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LETTER EDITOR’S LETTER

Barbara Manconi

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“Take one day and pretend

the world is just for you” Our lives are in a state of permanent emergency and everyday we are being chased around the clock.

Despite our attempts to beat the hustle, we get lost in the never-ending tasks playing in our mind like a silent mantra on constant loop “go+rush+run+rush… sometimes we forget to breathe.

If you find yourself hopelessly searching the archives of your memory for the last time you had a moment to yourself, join the millions of people who are experiencing the time famine epidemic. Read-on, this issue is for you. This issue was born with the ambition of offering you an opportunity to sit back and relax: claim some well deserved ME time, indulge.

Indulgence has different meanings for different people: For some it could mean finally getting that long massage; or a date night without the kids; giving in to that decadent dessert that our magic raw chef Christina Ross teases us with in Love Fed. For others it may mean being able to access water without having to walk miles every day as you can read in our Designing for the other 90%.

Studies show, that spending as little as just 15 minutes a day investing in yourself and your personal well-being, is hugely beneficial. Quarter of an hour, that’s all. Hopefully we can all manage to find that.

That is exactly what our guest “Dad” ponders in his Balancing Act story.

Take time to snuggle yourself and bond with your little ones. Pamper yourself and promise to make it a priority. Treat yourself, love yourself, because a more loved you is a more loving you and the people around you will benefit as well.

Shhh, breathe…welcome to the Indulgence issue.

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It’s all a matter of Etiquette

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The sweetest beauty sleep

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contributors

COURTNEY WOOD Courtney Wood spent the past six years working as a writer and producer at The Ant Farm, a leading agency in entertainment advertising. She has worked on advertising campaigns for movies, TV, and video games, as well as video production for clients such as HP, Google and YouTube. She recently made the decision to trade power lunches for dirty diapers and began work as a freelance writer and producer. She doesn’t regret her decision.

Yet. Courtney lives with her husband and new daughter in Culver City, CA.

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CHRISTINA ROSS Christina Ross is the founder of PatisseRaw, a transitional raw & vegan dessert line sold throughout Southern California. Her desserts can be found in most Whole Foods & health food stores in and around Los Angeles.

Christina is opening the mouths and eyes of modern day eaters by exposing the many health and lifestyle benefits that are linked to eating purely.

She is an ambassador of conscious eating and teaches living food classes, hosts conscious food events, and consults aspiring entrepreneurs and businesses. www.patisseraw.com

PATRIZIA MONTANARI

Susanne Bennett Dr. Susanne Bennett, D.C., CCSP is a holistic chiropractic physician specializing in allergies, environmental and longevity medicine, chemical and mold detoxification, lifestyle medicine and antiaging skin therapeutics. In her Santa Monica, Wellness For Life Center, she combines Eastern, Western, and energetic medical therapies to treat a wide range of patients and illnesses. She is an expert in facilitating healing for difficult chronic conditions.

Dr. Bennett is also the CEO and Founder of PURIGENEX, a skin care company dedicated to natural, noninvasive products, utilizing a proprietary, biologically active form of topical collagen.

She is a frequent contributor on Good Day LA, Fox 11 News on a variety of health topics, and also has blogged for The Huffington Post.

Visit Dr. Bennett at www.drsusannebennett.com, or at her newly launched blog, LuxuryHolistics at www.luxuryholistics.com

Born and raised in Milan, Italy, Patrizia Montanari started traveling at an early age mixing and mingling with different cultures. In the past 10 years she has been living between Europe and the US working for major fashion companies. Patrizia has always had a keen eye to spot new trends and anticipate how these will develop. Recently a new mom, she is exploring the world of children with avid interest and unsurpassed curiosity.

Currently she lives in Northern California with her husband Mark and baby Lucy.

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Randi Ragan Green Living expert Randi Ragan is the founder and owner of the award-winning GreenBliss EcoSpa (www. greenblissecospa.com), Los Angeles’ only eco-friendly mobile spa & lifestyle service. Named one of Los Angeles’ Top 10 Holistic Spas its very first year in business (2006), GB EcoSpa regularly provides services for Hollywood celebrities and events, corporations for wellness days (Target, Yahoo Stonefield-Josephson, Yahoo) and for guests as the spa partner of the Viceroy Hotel in Santa Monica. In addition to running the daily business of GB EcoSpa, Randi consults, writes, and speaks about green living, holistic beauty, and health. She is a frequent speaker at educational conferences, schools, and businesses, and is currently at work on a book about mindful green living for every season.

Formerly a documentary filmmaker and writer, Randi spent 12 years in the wellness industry as a yoga and meditation teacher, lecturer, spiritual retreat leader, and creator of customized healing ceremonies and rituals. Her teaching and workshops were featured at some of Los Angeles’ top yoga studios.

