Simple Living TV Clips
Season 4
- Episode 402
- What You Can Do About Global Warming
Noted author and climate change activist Bill McKibben gives us the straight goods on global warming and the overwhelming scientific consensus about its existence and the ticking clock for taking action.
- Episode 402
- What You Can Do About Global Warming
Wanda recommends that you consider the packaging when purchasing products big and small. For instance, select a compact fluorescent bulb in minimally wrapped cardboard rather than an over-wrapped package containing a single bulb. And, whenever possible, buy in bulk.
- Episode 404
- Down on the Farm
Take a cue from Bryan Welch, head of Ogden Publications Inc., and consider raising grass-fed cattle, sheep or goats on your small farm. On his 50-acre spread near Lawrence, KS, Bryan makes the case for raising animals humanely and producing meat that's better for you than the factory-farmed alternative.
- Episode 406
- Things That Refuse to Die
Hop into John Shuler's 1920s Model T - a car he bought for $5 when in high school in the 1940s - to learn the pleasure and eco-advantages of keeping old things in service, past the date of planned obsolescence.
- Episode 408
- A Sound Sleep
Listen in as Herbs for Health editor-in-chief K.C. Compton recommends herbal sleep remedies that she's tried herself - that promise to make you sleep through the night... naturally.
- Episode 410
- Connecting to Nature & Gardening
Mother Earth News editor-in-chief Cheryl Long shares one of the cheapest, most effective, nitrogen-packed fertilizers in most people's back yards: grass clippings. When laid on thickly enough, they can also act as a non-toxic herbicide, killing what's underneath.
- Episode 410
- Connecting to Nature & Gardening
Learn the terrible price society is paying today as children - and adults - have grown disconnected from nature. San Diego-based Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods, lays out the problem of "nature-deficit disorder." Watch the entire episode for some fun solutions!
- Episode 411
- Greening the Sunflower House: Part 1
Green building guru, author and consultant David Johnston - who lends the hand of expertise to Wanda during her green remodel - offers a pithy definition of green building.
- Episode 411
- Greening the Sunflower House: Part 1
Share Wanda's excitement as she finds her dream house - a mid-century brick rancher in Mount Airy, NC - on which she plans to do a green remodel.
- Episode 412
- Greening the Sunflower House: Part 2
Natural Home editor-in-chief Robyn Griggs Lawrence lays out the advantages to indoor air quality and environmental stewardship of bringing solid used furniture into your home - in this case, 1940s mahogany twin beds that stand as the flagships of young Henry's room.
- Episode 412
- Greening the Sunflower House: Part 2
Next time you paint, elect to use low or no VOC (volatile organic compound) paint. It may cost a bit more, but your lungs will thank you for it. And, watch as Wanda and Henry morph into a mean mother-son painting team!
- Episode 412
- Greening the Sunflower House: Part 2
Remember the scene in Gone with the Wind when Scarlett O'Hara makes a dress out of curtains? Well, Wanda worked in the opposite direction by repurposing her mother's 1960s cotton novelty skirt into colorful kitchen curtains.
Season 3
- Episode 301
- Overcoming Overload
Time: how we lost it in our frenzied lives and how we can take it back. This inspiring episode offers key strategies for slowing your pace and includes insights from California First Lady Maria Shriver, UCLA’s Dr. Peter Whybrow and Wisconsin-based physician Dr. Richard Swenson, among others.
- Episode 305
- Simple Travel
Learn how to travel affordably and off the beaten path in foreign countries as well as your own back yard! Come along as the Simple Living crew visits Estonia – the picturesque Baltic country with one of Europe’s best preserved Medieval cities as its capital, Tallinn.
- Episode 306
- Green Building
Find out why building green – whether you’re remodeling or building from the ground up – is gold; how buildings are being designed and built for efficient use of energy and natural resources. In this special program, you’ll meet architects, builders, and experts who are defining the future of construction.
- Episode 307
- Teens & Money
Set your teenagers and college-aged children on the course to a future of financial responsibility by tapping the wisdom of Nathan Dungan, president of the Twin Cities-based Share Save Spend program. Learn how to counteract the thousands of commercial messages teens receive each day with sound financial habits and savings plans.
Season 2
- Episode 204
- The Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Special
A Simple Living exclusive: Join us as we travel to Atlanta and Plains, Georgia with former President and First Lady Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter where we explore their commitment to simplicity before, during, and after the White House.
- Episode 207
- The Poland Special
Be inspired to explore your family roots. Journey along with Wanda as she traces her roots back to Poland where she and her sister Jane meet two first cousins for the first time and get to know their father’s native land.
- Episode 209
- Energy Plain & Simple
Energize your life with renewable energy: Be inspired by Samso Island, Denmark, an island well on its way to achieving energy self-sufficiency by the year 2008. Visit a couple’s bed and breakfast/farm in southwestern Wisconsin, as well as others in metropolitan areas throughout the U.S. making steps to reduce energy use.
Season 1
- Episode 105
- Simplicity Circles
Learn to experience community and caring among like-minded individuals in a small group experience that will support your efforts to make personal and social change. Plus, Simple Living travels to New Orleans to meet the proud owner and user of a 1960s Electrolux vacuum cleaner.
- Episode 106
- Eco-action and Faith
Learn how faith traditions challenge us to be better stewards of our environment, and what you can do to make a difference in your own faith community.
- Episode 107
- Simplify Your Home & Energy Choices
Discover the benefits of the “not-so-big” house. Learn to make your “house” more of a “home” by focusing on comfort and quality. Proportion the size of your living space to the number of occupants, rather than size or formality.