://www.dea.gov/ops/money.shtml

“Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.”

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meditation

“Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.”

http://www.dep.wv.gov/WWE/ee/ww/Pages/LitterControlOfficers.aspx

“Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.”

http://www.ok.gov/conservation/Agency_Divisions/Water_Quality_Division/WQ_Blue_Thumb/BT_Volunteer_Monitoring/

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Dawson, Brenda. Photo by Brenda Dawson. n.d. “So, what is a small farmer.” UC ANR Blogs. Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of California. Web. 29 Jan. 2015.

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John Roberts. n.d. “John Roberts.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 29 Jan. 2015.

Lady Amaranth. n.d. “Goth subculture.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 29 Jan. 2015.

Meditating in Madison Square Park, New York City. n.d. “Meditation.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 29 Jan. 2015.

Mitt Romney. n.d. “Mitt Romney.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 29 Jan. 2015.

MyPlate. n.d. ChooseMyPlate.gov. United States Department of Agriculture. Web. 29 Jan. 2015.

NPS. Aerial View of Crater Lake in Winter. n.d. Crater Lake. National Park Service. Web. 29 Jan. 2015.

Rocky stream bordered by trees. n.d. Water Quality Division. Oklahoma Conservation Commission. Web. 28 Jan. 2015.

Tennis shake hands after match. n.d. “Handshake.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 29 Jan. 2015.

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USB Battery Charger. n.d. “Smartphone.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 28 Jan. 2015.

USDA. Starrigavan Creek Cabin. n.d. Tongass National Forest. USDA Forest Service. Web. 28 Jan. 2015.

Woitaszek, Matthew. The New York City Blackout. 14 August 2003. “2003 New York City Blackout.” Computational Science Center. University of Colorado at Boulder. Web. 29 Jan. 2015.

WV Code 7-1-3ff (c). n.d. Litter Control Officers. West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection. Web. 28 Jan. 2015.