During these years, her work took her to top retreat centers and spas in Southern California, Hawaii, and Mexico.

Randi lives in Los Angeles with her husband and 9 year old daughter. They are engaged in on on-going process of greening up their home and garden since the purchase 8 years ago. This experience includes growing some of the flowers and herbs used in the spa treatments for GreenBliss.

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Rovane Durso Rio de Janeiro native having 15+ years of advertising experience, Rovane combines extensive management skills with superior industry and technical knowledge to create award-winning work.

A scholarship graduate of Pasadena’s, Art Center College of Design, Durso is adept in photography, brand development, design and advertising. His postgraduate studies were concentrated in photography and interactive design at Art Center College of Design as well as marketing and advertising at UCLA. Durso is accustomed to working closely with marketing teams to understand their objectives, seamlessly translating those messages into award-winning visual communication. www.dursodesign.com

Paola was born in Como, Italy in 1974. She now lives in Milan and is an independent curator, she writes about contemporary art and she is a contributing editor for Flash Art. Since 2009 she started “Unduetrestella”, a project about “little” pieces of art for little ones exposed in a “little” gallery in the center of Milan.

This past April together with Austrian children furniture designer Thomas Maitz Paola gave life to KIdsroom ZOOM! A special home exclusively designed for children. For more information on what Paola is up to visit www.unduetrestellababy.com and www.kidsroomzoom.com

Mark Strange New Dad, Loving Husband, Caring Friend, Rock & Roller, this is how Mark J Strange can be simply described.

Music has always been his passion, being from the UK, both his parents were born in Liverpool, and he grew up with stories of his grandfathers music store and all his famous customers: the Beatles, the Mersey Beats and Gerry and the pacemakers to name a few He’s amazed by the fact that his 9 month old daughter could still have the privilege to be inspired by such great music, and he is committed to teaching her how to play guitar in the first years of life.

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Dolls part of KIDSONROOF Popje Collection: cat and rabbit

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KIDSONROOF: A PLACE WHERE CHILDREN ARE THE BOSS.

by Barbara Manconi Romy and Ilya met over twenty years ago in Moscow.

Romy was studying Russian literature and Ilya artchitecture. They fell in love, got married and moved back to Romy’s homeland: Holland.

This would not be an unusual story if this relationship only produced 3 amazing children (Stas, Nika and Sonia) instead it also gave birth to one of the most creative and playful design studios for kids and grown-ups: KIDSONROOF. At the intersection of modern city life and country living, KIDSONROOF strives to find a balance between design, fun and sustainability.

“We started in 2005 when sustainability began to play a more prominent role in people’s sensibility” recalls Romy, “the cardboard house was our first creation and since then we have been creating and creating…”.

Since then they have created an amazing and affordable collection of signature cardboard playhouses, desks, stoves, igloos, rockets and animals which are sold all over the world and often imitated.

The Casa Collection features portable cardboard playhouses with 8 secret rooms, spy holes and an attic for storage. The first portable lightweight playhouse it is made with natural cardboard color, and printed with a beautiful forest scene. Most amazingly, the playhouse comes primed for your child to add his or her own imagination with lots of room for colors, paint and decorations.

Portable cardboard House part of KINDSONROOF Casa Collection

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“Inspiration comes from modern city life in symbiosis with country life, We can’t live without either of them. The importance is to find a balance” “We wanted to create an environment for children to express their own identities,” continues Romy, ”and most importantly to relish their free spirits where they can feel that anything is possible and even climb on the roof (hence the name).”

The lait-motiv in all KIDSONROOF’s creations is the delicate balance between nature and human interaction. “We divide our time between our city home in Amsterdam and our forest house in the country, where our children can interact with animals and nature. This is how some of our pieces came about, like the Totem Nature collection that reproduces animals that are really in our life.”

Composed of more than 120 building cards imprinted with myriad signs, symbols, textures, and imagery, Totem comes with a manual that provides directions for four different models you can build: Katar, Yak, Barca, and Buran. Plus, it’s made from recycled laminated cardboard. In addition, Kidsonroof donates 5 percent of its profits to UNICEF projects.

Cardboard Horse part of KIDSONROOF Totem Collection

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KIDSONROOF’s design stresses the importance for the child to be the main contributor of the final product leaving ample room for interpretation and imagination. Totem City can be anything your kids want it to be, whether it’s an airplane, cathedral, sailing boat, or any fanciful construction their imaginations comes up with.

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What’s next for KIDSONROOF? “Collaboration with other designers such as the Ontwerpduo for our fabric collection” offers Romy, “fabric is a new material for us, which made it logical to invite other designers to work with us. We like to work with other people. These fabrics are inspired by landscapes that you can keep looking at and will show new patterns and movements every time you look. Also we will introduce a stationary line. I, myself, love stationary so much, it is something I can’t refrain from. Also we wish to introduce more pieces for grown-ups.”

