Author: Danny Seo
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312276614
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 200

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Crowned by "People" magazine as the "eco-groovy Martha Stewart", Seo shows that it doesn't take much time, money, or effort to make an eco-friendly home. Illustrations. Photos.

Author: Talor Stewart
Publisher: Conscious Publishers
ISBN: 9781733823401
Category : Architecture, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages : 106

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There is a paradigm shift happening in home design. Today's homeowners are more design savvy and demand more than what the old world values represent and deliver. For the Conscious Homeowner, gone are the days when a house is deemed adequate simply because it is built in Z architectural style, has Y number of bedrooms, and X number of square feet.Conscious Homeowners expect more from their homes. They want increased functionality, reduced maintenance, and smaller utility bills. They want a home that maximizes their sense of individual freedom and personal privacy, while at the same time fostering greater family connection. They want highly supportive homes that enhance their lifestyle by removing friction and creating ease and grace.Just as proper diet, exercise and good relationships are essential components of a happy, successful life, so too is proper home design. Conscious Home Design creates momentum in the lives of those who experience it, helping people more readily achieve their noble hopes and dreams, and bright ambitions. When you place the essential parts of life within the context of a consciously designed home, you and your loved ones will be served and supported night and day.

Author: Elizabeth L. Cline
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 152474431X
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 368

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From journalist, fashionista, and clothing resale expert Elizabeth L. Cline, “the Michael Pollan of fashion,”* comes the definitive guide to building an ethical, sustainable wardrobe you'll love. Clothing is one of the most personal expressions of who we are. In her landmark investigation Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion, Elizabeth L. Cline first revealed fast fashion’s hidden toll on the environment, garment workers, and even our own satisfaction with our clothes. The Conscious Closet shows exactly what we can do about it. Whether your goal is to build an effortless capsule wardrobe, keep up with trends without harming the environment, buy better quality, seek out ethical brands, or all of the above, The Conscious Closet is packed with the vital tools you need. Elizabeth delves into fresh research on fashion’s impacts and shows how we can leverage our everyday fashion choices to change the world through style. Inspired by her own revelatory journey getting off the fast-fashion treadmill, Elizabeth shares exactly how to build a more ethical wardrobe, starting with a mindful closet clean-out and donating, swapping, or selling the clothes you don't love to make way for the closet of your dreams. The Conscious Closet is not just a style guide. It is a call to action to transform one of the most polluting industries on earth—fashion—into a force for good. Readers will learn where our clothes are made and how they’re made, before connecting to a global and impassioned community of stylish fashion revolutionaries. In The Conscious Closet, Elizabeth shows us how we can start to truly love and understand our clothes again—without sacrificing the environment, our morals, or our style in the process. *Michelle Goldberg, Newsweek/The Daily Beast

Author: Catherine Foster
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN: 9780143573357
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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"Showcases an inspiring collection of homes measuring less than 90m2 from around New Zealand. Family homes, baches and apartments are included in the line-up; all of them demonstrating ingenious ways to reduce space and cut costs within a design-enriched environment. Small House Living is a book in tune with the current preoccupation with creating affordable housing solutions. Anyone interested in living well with less will find inspiration in the compact yet highly considered homes featured"--Publisher information.

Author: Jennifer Stevens
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781535117630
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 144

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With The Conscious Home, designer Jenn Stevens brings you a new and inspired way to tackle interior design. The Conscious Home blends together design and psychology with a touch of magic in order to create a home that nourishes and inspires you. If you're ready to take charge of your space and make some progress towards your bigger life goals, then you're ready for the transformational journey of The Conscious Home. Learn how to harness the real magic of your space including quick lessons on: * the importance of decluttering * tips on getting organized * Feng Shui * color psychology * how to incorporate your dreams and goals into the space around you * plus loads of designer tips + tricks

Author: Charisse Marei
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1946414026
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 313

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This whimsical yet informative guide is not just your typical design book—it was created to help you unveil your unique personal style and authentic flair! Author Charisse Marei helps you focus on achieving the home of your dreams, starting with creating a sanctuary in one simple room: the bathroom, where you begin and end each day. With its interactive workbook and countless eco—tips, recipes, and shopping lists, this book will gently encourage you to: - Remove toxins from your life - Design with purpose - Declutter, organize and tidy to create harmony - Manifest a treasure chest of well-being - Do breathe-able cleaning - Share stories - Welcome greater purpose Along the way to self-discovery you will acquire the tools of the trade to be the interior designer and client of your own project, discover new words to replace the negative word “stress,” and uncover the five keys to staying on the clutter-free path. Transform your wishes and desires into an action-inspiring journey to Release, Renew, Revitalize (3 Rs) yourself, your home, your furry friends, and our Earth.

