Michelle’s Lessons from No Impact
September 11, 2009
By Guest Blogger
No Impact Man, the film, opens today! Check here to find a theater near you. Today, Michelle Conlin shares some of her experiences during the No Impact Year… My author husband, Colin Beavan, decided in late 2006 that he wanted to stop writing about history and start writing about global warming. He was so excited about his idea—attempting to live for one year in the middle of New York City without making any negative environmental… Read More >
The No Impact Project
August 21, 2009
By Colin Beavan
Have you heard of Colin Beavan, the No Impact Man? Well, now he’s part of the CSL Blog Posse! Here’s an introduction to his work, written as he and his family were just getting started. Now that their year-long no impact journey has ended, there is a book, a film, and many more exciting adventures to come. Make sure to check out the trailer for his documentary film below! You hear of one study saying… Read More >
Making Love a Habit
August 19, 2009
By Wendy Strgar
“Love and intimacy are at the root of what makes us sick and what makes us well, what causes sadness and what brings happiness, what makes us suffer and what leads to healing…I am not aware of any other factor in medicine- not diet, not smoking, not exercise, not stress, not genetics, not drugs, not surgery- that has a greater impact on our quality of life, incidence of illness and premature death from all causes.”… Read More >
Leather Jacket: The Rebel Icon That Lost Its Gall
August 17, 2009
By Joshua Katcher
Hello Meatless Monday Crew! Today CSL blog posse member, Joshua Katcher (The Discerning Brute) gives us the inside scoop on the leather industry. Read on to learn more about the consequences of this practice and how powerful you are to change improve the lives of animals and our planet. Since the first Harley Davidson Motorcycle Jacket appeared in the United States in 1919, there might not be a symbol that resonates more clearly in almost… Read More >
Spotlight on Mountain Spirit Botanicals
August 14, 2009
By Guest Blogger
We’ve learned about the risks associated with being uneducated about personal care products from Stacy Malkan and Mia Davis. Today we’re shining a spotlight on a company we love because of the time, care, and mindfulness they put into their products. We wanted to pull back the curtain and give Mountain Spirit Botanicals the chance to share what goes into their wonderful creations, some of which are now featured in our Crazy Sexy Shop! Take… Read More >
Feeling Beautiful (and Safe) Inside and Out
August 11, 2009
By Guest Blogger
Mia Davis, Campaign for Safe Cosmetics People deserve to feel beautiful, inside and out. Feeling good about how you look increases confidence, thereby creating opportunities which can lead to constructive change, more energy, and even a more vibrant community. And then you feel even better, and the cycle continues. Word! To make yourself look/smell/feel lovely, you probably use cosmetics (creams, makeup, deodorant, etc). Most of us do- on average, American women use 10 a day,… Read More >
Got Gas?
July 24, 2009
By Danny Seo
One of the #1 complaints I get from people is that it’s not so easy to run out and “just buy a hybrid car” as way to be greener and save money at the gas pump. And I tell them: not all hybrid cars are actually better or greener for the environment. In fact, many standard cars today actually achieve comparable or even better miles per gallon than many “hybrid” automobiles. The fact is that… Read More >
Meatless Mondays: Cutting Back Means Cutting Animal Consumption
July 13, 2009
By Wayne Pacelle
It’s week two of Crazy Sexy Life’s Meatless Monday campaign and we hope you’ll join us again for the ride! In today’s blog, Wayne Pacelle, President and CEO of The Humane Society of the US sheds more light on the profound effect we can all have on the planet and the wellness of our fellow beings just by modifying our choices as a consumer. At The HSUS, we are engaging in a range of cost-cutting… Read More >
The Heart of Scandal
June 1, 2009
By Guest Blogger
Ari Solomon, President of A Scent of Scandal It all started four years ago. I was home for the holidays with my husband. We decided to go to the mall with my sister to pick up some last minute gifts, when we ended up in a candle store. Now, I’m from a loud family in New Jersey where literally everything is discussed and a sick sense of humor prevails. My sister came across a candle… Read More >
A Polite Introduction
May 21, 2009
By Michael Parrish DuDell
I hope this isn’t rude, but who are you? That was the question the reporter at Experience Life magazine opened with when interviewing me for The New Vegan – a piece written on the neo-traditional approach to the plant-based lifestyle appearing in their May issue. I laughed. It was a totally fair question. Every other “expert” being featured was a published author or had a successful line of products. And then there was me. “Who… Read More >