To learn more about KIDSONROOF visit www.kidsonroof.com

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FOR A LITTLE BIT OF CIVILITY AND CEREMONY, UNDERNEATH IT ALL... IT’S ALL A MATTER OF

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“Your underwear is probably the closest thing to you at any given moment.”

What began as a simple code of conduct for walking through the park – a literal sign about how to behave and not step on freshly planted flowers – over time came to cover all the rules for what is socially acceptable.

Today the rules of etiquette are usually unwritten – they’re the underlying standards of society, the things that keep us from offending friends and killing strangers on crowded public transportation. Likewise, your style starts with the basics: underwear and socks.

Here is a company dedicated to perfecting your basics. Etiquette begins with what you first put on each day. It’s the foundation of your everyday dress routine. The essential building block.

It goes beyond dressing for others. It’s not about wearing hole-free socks because you have to take your shoes off at the airport security line, or saving your best underwear for doctors’ appointments or because you might get lucky that night. It’s a general ongoing practice. A protocol that makes you look presentable and feel prepared for whatever might come your way.

There’s something purpose-defeating about sad, stretched-out underwear or a threadbare sock underneath a bespoke suit. Proper dress means caring not just about clothing, but underclothing. Why does it matter?

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Origin: The word etiquette comes from the French (étiquette) meaning “label” or “ticket”, and some badly behaved royalty.

During the reign of Louis XIV, the king’s entourage would come to Versailles and stomp all over the gardens, trampling on the newly planted lawns. The master gardener, an old Scotsman, tried to keep trespassers off by putting up little signs, called etiquettes. These “keep off the grass” warnings were ignored, so the gardener complained to the king, who issued an edict that officially instructed “Your underwear is probably the closest thing to you at any given mo-

everyone at court to stop trashing the

ment.”

palace grounds and obey the etiquettes.

Etiquette’s creative director concedes. “Even though others

might not know what’s going on underneath, you’ll walk around with the secret smirk of confidence. It makes you feel spiffy. It puts a little spring in your step. It adds some spark to the day-in, day-out, same-old, same-old routine. It prevents you from being embarrassed if an intimate encounter should arise.

Etiquette is not a science – it’s an art. These are guiding principles, not hard-and-fast laws. The most important thing about rules is knowing how and when to break them. “ Being well-dressed (and well-mannered) isn’t about rigidity. It’s not about an elite top-hats-and-tails formality, or wearing an old-fashioned monocle while having high-tea with your pinky finger extended. It’s not repression, but expression. It’s a respect for tradition mixed with a modern who-gives-a-damn, who-the-hell-cares spin.

Good style, like good manners, means having a personality, but not being overbearing. A sense of humor, without being rude. It’s knowing what’s appropriate for any given situation and adding your own je ne sais quoi. It’s a base of civility with a healthy dose of irreverence tossed in for good measure.

Is etiquette obsolete in today’s tell-all, show-all, post-all world? Knowing that your picture might end up tagged in cyberspace for all eternity, isn’t it more important than ever to make sure you look good?

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Today the rules of etiquette are usually unwritten – they’re the underlying standards of society, the things that keep us from offending friends and killing strangers on crowded public transportation. Likewise, your style starts with the basics: underwear and socks.

Here is a company dedicated to perfecting your basics. Etiquette begins with what you first put on each day. It’s the foundation of your everyday dress routine. The essential building block.

It goes beyond dressing for others. It’s not about wearing hole-free socks because you have to take your shoes off at the airport security line, or saving your best underwear for doctors’ appointments or because you might get lucky that night. It’s a general ongoing practice. A protocol that makes you look presentable and feel prepared for whatever might come your way.

There’s something purpose-defeating about sad, stretched-out underwear or a threadbare sock underneath a bespoke suit. Proper dress means caring not just about clothing, but underclothing. Why does it matter?

No detail is left behind. Etiquette has created in partnership with Laundress New York an exclusive eco-friendly laundry wash specifically for the care of your most delicate fabrics and intimate apparel. This fragrance-free formula was created to gently but effectively clean without harsh chemicals.

Made from natural plant-based ingredients, it is non-toxic, biodegradable and allergen free. Nothing artificial, no additives and no animal testing. Designed to preserve and protect you, your basics, and the environment.

For more information visit www.etiquetteclothiers.com and www.thelaundress.com

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“There’s something purpose-defeating about sad, stretched-out underwear or a threadbare sock underneath a bespoke suit. Proper dress means caring not just about clothing, but underclothing.”

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WELCOME

TO THE CHURCH OF HOLY CABBAGE.

