a new semester brings on new hosts and new topics! Caroline, our greenhouse manager, and Jess, our digital marketing intern, joined by Wes, the sustainability director, celebrate National Day of Simplicity (July 12, 2021) in honor of author and philosopher Henry David Thoreau. as the new hosts find our "podcast voices," we ponder our own patterns of consumption and offer ways to practice mindfulness.

check out Eckhart Tolle's The Power of Now and Lord Huron's new album Long Lost

sources:

Brown, K. W., & Kasser, T. (2005). Are Psychological and Ecological Well-Being Compatible? The Role of Values, Mindfulness, and Lifestyle. Social Indicators Research, 74(2), 349–368. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-004-8207-8

Ericson, T., Kjønstad, B., & Barstad, A. (2014). Mindfulness and sustainability. Ecological Economics, 104, 73-79.

for more information about the aforementioned prairie tours, go to https://www.uww.edu/ce/gardenlandscape/gradenlandscapetours

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