Empower Women, Save the Planet
May 15, 2009
By Brian Fassett
While we’re all busy counting food miles and building better windmills, we seldom take a step back and look at the elephant in the green room: our staggering population problem. Quite simply, we humans are too successful and we’ve got a sick planet getting sicker. Something’s got to give, but what? How? Population issues are a cultural, political, and moral hornet’s nest. But there is one factor that can influence population above any other: Women’s… Read More >
35 Years on a Small Organic Farm
May 1, 2009
By Brian Fassett
A slice of Edible Heaven The more things change, the more they stay the same. Nowhere is this truer than on a small organic farm deep in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas. On Earth Day last week I craved a reality check, so I called my friends Rusty and Sue Nuffer, who have spent most of the past four decades with their hands deep in the dirt. When I called, Sue picked up the phone… Read More >
This Earth Day, Thinking Ethically—Not Just Locally
April 20, 2009
By Guest Blogger
Paul Shapiro, Humane Society of the United States Who among us hasn’t heard it before? You don’t need to be a foodie to have read that we ought to be eating more locally-grown foods in order to reduce our carbon footprint. And I couldn’t agree more. But the question of eating ethically involves a lot more than just questioning how many miles our food had to travel to get to our plates. I can’t tell… Read More >
Planet Ponzi
March 13, 2009
By Brian Fassett
I don’t know about you, but I sure enjoyed Bernie Madoff’s ponz-o-matic perp-walk for the cameras yesterday. Who doesn’t love a billionaire on the red carpet in cuffs? Fascinating! How does a greedy geezer get away with such a colossal swindle for so long? But I’m not talking about government’s lack of oversight here (that’s a whole other mess), I mean the quiet checks and balances within a man’s own soul. This is why we… Read More >
Can I eat a mostly raw, somewhat organic, vegan diet on the cheap?
March 2, 2009
Queen Turnip, Lately I’ve been really driven to try a bunch of new alternative therapies. Why? Because I’m a health junkie and a writer. I want first-hand experience, not recycled articles with agendas. This past month I had a little downtime so I decided to give oxygen treatments a whirl. I had been reading about their benefits for years, saved some money from my speaking gigs, and dove head first into goodness and madness. Recently,… Read More >
TIME Talks Veggie Power
February 24, 2009
By Corinne
Check out this amazing article from Time Magazine. Its packed with cool facts about the positive impact of a plant-based diet on the environment and your health! Even if you take baby steps, find out the awesome ways you can benefit your body and the planet just by making some lifestyle changes. Eat Your Greens by Bryan Walsh Time Magazine Thursday, February 12, 2009 If you really want to go green, the conventional thinking goes,… Read More >
Detox-a Go Go & Scan results!
February 6, 2009
Bonjour Butterfly Wing! First and foremost, I’d like to thank my wonderful Blog Posse member Kathy Freston, and our super special guest Donna Perrone, for their terrific posts! It’s day FIVE of my 21 day juice feast and I’ve made it through the dark side. But before I get into the nitty gritty, I must share a valuable tip I learned for long-term fasting. SALT! When fasting for more than a few days it’s important… Read More >
How and where to vote 101
November 3, 2008
Good Monday! I’ve got two words for you… One Day! That’s all we’ve got, one day. So here’s a concept: let’s vote… then volunteer. Contact your local organizers and see how you can help. Drive someone to the polling place who’s in need, knock on doors, hand out fliers. And if you live in a swing state like Ohio, North Carolina, Missouri, and Pennsylvania – hustle baby hustle! Here are some voting basics: 1. Find… Read More >
VOTE!
October 28, 2008
Greetings Gorgeous Citizens, The part equals the whole. Regular readers know this is a big theme for us here, over at the forum, and more and more on the road with my public appearances. It’s been one of the most exciting and important awakenings for me to uncover the connections between our bodies and our planet – the health of one is inseparable from the health of the other. Yet there’s another essential dimension to… Read More >
Bookworm Posse: “In Defense of Food” pt. 1
February 9, 2008
By Brian Fassett
Hello All! I hear there’s a party going on in here. I’m not sure which bar I should hit first, the wine or the wheatgrass… My globetrotting wife Kris is in South Carolina for the weekend – in the middle of an all day yoga class as we speak – so I thought I’d kick things off with our little book club. For anyone just dropping by, we’ve begun reading Michael Pollan’s In Defense of… Read More >