LETTUCE PRAY.

By Randi Ragan

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Women. Food. Dieting.

Incendiary words, those.

What is it about female eating habits in our culture that is so loaded and makes us all so obsessive? Why, as sensible, enlightened women reading a publication such as this, are so many of us still caught in such an

WOMEN. FOOD. DIETING.

unsettled place with our relationship to food?

On a broader scale, how can there be so many people

It’s all a bit crazy making when we try to consider

reading, writing, talking, blogging, and making films

what food and eating means in our culture right now,

about: our changing relationship to the old paradigm

and what parts we play as women, in this maelstrom

of food procurement (factory farms vs. farmers’ mar-

of often contradictory information and advice.

kets, “Food, Inc.”, Fast Food Nation, etc), cooking and dining (Food Network, celebrity chefs, restaurant

As far back as the late 1700’s, people were starting

review websites), dissecting what the CEO of Whole

to think about how food choices affected a person’s

Foods says in the national health care debate, while

life, how a person’s life affected her food choices, and

at the same time, still see exploding numbers of obe-

how the culture one lived in, impacted both. The 18th

sity people (especially children) AND eating related

century French epicure and gastronome Anthelme

problems still at huge numbers among young girls

Brillat-Savarin famously said, “Tell me what you eat,

and women??

I’ll tell you who you are.”

Food is one of our most elemental comfort factors.

It incites and engages all our senses. It plugs us into what it means to experience being a human, living in a human body. But because we need it to also survive, the wires get very crossed in our efforts to satisfy both needs.

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In other words, if we are never involved in at least some aspect of the growing, procuring, or preparing of our food on a regular basis, how are we ever going to come into harmony with what we are putting into our bodies? If we never understand what factory farming is doing to our American diet, if we’ve never experienced the simple pleasure of eating something we grew ourselves, if we’ve never learned the nutritional value of the foods we eat and the results they have on our physiological and emotional well being, if we have never made a meal from scratch and served it to people we love, then how could our relationship to food NOT be a little skewed?

From Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhist teacher and peace activist:

“There are some people who eat an orange

but don’t really eat it. They eat their sorrow, fear, anger, past, and future. They are not really present, with body and mind united.”

When you practice mindful eating, you become truly present. If you are here, life is also here.

The

Thich Nhat Hanh

or-

ange is the ambassador of life. When you look at the orange, you discover that it is

nothing less than

fruit growing, turning yellow, becoming orange, the acid becoming sugar.

The orange tree took time

to create this masterpiece.

Zen cooking means: cooking as a personal spiritual act personally selecting foods recycling leftovers and waste respect for and hospitality toward guests an absolutely clean kitchen use of the freshest seasonal ingredients the ability to cook anywhere in the world with whatever is on hand being equally capable of cooking frugally and extravagantly using food to enhance health — Edward Espe Brown, Preface to Zen and the Art of Modern Eastern Cooking by Deng Ming-Dao

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Another approach to conscious, healthy eating, is to

Kat James discusses this in her wonderful book , The

thoroughly research and learn how you can eat cer-

Truth About Beauty: Transform Your Looks And Your

tain foods, prepared in a certain way, for beauty ben-

Life From The Inside Out. She stresses that by fail-

efits. We can not only feel healthier and more vital,

ing to link our looks with our food choices, we miss

but reap a fantastic side effect and truly look better

out on the opportunity to truly heal our beauty from

for it. Dark circles and puffiness under the eyes are

the inside. But as we move toward a state of healing

diminished, breakouts and blemishes are banished,

and thriving with our eating, we notice our bodies be-

hair becomes shinier, skin begins to tighten, glow,

coming more sensitive to the old, more toxic, choices.

and achieve a wonderful color, and most of all, our

“It’s not that your body is less tolerant; rather, it is im-

weight begins to settle into a natural place. When our

proving its communication with you,” James states.

internal organs and systems are all being optimally fed and kept clean of toxins, then excess poundage

For example, she points out that your face can de-puff

and water retention is released. Our bodies’ own wis-

noticeably within as little as one day after weaning off

dom begins to regulate our weight effortlessly.

blood sugar-spiking foods. You can mitigate your under eye circles better when you notice that they come from sulfites in wine or sweets. Your knowledge and sensitivity to your food choices is your best ally in your efforts to honor your innate beauty.

Here’s another not so radical idea expressed by Dr. Dovitch, Rachel Avalon, Kat James, and others in the healthy eating movement:

Community and good

health is what we should all be working toward. In the process of reclaiming our own personal health and good relationship to food, we can be on a mission for life that involves lifting up and carrying others around us. We can be teachers to young children, girls especially, about how the healthiest food choices are the greenist food choices – ones that are the best for you are the best for the planet. We emulate kitchen wisdom and pass it on to others just coming onto the path. Be an advocate for change, and help co-create the world you want to live in and eat from.

