balanced living made simple with Brett Blumenthal
Wondering how small changes can make a BIG difference? Individually, they may not. But if enough of us make changes, we’ll make the world a more livable, sustainable place—and enjoy ourselves while we’re at it. Hopefully you’ve started at home, but here are some tips to be green at work:
1. Kick the bottled water habit. [...]
Going vegetarian is a great way to live a more eco-friendly lifestyle. Meat production requires a great deal of energy, creates a massive amount of carbon waste and can take a significant toll on your health. By rethinking the way you eat, you can do your body and the planet a huge favor.
Going vegetarian, however, can [...]
Feeling stuck or unable to accomplish your goals? Change can be difficult, and many people lose motivation to achieve their goals. When you slip up, just think of it as course-correcting. Welcome the challenge—it means that you’re taking charge of your life! Don’t judge yourself. Instead, treat yourself with compassion, and determine what’s needed to [...]
Yes, we all know that lying out in the sun is just as bad for us as puffing cigarettes. That said, even the most sun-smart among us slip up every once in a while and come home from a day outside with red, inflamed skin. The unique pain of a sunburn leaves most of us [...]
Stuff: we all have it. But sometimes, all the miscellany of life can add up until it feels like a physical weight. After eight moves in eight years, I managed to accumulate a basement full of storage bins that I unquestioningly brought with me to every new home. I found myself buying more and more [...]
You create nearly all of your life experiences—although you may be unaware of the role you play in their creation. There are three ways we generate our experiences: creating, promoting, and allowing. I first heard this concept at an Insight workshop in 1982, and it’s a valuable tool for recognizing the role you play in [...]
If you haven’t spent much time at farmers’ markets, you may not know that they can be a bit intimidating. Locals always know exactly where to go and what to buy, and seem to possess some kind of secret, cult-like knowledge of seasonal favorites and exclusive deals.
How’s a farmers’ market newbie supposed to sort through [...]
It’s finally spring in Colorado, I think. Our spring weather is very moody with one day in the 70’s and the next day it’s snowing. It’s around this time every year that I get rambunctious to get my garden planted, spring cleaning, store away the extra winter blankets and about twenty other things.
This year I’m [...]
Although being single is more accepted than it was 30 years ago, there’s still a mindset that if you don’t have a mate, there must be something wrong with you. Many people still believe that marriage is the ideal lifestyle, and we’re barraged by music and movies espousing romantic love as the answer. It’s difficult [...]
Organic gardening is a chemical-free and earth-friendly method of gardening. Organic gardening and conventional gardening differ on how they control pests and nourish the soil. Conventional gardening uses chemical pesticides and chemical fertilizers while organic gardens use organic means of enriching the soil and organic weed killers and fertilizers.
Organic gardens follow natural practices that include:
Organic [...]
