Organic is just as important in your clothing as in your food. It wasn’t all that long ago that organic food was fringe. It was for hippies and activists. It was far from accessible, stupidly expensive, and considered a bit over the top or for the slightly neurotic. Today organic food is everywhere from Whole Foods to 7 Eleven. It is still stupidly expensive in comparison to non-organic options, but for over 80% of the population, it has become non negotiable. Why? Well, when consumers...

What Mothers ACTUALLY want It’s not because mothers don’t deserve to be celebrated. We do for sure! However, when celebrating us became confused with buying tons of "stuff," the whole thing went off the rails. It became a day for retailers, not mothers. It’s not just Mother’s Day. It’s Valentine’s Day, Father’s Day, birthdays, Christmas, and Easter. It is one commercialized holiday after another, all subtly reinforcing the same idea: If you love someone, you buy them something. I call BS on...

How abundance, comfort, and consumption may be undermining our happiness. Who Doesn't Want To Feel Good? Wouldn’t it be great if we could feel good all the time? Of course it would. In fact, the pursuit of happiness has become something of a full-time job in the United States and other affluent societies around the world. We are not just encouraged to feel good; we are expected to. And if we’re not feeling happy most of the time, we tend to assume something has gone terribly wrong. Well,...