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BEAUTY SLEEP by

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“My daughter asked me, why is sleeping beauty so beautiful? Is it because she sleeps a lot?”

The idea of beauty rest is ingrained in popular culture, but it’s apparently never been put to the test by science. Swedish researchers say there’s an important link between sleep and our physical appearance. In a study published recently in the British Medical Journal researcher John Axelsson and his team at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm found that sleep-deprived individuals appear less healthy, more tired, and less attractive than those who have received a full night’s worth of sleep. Axelsson said his young daughter gave him the reason to take on the subject. She was watching the classic animated film “Sleeping Beauty” when she had a question.

“My daughter asked me, why is sleeping beauty so beautiful?

Is it because she sleeps a lot?” Axelsson tells ABC News. “As a scientist, I couldn’t answer, so I had to do a study.”

“The studies were clear: sleep is the body’s natural beauty therapy”: Axelsson said.

Cellular repair and rejuvenation of the skin is at its peak during the sleep phase. Getting a good night’s sleep is crucial to achieving the most optimum results from this natural process.

It is no wonder then that the next revolution in beauty treatment taps into sleep’s natural recovery properties to promote gorgeous skin. And who would have thought that it would taste so sweet as well?

Beauty Foods Inc. introduces the first beauty beverage created to give you delicious sleep and gorgeous skin. Nightly Beauty is a decadent hot chocolate drink mix that promotes a good night’s sleep and a healthy skin. The unique formula contains a “beauty cocktail” of vitamins, natural antioxidants and BioCell Collagen II® to promote skin rejuvenation and help retain skin moisture and elasticity. It also contains highly bio-available forms of two natural sleep-enhancing extracts that help ease tension so users wake feeling refreshed.

“We believe that establishing a relaxing Nightly Beauty ritual is one of the best things you can do for yourself,” says Jacque Gibson, CEO and Founder of Beauty Foods, the company behind Nightly Beauty.

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“Our goal in creating Nightly Beauty was to make a powerful supplement that tasted as good as anything you’d order at your favorite café. Each decadent flavor—Chocolate Bliss, Chocolate-Chai Renewal, Vanilla Dream—is made with premium, all natural ingredients and is sweetened to perfection.” Our formula includes extracts of chamomile, lemon balm, passion flower, hops and valerian. Calming Blend helps promote a deep, focused relaxation. Both work together to help put your mind at ease and reduce tension and set the mood for a good night’s sleep. hops and valerian. AlphaWave™ Calming Blend helps promote a deep, focused relaxation. Both work together to help put your mind at ease and reduce tension and set the mood for a good night’s sleep

What is BioCell Collagen II®?

Collagen is an essential structural component of the skin that we lose as we get older. BioCell Collagen II® is a natural complex of hyaluronic acid and hydrolyzed collagen polypeptides that supports younger looking skin by replenishing HA, a key molecule for skin moisture,tone, elasticity and suppleness.

What is L-Theanine?

L-Theanine is a calming amino acid found in green tea. Research has demonstrated that L-theanine creates a sense of relaxation in approximately 30-40 minutes after ingestion via at least two different mechanisms.

First, this amino acid directly stimulates the production of alpha brain waves, creating a state of deep relaxation and mental alertness similar to what is achieved through meditation. Second, L-theanine is involved in the formation of the inhibitory neurotransmitter, gamma amino butyric acid (GABA). GABA influences the levels of two other neurotransmitters, dopamine and serotonin, producing the key relaxation effect.

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“Cities don’t make people poor; they attract poor people.

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Many of these projects employ market principles for

And an increasing number of initiatives are providing

income generation as a way out of poverty. Poor rural

solutions for underserved populations in developed

farmers become micro-entrepreneurs, while cottage

countries such as the United States.

industries emerge in more urban areas. Some designs are patented to control the quality of their important

Design for the Other 90% demonstrates how design

breakthroughs, while others are open source in nature

can be a dynamic force in saving and transforming

to allow for easier dissemination and adaptation, lo-

lives, at home and around the world.

cally and internationally.

This movement has its roots in the 1960s and 1970s, Encompassing a broad set of modern social and eco-

when economists and designers looked to find simple,

nomic concerns, these design innovations often sup-

low-cost solutions to combat poverty. More recently,

port responsible, sustainable economic policy. They

designers are working directly with end users of their

help, rather than exploit, poorer economies; minimize

products, emphasizing co-creation to respond to their

environmental impact; increase social inclusion; im-

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prove healthcare at all levels; and advance the quality and accessibility of education.