Author: Patrick House
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 125015118X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 130

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A concise, elegant, and thought-provoking exploration of the mystery of consciousness and the functioning of the brain. Despite decades of research, remarkable imagery, and insights from a range of scientific and medical disciplines, the human brain remains largely unexplored. Consciousness has eluded explanation. Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness offers a brilliant overview of the state of modern consciousness research in twenty brief, revealing chapters. Neuroscientist and author Patrick House describes complex concepts in accessible terms, weaving brain science, technology, gaming, analogy, and philosophy into a tapestry that illuminates how the brain works and what enables consciousness. This remarkable book fosters a sense of mystery and wonder about the strangeness of the relationship between our inner selves and our environment.

Author: Sandra Knecht
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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For a home design to be successful, it should boost your mood, but it also needs to reflect the owner in an authentic and personal way ♥ At the same time, it should offer good flow and functionality so that it is livable. Effective design calls for creative problem-solving skills, and of course, the space must offer aesthetic appeal and absolute enchantment for the design to be considered a true success. Interior design encompasses much more than just creating a pleasing-looking space. It involves accepting yourself and your way of life. It enhances both our quality of life and how we live our daily lives. Thus, we form our spaces just as much as our spaces mold us. In modern times, beautiful design is no longer enough. With the pervasive and discouraging threats surrounding climate change and humanity's abuse of natural resources and wildlife, it is necessary to weave environmental ethics into our interiors. Our homes must reflect our values and our values must include a deep reverence for the environment. This book will introduce you to interior design fundamentals and the principles of Sustainable Design. Sustainable Interior Design centers around an honest commitment towards protecting the Earth and its dwindling resources. Sustainability in interior design means upholding eco-friendly design methods and principles, such as energy efficiency, biodegradable materials, etc., for the betterment of the human race and the environment. Dive in to discover out how easy it can be to incorporate sustainability into all of your living spaces!

Author: Nancy J. Napier
Publisher: Hillcrest Publishing Group
ISBN: 0965819140
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 365

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Now, nearly two decades later, Napier is ready to share more of her own life story while returning to the subject she was first introduced to by her grandmother. As she comes again to the topic that pervades her life story, she focuses on several themes, including: - the importance of experiencing a sense of meaning in life; - the sacred nature of all beings and life itself; - the belief that everything is an essential part of the full expression of one life, both individually and collectively, and that we inherently draw from an underlying wholeness; - the power of what it means to be aware in the present moment; and, - the fact that suffering is part of everyday life, and we can learn to move through it. Napier explains that once we recognize our place within collective consciousness-- and focus on compassion and mindfulness--we can begin to experience more directly the interdependence and interconnection underlying our place in the universe.

Author: Daniel M. Wegner
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262290553
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 725

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A novel contribution to the age-old debate about free will versus determinism. Do we consciously cause our actions, or do they happen to us? Philosophers, psychologists, neuroscientists, theologians, and lawyers have long debated the existence of free will versus determinism. In this book Daniel Wegner offers a novel understanding of the issue. Like actions, he argues, the feeling of conscious will is created by the mind and brain. Yet if psychological and neural mechanisms are responsible for all human behavior, how could we have conscious will? The feeling of conscious will, Wegner shows, helps us to appreciate and remember our authorship of the things our minds and bodies do. Yes, we feel that we consciously will our actions, Wegner says, but at the same time, our actions happen to us. Although conscious will is an illusion, it serves as a guide to understanding ourselves and to developing a sense of responsibility and morality. Approaching conscious will as a topic of psychological study, Wegner examines the issue from a variety of angles. He looks at illusions of the will—those cases where people feel that they are willing an act that they are not doing or, conversely, are not willing an act that they in fact are doing. He explores conscious will in hypnosis, Ouija board spelling, automatic writing, and facilitated communication, as well as in such phenomena as spirit possession, dissociative identity disorder, and trance channeling. The result is a book that sidesteps endless debates to focus, more fruitfully, on the impact on our lives of the illusion of conscious will.