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HIATUS FOR LIM(B)

  m o r e (breaks to balance) I'm sad to report I'll be taking a month-long or so hiatus from Less Is More (Balanced). It will be a reatreat for me--a writing retreat and a chance to take the...

Posted by Danielle on April 26, 2010 3:30 AM

SLOW DEATH BY RUBBER DUCK + BOOK GIVEAWAY

  m o r e (coming clean on chemicals) Slow Death By Rubber Duck: The Secret Danger of Everyday Things is a quirky yet ominous title for a book that will get you thinking. In it, Rick Smith and Bruce Lourie,...

Posted by Danielle on April 23, 2010 10:17 AM

EARTH DAY: WHY WE ACT ON THE PLANET'S BEHALF

    m o r e (earth love) Happy Earth Day! As you probably know, it's the 40th anniversary of this day. Its founder, Senator Gaylord Nelson has this to say about the success of the first event, in the...

Posted by Danielle on April 22, 2010 8:41 AM

HOPEFUL NOTES FROM NEIGHBORHOOD WALKS (+ NEIGHBORLY RESOURCES)

  m o r e (taking note of the neighborhood) I've said before that if I don't take a walk pretty much every day, I feel bleh. Often, I take two, as breaks from work, as chances to move and...

Posted by Danielle on April 21, 2010 9:58 AM

CONSIDERING CAR-FREE? TAMMY STROBEL MAKES IT SIMPLE

  Tammy Strobel writes the blog Rowdy Kittens for "people who are living simple, authentic and uncluttered lives." Or who want to move in that direction. It is always enlightening reading. As is her e-book, Simply Car-Free, in which she...

Posted by Danielle on April 19, 2010 8:47 AM

CARROTMOB: GIVE A COMPANY A CARROT FOR DOING GOOD

   m o r e (real consumer power) There is always talk of voting with your dollars and supporting companies who are doing right by its employees and the world. And I buy that! But what if that were done...

Posted by Danielle on April 14, 2010 8:34 AM

CULTIVATING LESS (AND MORE) AT HOME

  There are a few recent developments in my home to share, things my husband and I are cultivating in the less is more life. Here are three.   1.) More Growing Things. These planters are the handiwork of our...

Posted by Danielle on April 13, 2010 10:16 AM

THE END OF THE LINE: TOO FEW FISH IN THE SEA

  m o r e (ocean action)   The End of the Line is now out on DVD and I watched it over the weekend. While I'd already heard that current fish stocks would be in true collapse, over the...

Posted by Danielle on April 12, 2010 8:08 AM

LIFE ON A SCOOTER

  m o r e (two wheels) As I've shared before, my husband and I are a one car/one scooter partnership. And we've got bikes too. In L.A., and specifically for his work, he sometimes needs a car to haul...

Posted by Danielle on April 5, 2010 9:59 AM

GROOVY GREEN GOINGS ON IN MY COMMUNITY

  m o r e (green neighborhood action) I love it when a community takes matters into its own hands, and that usually starts with one or two people having an idea sparked by a solution to a problem. There...

Posted by Danielle on April 1, 2010 2:30 PM

THE STORY OF BOTTLED WATER

  m o r e (sporting your own water bottle) Leave it to Annie Leonard to follow up The Story of Stuff with something else fantastic. Now it's The Story of Bottled Water, the tale of manufactured demand (aka companies...

Posted by Danielle on March 31, 2010 8:43 AM

DEMANDING ORGANIC

  m o r e (opting for organic across the board) Organic can get a bad rep for being pricey, but I've found that shopping for produce at the farmers' market is pretty darn reasonable (though it's been so long...

Posted by Danielle on March 30, 2010 8:37 AM

A DOLLAR AND A NEW DRESS A DAY

  m o r e (thrifting taken to the next level) So getting a new dress everyday doesn't sound so eco, right? But what if the dress is from a thrift store every time? And what if your entire wardrobe...

Posted by Danielle on March 29, 2010 9:54 AM

SPRING IS HERE!

  m o r e (spring goings on) I am so glad it's spring. Because spring means planting, it means hope, it means more time outside, it means renewal.    Here's how it showed up outside my apartment door: The...

Posted by Danielle on March 23, 2010 10:03 AM

MAMBINO ORGANICS: SKINCARE FOR MOMS AND MOMS-TO-BE

  m o r e (organic moms) In honor of one of my dearest friends having a baby last week, I thought I'd share my favorite thing to get women when I find out they're pregnant: Mambino Organics. Could come...

Posted by Danielle on March 17, 2010 8:20 AM

WHERE TO FIND SUSTAINABLE SEEDS

  m o r e (seeds that matter) Spring is just about here. Where I live, I can tell by the smell of jasmine and sound of birds and by the plum blossoms on the tree outside my apartment. And...

Posted by Danielle on March 15, 2010 9:47 AM

ECO-PILLOWS AND MORE BY BALANCED DESIGN

  m o r e (beautiful, balanced things) Given the name and nature of this blog, I was immediately happy to stumble on Balanced Design. The company makes pillows, rugs, totes, and pouches in Massachusetts and Rhode Island from organic...

Posted by Danielle on March 12, 2010 10:17 AM

TEA TREE/WITCH HAZEL SPRITZ

  m o r e (diy medicine cabinets) I don't make a whole lot of my own personal care products. I do make my cleaning products though. And I make this spritzer that I use all the time: It's simply...

Posted by Danielle on March 4, 2010 8:18 AM

YA BOOKS WITH A GREEN TWIST

  m o r e (nature-inspired young readers) Last year, my husband told me about the only books he enjoyed reading as a kid. All of them were adventure/nature types. And then I read them and could see why they...

Posted by Danielle on March 3, 2010 8:37 AM

LIM(B) PROJECT #25: VERMICOMPOSTING

  m o r e (worms not waste) The beginnng of a year brings a lot of talk about weight loss and as spring emerges, talk of the same in the context of bathing suits. But might this year be...

Posted by Danielle on March 2, 2010 8:56 AM