For the first time more of us are living in cities than ever before. This is an historic shift in civilization. This massive urban migration into crowded, unhealthy, informal settlements is the leading challenge of this century, pushing beyond the capacity of many local institutions to cope. Driven by economics and globalization, coupled with a rising waters and desertification around the globe, it requires new strategies and structures that encompass environmental, spatial, social, economic and culturally specific approaches.

Of the world’s total population of 6.5 billion, 5.8 billion people, or 90%, have little or no access to most of the products and services many of us take for granted; in fact, nearly half do not have regular access to food, clean water, or shelter.

Design for the Other 90% explores a growing movement among designers to design low-cost solutions for this “other 90%.” Through partnerships, both local and global, individuals and organizations are finding unique ways to address the basic challenges of survival and progress faced by the world’s poor and marginalized.

Designers, engineers, students and professors, architects, and social entrepreneurs from all over the globe are devising cost-effective ways to increase access to food and water, energy, education, healthcare, revenue-generating activities, and affordable transportation for those who most need them.

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tion is paramount to gaining the required insight to meet

ond in a series of themed exhibitions that demonstrate

this challenge. Innovative urban solutions are the result

how design can address the world’s most critical issues.

of including the community in a participatory approach

The CITIES exhibition was conceived to broaden ex-

to planning and urban design. The advent of south-to-

changes of knowledge between the people living in our

south exchanges between poor urban communities, lo-

growing cities in Global Majority Countries such as Chile,

cal knowledge sharing between the slum dwellers and

Bangladesh and Kenya. Architects, engineers, designers,

professional designers and increased discourse flowing

planners, policy-makers, non-governmental and fund-

south to north are changing the dynamic at both local

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and international levels.

inclusive cities. Placing people at the center of the solu-

The Design with the Other 90%: CITIES exhibition opens at the United Nations, in partnership with the UN’s Academic Impact global initiative, on October 15, 2011 running through January 9, 2012. Projects and products at every scale will be included in the 5,000 square foot exhibition, with a focus on designs that are informed by settlement communities: alternative housing design, methods and materials; low-cost clean water; accessible education initiatives; sanitation and solid-waste management; transportation solutions; innovative systems and infrastructure; and urban design and planning.

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INSPIRED BY MOTHERHOOD

MOMS WHO ARE CHANGING THE RULES

TAMMIE UMBEL Mom and Founder of Shea Terra Organics

Like many girls, I dreamed of the day that I would have

time had finally come to fulfill my quest to offer jobs to

a family of my own; little children to nurture and dote

other parents, while establishing an income on my own.

upon. I also dreamed of saving the world and making

But, there were other pieces of the equation that still

right of all the wrongs. I used any opportunity I had to

needed to be met. I was also a lover of wildlife and habi-

become empowered through knowledge. For example, I

tat conservation. In addition, I believed in trade, not aid.

would watch programs such as Feed the Children, and

Piecing this equation together, combined with my pas-

learn about how desperate mothers would cling on to

sion and motivation, Shea Terra Organics was born.

their dying babies. As a young adolescent, I would angrily wonder where was the job availability for these destitute people and from then on, I pledged that one day I

Shea Terra Organics works with individual families,

would create those jobs.

cooperatives and non-profit groups to source their indigenous, healing skin care ingredients. These ingredients

As several years passed, motherhood set in and my child-

have been used by native groups of people for thousands

hood quest sat upon a shelf like an aged genie lamp wait-

of years and are thus time tested. We use these ingre-

ing to be polished. My husband, a physician and father of

dients to make skin healing, anti-aging formulas. From

a large family, at that time numbering eight, was the sole

Moroccan argan oil, to African black soap and the oil of

provider for our home. I went to college, wrote teaching

ancient baobab trees, Shea Terra Organics has been of-

materials, as well as homeschooled my children. How-

fering rare African finds for nearly two decades. Sourc-

ever, my mothering intuition told me that I needed to do

ing these indigenous ingredients helps provide native

more to protect my children’s future in case my husband

people with sustainable incomes, while giving economic

could no longer provide for our family. I knew that the

value to wild habitats shared by wildlife.

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WHO’S YOUR DADDY? PERSONAL AFFAIR

So here’s how my “balanced” day as a working father

and get ready for bed, that leaves about 2.3 minutes of

goes: Up at 6:15 to shower, shave and do other manly

daddy time before I fall into bed exhausted.

things required to look semi-presentable at work. Out

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the door by 7, usually without the time to have breakfast

