Consumer-Culture Archives - Experience Life

- Food Culture -

Taste of the Nation: A Q&A With Edward Lee

By Heidi Wachter

Chef and restaurateur Edward Lee leaves his kitchen to explore the delicious world of America’s immigrant cuisines.

Hands with red gloves digging out dandilion

- Pesticides/Chemicals -

How to Control Weeds Naturally

By Kaelyn Riley

Don’t rely on toxic herbicides to get the job done. Try one of these eco-friendly methods to manage your lawn and garden.

Image of hand, light bulb, glass jar, recycle bin, compost bin

- Environmental Health -

5 Ways to Live Small

By Jessie Sholl

Learn how to minimize waste while reaping more satisfaction from life.

- Beauty -

In Caring Company: Q&A With Alaffia Founders Olowo-n’djo Tchala and Prairie Rose Hyde

By Courtney Lewis Opdahl

The cofounders share how sourcing natural-beauty-care products can help customers — and give back to West Africa.

- Environmental Health -

What You Wear Can Affect Climate Change

By Courtney Helgoe

An interview with eco-fashion pioneer Marci Zaroff on the perils of commercial cotton farming.

- Mindfulness -

6 Ways to Quit Fast Fashion

By Jessie Sholl

The ‘‘slow fashion’’ movement teaches consumers how to build a healthy wardrobe, while also protecting the planet.

- Pumping Irony -

PUMPING IRONY: The Curse of Convenience

By Craig Cox

The labor-saving revolution I recall from my post-WWII childhood has morphed into an identity-sapping movement that threatens to strip meaning from our lives. The elderly, however, may be immune to its allure.

- Editor's Note -

The Thought Counts

By Jamie Martin

Editor in chief Jamie Martin on how to give and receive love.

- Environmental Health -

Life Outside the Box: Lauren Singer

By Heidi Wachter

Zero-waste advocate Lauren Singer is helping people lighten their environmental footprint — one container at a time.

- Food Culture -

Healthy-Living Missionary: Q&A With Gunnar Lovelace

By Laura Fogelberg

The cofounder of Thrive Market shares how his company is working to make healthy foods and products available to everyone.

- Food Culture -

Full-Circle Chef: Georgia Pellegrini

By Laura Fogelberg

The chef and author of Girl Hunter shares her thoughts on foraging and hunting to bring her food to plate.

Last-Minute Holiday Shopping: 4 Health-Minded Online Retailers Worth Checking Out

By Brooke Rymer

Gift giving can be an opportunity to do more than just check an item off your list. These four online-based retailers offer worthy gift ideas you can feel good about giving this year.