Despite having created the green home series for Al Gore's nonprofit The Alliance for Climate Protection, working as an eco-expert on the green home makeover show The Ecozone Project and being lauded as an eco-hero of the planet by the UK's Independent, Simran Sethi has never had the opportunity to manifest many of these changes in her own home because she has lived in rental apartments.
Join the woman Vanity Fair calls "the green messenger" on her yearlong journey to green her own life as she moves into her first home, a 1925 historic two-story structure in the heart of Lawrence, Kansas. Through articles, slideshows and more, you will see the urban dweller who worked diligently for the environment but never held seeds in her hand grow her own vegetables, make her home more energy efficient and hone in on the most cost-effective and accessible ways to save money and conserve natural resources.
Using sweat equity, resources from trusted eco-colleagues and the insights she has shared with millions of others on The Oprah Winfrey Show as her guide, Simran will evolve from talking about the work to doing it, highlighting the products and information that have worked for her along the way and creating a home that reflects her passions and cares.
Most Recent Blog: Needing Space from My Place
Using sweat equity, resources from trusted eco-colleagues and the insights she has shared with millions of others on The Oprah Winfrey Show as her guide, Simran will evolve from talking about the work to doing it, highlighting the products and information that have worked for her along the way and creating a home that reflects her passions and cares.
Most Recent Blog: Needing Space from My Place
- 07/27/2010: Food Is Love
- 07/20/2010: Cool It Now
- 07/13/2010: Green Faith
- 07/06/2010: Gold Rush
- 06/29/2010: Our Oily Lives
- 06/22/2010: Oil and Water
- 06/15/2010: In the Weeds
- 06/08/2010: A Life Less Cluttered
- 06/01/2010: Clearing the Clutter
- 05/11/2010: What Mothers Really Want
- 05/04/2010: Green Mama, Green Auntie, Green Baby
- 04/27/2010: Sharing the Yard
- 04/20/2010: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle—Redefine
- 04/13/2010: The Trash That's a Treasure
- 04/06/2010: Eat the Lawn
- 03/30/2010: Drink This Up
- 03/23/2010: Our Water Footprint
- 03/16/2010: The New Loo, Part 2
- 03/09/2010: The New Loo
- 03/02/2010: What's Lurking in Your Cabinet?
- 02/23/2010: Good Wood
- 02/16/2010: Energy Hogs (and Heifers)
- 02/09/2010: Love Yourself
- 02/02/2010: Of Mice and Women, Part 2
- 01/26/2010: Of Mice and Women
- 01/19/2010: Clean and Green
- 01/12/2010: Be Here Now
- 01/05/2010: Small Steps Toward Energy Efficiency (and Away from Moving Anxiety)
- 12/29/2009: From Black to Yellow (Happy New Year)
- 12/22/2009: Moving On Up
- 12/15/2009: Eco-friendly gifts for the holidays
- 12/08/2009: Hands and Feet
- 12/01/2009: Attitude of Gratitude
- 11/24/2009: Burning Bush, Pizza Pie, Indian Paintbrush, Wild Plum, Heirloom Lace
- 11/17/2009: Making a House a Cleaner, Greener Home
- 11/09/2009: The Stuff of Nightmares
- 11/02/2009: Greening the Green Girl
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Simran Sethi is an award winning journalist and associate professor at the University of Kansas School of Journalism and Mass Communications. For more information on Sethi visit www.simransethi.com.
Published 11/02/2009