I would love to enjoy a relaxed evening with Ben, but

with my son Benjamin, and certainly without having

how on earth does one find the time? It would be nice to

breakfast myself. I work till 4, then pick up Ben - and

finish my dinner before Ben is done and begging to play

that’s when the real rat race begins. We head home for

with the dog. Instead, I find myself walking around the

some “quality father-son time,” i.e. play for 30 minutes,

backyard with my dinner plate in hand. Forget relaxing,

eat dinner, take a bath, read a book or play a game, and

I would just like to eat at the dinner table. And you know

brush teeth before Ben goes ni-ni. Then I may have about

what else would be nice? 15 minutes to work out once a

an hour of daddy time. But after I clean up dirty dishes,

day. 15 minutes is almost nothing after years spent com-

empty Ben’s lunch box, pack him a lunch for the next day,

peting in marathons and triathlons, but yet I cannot even

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BALANCING ACT “I spend most of my days at work feeling guilty about the lack of time I have to spend with my son.”

find the time for this small luxury. And even if I could

So my question to all the parents out there? How do I

find the time, I probably would want to spend those extra

find a work-life balance? In tough economic times such

15 minutes with Ben. Every minute counts, right?

as these, when everyone is busting their butts just to keep their jobs, is it even possible? Is there some magical way

I spend most of my days at work feeling guilty about the

to find time enough for my work, my family and myself?

lack of time I have to spend with my son. I know this is an

Is there a way to get ahead at work without losing ground

issue for many working moms, but as a working father,

with my family?

I feel it just as strongly… and I am sure that I am not the only one. I love my son, and every sacrifice I make, I do

If anyone has an answer – or has found a way to cram

happily. I just wish that I could find a way to balance it

48 hours worth of time into a 24 hour day - please let

all better.

me know. In the meantime, I’ll be eating my dinner while chasing my son around the backyard.

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FOOD

Sweet Indulgence Follow these simple guidelines for creating a unique treat that’s not only good for you, but for the planet too. Now isn’t that a sweet contribution toward being Eco fabulous!

Indulge with a sweet and decadent dessert

that’s guilt-free and delicious, you deserve it!

When creating a dessert at home consider using nuts, seeds,fruit, spices, vegetables, and grains as an alternative to conventional unhealthy and overly processed ingredients.

If the dessert that you desire requires a crust, try mixing your favorite nuts with a dried fruit such as dates or dried cranberries to form a crust. Preparing a base with these ingredients requires the use of a food processor to breakdown and combine the nuts with the dried fruit.The beauty of this crust is that it is dairy free, wheat free, and has no refined sweeteners... Another major bonus to using these ingredients is that the crust is ready once you press it into the pan. No oven required.

Using the same crust technique you can also form the mixture into no bake cookie balls or granola bites. These snacks can be formed and placed in the fridge or they can be dehydrated or baked to add a crunchy texture and cookie like consistency. Keep in mind that if you choose to bake these ingredients they will lose nutritional value, so if optimal nutrition and decadence is what you crave when you have a sweet tooth then eat your desserts raw.

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Christina Ross / PatisseRaw Creator

Ingredients such as flour and sugar are very processed

be used to emulsify and thicken a recipe. These ingredi-

and lack nutrition so why not consider using coconut

ents contain an abundance of vitamins and minerals, so

flour, kamut flour,quinoa flour, or nuts as an alternative?

why not give them a try in your next kitchen experiment?

Nowadays there are many different sweetener varieties to replace processed table sugar. Substitute processed sugar

Whipped creams and frostings can be made by using co-

for sweeteners such as maple syrup, agave nectar, coconut

conut milk and/or any milk alternative in combination with

nectar, yacon syrup, dates, stevia, or honey. These sweet-

soft buttery nuts such as macadamias or cashews.

ener alternatives are healthier, natural & plant based.

Decorate your desserts with edible flowers instead of If dairy isn’t your thing or you’d like to spice things up in

chemically processed food coloring and frosting. Try us-

the kitchen, try using an avocado as a butter replacement.

ing goji berries, fresh fruit, cacao nibs, nuts and coconut

Don’t worry it tastes so delicious no one will ever know

shreds as garnishes on your decadent creations. If you find

there is an avocado in your chocolate pudding.

yourself in need of food coloring use just that, food! Beet and carrot juice as well as matcha green tea make excellent

Natural thickeners such as Irish moss and chia seeds can

food coloring options.

Get creative and get the kids involved in the process!

Ps. You don’t even have to tell anyone it’s healthy!

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1/2 cup almond milk

Press into cake pan and set aside until ready to use.

1/2 cup coconut oil 2 tbsp coconut butter 1 tsp vanilla 1/2 cup agave 1/4 cup lemon juice Place all ingredients in your blender and blend until very creamy.

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By Dr. Susanne Bennet

indulge Yourself WITH a Korean

Spa Day!

