The Problem With Products Marketed To Kids
Just because a product is marketed to babies or kids doesn’t mean it’s safe, and new research published just last week has alarming things to say about the presence of phthalates in personal care...
View ArticleRipple Effects
More free time and less stress. Extra money in the bank. While minimalists often report such benefits of the lifestyle over and over, for many of us, it goes deeper. Indeed, a minimalist lifestyle may...
View ArticleA Mindful Wardrobe Refresh
Want to be “up to date” with your wardrobe choices? Fashion forwardness understands that the textile industry is incredibly polluting; having your finger on the fashion pulse, then, is about...
View ArticleRemoving The Mask
The Japanese argue that we each have three faces. The first is your idealized, near-perfect version; it’s also the mask you present to the world. You reveal your second face selectively to very close...
View ArticleThe Antidote To Hedonic Adaptation
The US hails consumption as a patriotic duty. But refraining from buying isn’t a punishment, and practicing a bit of self-control both resets our hedonistic baseline and re-centers our behaviors around...
View ArticleRebuilding Your Village
A recent study finds Americans are spending notably more time at home, and it’s not wholly the pandemic’s fault. Thank technology: For the last 20 years Americans have slowly traded their social...
View ArticleSelective Mediocrity
Our To-Do lists are never-ending, sure. But it’s neither realistic nor fair to assume we can excel in every arena. Enter selective mediocrity, a.k.a. that conscious choice to let some stuff go. We...
View ArticleHow To Host A Clothing Swap
Clothing swaps (or toy swaps, or book swaps, or home goods swaps) are a low-stakes way to declutter your closet and acquire new-to-you clothes. These events also happen to be the epitome of of communal...
View ArticleStuff You Should Know
These days, dry cleaners press shirts, industrialized farms grow monocrops, and factories churn out single-use varieties of (nearly) everything. And when a possession looks a little worn or a little...
View ArticleWater Smarts
Water is a finite resource. Freshwater shortages are increasingly striking regions around the globe and, as demand for water rises while supply continues to drop, the price of water will likely...
View ArticleA Life Of Purpose
Our culture is marked by both comparison and overconsumption, and we are constantly urged to hustle for something bigger, better, or more expensive because happiness (supposedly) lies within the next...
View ArticleHow To Be An Anti-Capitalist
Capitalism has transformed the world, sure. But at what cost? (Immense environmental ones, of course.) Americans, it’s high-time we accept that the Golden Age of capitalism is long gone. On today’s...
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