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Albany, NY – It's a stressful world; and our constant access to information, our long workdays and the go go go schedule that makes our cars seem like a second home isn't making it any more relaxing. Enter Tammy Strobel, whose first e book, Simply Car-Free, caught the eye of the NY Times. She's a former member of the rat race who, with her husband, has made a conscious decision to simplify. And part of that change has left them with no wheels.
10:29 No Car Tammy Strobel Barnett
Tammy Strobel is the author of Simply Car-Free and the new book, Smalltopia. You can find her at rowdykittens.com.
New homes in America keep getting bigger and bigger. The average new American home is about 2400 square feet. Moving up to a bigger house can seem like a sign of success... or it might feel necessary for a growing family. But in the face of pressure to buy big... some people are choosing to downsize their homes... way, way down. Rebecca Williams visits some of the tiniest houses on the block:
4:16 Tiny Houses Williams
Curious? A couple of good sites for little homes are TumbleweedTiny Houses at tumbleweedhouses.com and Alchemy Architecture at weehouse.com.
And finally, let's discuss what was supposed to be an amazing convenience - the disposable diaper. But we now know they're a landfill nightmare - and baby bottoms do better in cloth diapers. Marny Chesteron with Earthbeat features a reporter who's discovered while living in Poland that after twenty years of disposables Poland's starting to embrace the cloth nappy.
5:42 Earthbeat diapers