When Did Resource Frugality Become Un-American?

Our country seems divided in attitudes about the importance of conserving energy and the wise use of resources in general.

While in college working for peanuts in the cafeteria dish room, I heard two opposite and striking attitudes toward food waste.

One student complained about the food service’s admonition to “take one and come back for more.” The idea, of course, was that eyes are bigger than...

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