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• Inflatable dress/chair combo

  Published: August 7, 2007, 7:34 am

  Tags: Dress, Inflatable Dress, Inflatabledress, Sustainable Chair, Sustainablechair, Urban Living, Urbanliving

  is rough.Fortunately for urbanites everywhere, the clever fashionistas at we-make-money-not-art have devised a solution: the Self-Sustainable Chair.The dress is comprised of 7 trashbags, 2 foot-pumps and a pair of slippers. As you walk, air is gradually pumped into the inflatable bubble at the back of the dress, allowing you to sit on it.

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• Inflatable dress/chair combo

  Published: August 7, 2007, 7:34 am

  Tags: Dress, Urban Living, Inflatable Dress, Inflatabledress, Sustainable Chair, Sustainablechair, Urbanliving

  Tote Tags: dress urban living inflatable dress InflatableDress sustainable chair SustainableChair UrbanLiving

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• Mill Avenue District is "Growing Up."

  Published: December 7, 2007, 8:45 am

  Tags: Light Rail, Tempe Real Estate, Urban Living

  The many new developments in Tempe are fun to watch. From Mosaic to Centerpointe to the new Monti's projet that we recently wrote about, the Mill Avenue District is really "growing up." Soon, the Valley's Light Rail system will travel right through the community. If you haven't been down there lately, you will be amazed. If you have, you can't

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• Gone Green: Save Those Napkins

  Published: June 9, 2008, 10:24 pm

  Tags: Life And Reflections, Dinning Out, Habits, Mother Earth, Tips, Urban Living

  I find, personally, the more little things I do towards a new habit, the easier it is to promote that habit and make it instinct. I love our Momma Earth. I really do. It’s hard sometimes in the middle of a city to feel as if in one little apartment I can make a difference. So I try and take my attitude to

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• EcoBliss: 15 Bits of Earth Bliss

  Published: June 17, 2008, 9:25 am

  Tags: Birding, Planet Earth, Ecobliss, Sustainable Urban Living, Simple Living, Consciousness

  An American Tulip Poplar who lives a block away from us. Listening to: I couldn't find the exact song I wanted, but this will do just fine! (Live in concert they are even more amazing.) Today's Bliss Formula: Paying attention and sitting still more often. I am "running" too much and that is a not a place from which I am able to be creative.

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• EcoBliss: Car Rental Crazies & My Aching...

  Published: June 10, 2008, 9:45 am

  Tags: Car Free, Planet Earth, Ecobliss, Sustainable Urban Living, Simple Living

  From our strawberry patch. Listening to: Driving makes me feel like this. Today's Bliss Formula: We were at a record high yesterday of 93 degrees, so this morning's 68 feels fabulous, and the plants are loving the rain we've gotten. It's nice not to be surrounded by sounds of fans. As I've talked about here and here and here, we are car free

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• EcoBliss: Hinduism & the Environment

  Published: June 3, 2008, 10:51 am

  Tags: Yoga, Hinduism, Planet Earth, Ecobliss, Sustainable Urban Living, Nonviolence, Personal Responsibility, Consciousness

  Ganesh Listening to: This great voice. Today's Bliss Formula: Not going anywhere. Yesterday, I took the bus to the bookstore to try to brainstorm some writing ideas. Sitting on a warm rock, waiting for the bus, I did just that. The bookstore was ... distracting. A warm rock seems to be all I really need. Last week, I wrote about the

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• EcoBliss: As Local as You Can Get

  Published: July 1, 2008, 7:45 am

  Tags: Ecobliss, Sustainable Urban Living, Health, Simple Living

  Baby grapes in our own back yard! Listening to: Marchio Bossa singing about Montmartre. Today's Bliss Formula: Riding my bike to the library to work in children's, which is pleasantly busy this time of year. I love working in a space from which I can see the lake; at lunch, I will go outside and sit at water's edge. As you know, we've been

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• I've Been Interviewed!

  Published: July 7, 2008, 8:27 am

  Tags: Yoga, Car Free, Hinduism, Interview, Sustainable Urban Living, Buddhism, Simple Living, Catholicism

  The tables have been turned. I asked Nadine over at Just Breathe if I could interview her. She said yes and that will be posted here on July 16th. But...she then asked if she could interview me. Then...she asked if I would answer my own questions. Which turned out to be a challenge. A good one. My questions are harder than I thought! Go

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• SharedBliss: Interview with Connie from Dirty Footprints

  Published: July 30, 2008, 7:15 am

  Tags: Yoga, Sharedbliss, Planet Earth, Interview, Sustainable Urban Living, Personal Responsibility, Simple Living

  Connie, creator of lovely, hip grocery bags. Listening to: A real hip and booty shaker for Connie. Today's Bliss Formula: I start training for my new library job...in my very own office. How I love having my own space to decorate! Connie is someone who often comments on this blog. She always has something amazing to share, something

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• EcoBliss: Car Freedom 101

  Published: July 29, 2008, 10:34 am

  Tags: Car Free, Planet Earth, Ecobliss, Sustainable Urban Living, Health, Simple Living, Consciousness

  An orchid from the botanical gardens that looks just like a bee in the center. Listening to: A blast from the past. Today's Bliss Formula: Everything worked out with my new library job, so now I will work Mondays and Fridays only until 3. Lovely schedule for all the writing projects I have stacked up, staring at me, practically growling and

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• EcoBliss: Blueberries & Lunch Boxes

  Published: August 5, 2008, 10:30 am

  Tags: Planet Earth, Ecobliss, Sustainable Urban Living, Personal Responsibility, Simple Living

  A Frog wearing a polka-dotted hat to pick blueberries. Listening to: Wrong berry but it will do! Today's Bliss Formula: Seemed to be getting some sort of wicked summer cold thing last night and woke up feeling bad but not nearly as bad as I had assumed I would feel ... so perhaps it will just LEAVE, with the help of orange juice, soup,

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• EcoBliss: When Being Lazy is Good for the Planet

  Published: August 19, 2008, 6:00 am

  Tags: Planet Earth, Ecobliss, Sustainable Urban Living, Health, Simple Living

  A little bit of lazy in the garden can create a lot of lush. Listening to: It's like they are dancing flowers. Today's Bliss Formula: Though I have to be in a car today (remember how I hate this?), it is for good reason: to drive a friend to an appointment that may lead to her increased health. Now that would be some bliss! I used to be one

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