On to the simplicity side of simple+green:
I listened to a great simplicity-focused podcast via morningcoach.com last week. Morning Coach is a positivity and motivation-oriented community “manifesting abundance, health and happiness”. A great place to visit if you want regular doses of inspiration.
The key aspect to their community is a daily morning call from the Morning [...]
Great information in this recent article in the New York Times. highlights a key concept in our lives:
The things we clutter our lives with can make us sick and otherwise impact our health (physical, emotional, mental). And in many cases, people try to ‘fix’ the clutter by buying storage containers to help store it, rather [...]
The Oprah Show is in repeats this week, and tomorrow they are replaying a great show from last year. Oprah’s Going Green 101 show will be shown again tomorrow, Friday January 4th.
The show is a primer for how the average person can be more eco-conscious, and (yes) Green in their day to day lives.
As she [...]
The New Year always brings about change. Or reflection on ways to improve, pare down, get stronger, so forth. Sooner or later, it’s time to examine the amount of “things” we own. And decide how much we really need.
One of the very best ways to open up space for the new is to clear out [...]
The obvious route to the holidays is to match everyone’s frenetic pace:
Shopping!
Parties!
Drink/eat too much!
Why not take it slow? Why not find imaginative ways to spend time, money and energy?
Make gifts, rather than buy everything: especially as our kids get older, we’ll be able to take advantage of this. This can be anything from a special [...]
My wife has been reading this book and raving about it. I’ve picked it up about 9-10 times in the past week, but have not yet finished it: The Simple Home: The Luxury of Enough (American Institute Architects) explores, in visual and written terms, options for those of us looking to live in a simpler [...]
If you haven’t measured your carbon footprint, here is a pretty cool way to do so: the Low Impact Living Environmental Impact Calculator. In their words:
Our calculators assess your full range of environmental impacts – water use, waste generated, carbon emissions, etc. And we go a step further: we tell you what you can do [...]
Aimee Mann is one of our very favorite musicians. She writes incredible songs, makes astounding sounding albums and sings beautifully. And now, about to embark on her 2nd Holiday tour, is doing her best to stay green on the road.
According to reverbrock.org:
Aimee Mann has joined forces with non-profit group Reverb to decrease her environmental “footprint” [...]
Organic dog food? Organic cat food? For those of who love pets, having the same healthy options for our pets as we do for ourselves is important. Here are some healthy pet products worth sharing:
Organic Pet Food: Newman’s Own Organic Pet Food. They make pasta sauces, salad dressing and cookies. Why not organic cat and [...]
Here are more tips on how to “Green” your holiday season. Today, we focus on the original green: the Christmas Tree.
Trees are the original green! Choose real over plastic:
1. Plant a living tree: we did this last year! This was our 2nd living tree. The first one we never planted, but rather we decorated it [...]
