Book Club
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‘The only failure would be to do nothing at all’
Spotlighting some of the inspiring women leading the charge for a better world.
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How to make your New Year’s resolutions a little less self-centered
In 2018, try making your usual self improvement about world improvement. Maybe it'll stick this time.
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Ask Umbra Book Club: Is minimalism just for the rich?
Is a streamlined life something only a privileged elite can afford? Ask Umbra explores.
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Ask Umbra Book Club: How sustainable is minimalism?
Welcome to the first day of discussing Ask Umbra's July book club pick, The Joy of Less: A Minimalist Living…
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Ask Umbra’s Book Club announces ‘The Joy of Less’ is next book
Dearest readers, Spring cleaning has gotten me thinking about de-cluttering — and the larger…
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Ask Umbra Book Club: How coal lit a fire under human society
Bring in the chimney sweep!Photo: Thiophene GuyDearest readers, In our last book club…
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Ask Umbra Book Club: The history of ‘adulterated’ food and gross-food urban legends
Give us this day our daily bread, as long as we know what went…
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Ask Umbra Book Club: Did Paleolithic hunter-gatherers eat healthier than we do today?
Corn of plenty? Maybe not so much.Photo: Big Grey MareDearest readers, Welcome to…
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Ask Umbra Book Club: What makes a home?
Home is where the art is. And the war too.Photo: Stefano ADearest…
