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Chris Farrell
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Consume Less, Save More ... and Live a Sustainable Life
Shortly before he died, Chris Farrell's dad observed that he had lived "a good life." Those words inspired Chris, an award-winning journalist who is economics editor at NPR's "Marketplace Money". It's also a key theme in his book The New Frugality: we must decide what we want out of life and focus our money in that direction.
In today’s economy, he says, a “sustainable” lifestyle isn’t just one that’s good for the planet but one that is based around core values -- and sustains your bank balance as well.
Frugality, Chris reminds us, does not mean old-fashioned penny-pinching. It means spending your money on quality rather than quantity ... buying the best you can afford but the least you need. He also predicts we will shift our values to pursue experiences rather than endless consumer goods.
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Lisa Kane
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Simple Abundance and Smart Diets
At age 10, Lisa Kane's father, a physician, imported drastic new attitudes toward health into the home after his father suffered a third and fatal heart attack. That same year, Lisa ran her first mile. By high school, she was trying to discourage her classmates from health-sabotaging habits.
After completing an internship as a registered dietitian, she was hired at The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, where she worked with those with spinal cord and head injuries.
Now a registered dietitian in Minneapolis, Lisa has performed clinical nutrition counseling for Minnesota Oncology Hematology, written a nutrition column for Good Age magazine, and campaigns to make nutrition information accessible and its practical application tangible.
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Paul Neseth
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Sustainable Principles in Architecture
Since the age of 10, Paul Neseth knew he wanted to be an architect. But he spent many years working the edges, indulging his desire for travel, learning and diversity. He poured concrete for grain-bins on Southern Minnesota farms; taught woodworking to native Bajans in Barbados; and cut mortise-and-tenon joints in China.
As a Partner at LOCUS Architecture, Paul works with a wide range of clients to reimagine their building needs to meet simpler lifestyles. His firm's credo: exemplary architecture not only provides functional space, but acts as a lens through which we view, understand, and appreciate the natural and man-made world.
Paul has a Masters in Architecture from Harvard University's Graduate School of Design. He has taught at the University of Minnesota, lectured at Midwest universities and conferences, and is currently a mayoral appointee for the Committee on Urban Environment in Minneapolis.
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