If you have ever been to a traditional Korean Spa, from

oms) are available for you to lie down and de-stress. Each

the moment you enter the building, you will immediately

room and floor is heated to a specific temperature and

notice the difference in your spa experience compared to

walled with natural elements such as red or yellow clay,

the western modern day salons. American spas are quiet,

crystals, salts, herbs or black charcoal. Koreans believe

dimly lit, have individual treatment rooms and are gen-

that these natural elements have various healing proper-

der segregated. Everyone is usually robed and often wear

ties, such as red clay, can help increase circulation and

bathing suits when entering the steam room or whirlpo-

relax sore muscles. You may find a room lined with black

ol. In a Korean spa or bathhouse it is pretty much the op-

charcoal, which is said to draw out impurities and toxins

posite- the spa area is brightly lit, talking is allowed, and

from skin and fat. The Himalayan Salt room is my favorite

everyone is completely naked in their respective locker

and is an essential part of my cleansing ritual. It is just

and wet room area- there is no place for modesty!

hot enough to create a steady sweat, and with the ionized mineral salts, the relaxation of tense muscles and release

Communal bathing, a centuries-old custom in Korea, still

of stress from my body is divine!

plays an important role in the lifestyle of the Korean people living in the US. Within many metropolitan cities,

After a good sweat, a Korean body scrub is a must. This

pockets of Korean communities are filled with spas and

is done in the separate wet rooms. The scrubbing area is

saunas often a few blocks from each other. I am Korean

communal as well; five to seven tables next to each other

by birth, and have frequented local bathhouses in Seoul

with Korean ladies dressed in black bra and shorts to ser-

with my Grandmother since I was able to walk. I have

ve you. I usually ask for the Aroma Scrub and Massage.

been to at least twenty-five different Korean Spas in the

The treatment lasts approximately an hour and a half, and

Greater Los Angeles area, as well as ones in Honolulu,

includes a whole body scrub (and I really do mean eve-

New York City, Chicago and Seattle.

ry crevice of your body), an invigorating massage with aromatic oils, a relaxing facial cleanse with a mask and

Although the men’s and women’s locker and wet

heavenly hair wash. Most Korean establishments charge

rooms are naturally separated, many Korean Spas

around $100 for this package where as it is hard to leave

have areas that are co-ed. Visitors are greeted by an atten-

a western spas without paying over $200 to $300 for all

dant and given shirt, shorts and locker key. You are asked

these individual treatments.

to take a shower before entering a sauna, steam room,

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Make it a whole day experience. You can easily spend six

room area is to commune with friends, spouse, partner

to eight hours relaxing, sweating, napping and eating.

or even teenage children. You can relax, sweat and even

Some places are even open 24 hours. You are definitely

grab a bite to eat! Jim Jil Bangs (specialized heated ro-

in for a treat!

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Vivien Hei about being a mom entrepreneur, living

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your life to the fullest and doing good. www.orbitbaby.com

Before Vivien and Joseph had children, they travelled around the world – from the Kalahari in Botswana to Kangaroo Island in Australia. When they started talking to family and friends who had children, they all told them to “kiss travel good-bye” once they had kids. They decided they could either have kids and stop traveling, or have kids and just keep seeing the world as much as they could. Starting Orbit Baby together was the perfect way to realize this dream.

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THE 1ST ECO-CERTIFIED STROLLER AND THE MOM THAT DIDN’T WANT TO GIVE UP TRAVELLING Travelling has always been important to Vivien. Orbit

So far Orbit Baby products are the only certified to be

Baby was born to facilitate travel and mobility and ease

free of many harmful chemicals that even the govern-

the frustration of travelling with children.

ment doesn’t regulate. “Years ago we decided that we

“We knew how difficult it was go to through security lines

didn’t want to just go around saying -we have an ‘eco-

at airports post 9-11, so we designed the Orbit Infant Car

friendly’ stroller- or -we use organic cotton or soy fab-

Seat and Stroller so that they would fit through the X-ray

rics- that’s not good enough for parents to feel confident

security machines. Also, our Infant Car Seat’s exclusive

in. So we found the Oeko-Tex® Standard 100 certifica-

side-carrying handles make it easier for you to manage

tion, which limits or bans nearly 200 harmful chemicals.

those narrow airplane aisles, and the Orbit Stroller’s

This standard has also been adopted by Volvo and by

unique one-handed folding means that with just a twist-

Hanna Andersson.“

and-lift motion, you can quickly gate-check your stroller

In the car seat and stroller world, there was nothing

and be on your way.”

out there that ensured that the fabrics didn’t have any

Vivien Hei with daughters

Orbit Co-founder Vivien Hei says that Orbit Baby’s slo-

harmful chemicals on them. Given the time babies

gan has always been: “Have baby, will travel.”

and children can spend in car seats and strollers, (and

By her daughter Chloe’s first birthday, she had already

we’ve all seen them trying to gnaw on the shoulder

taken her to destinations such as Prague, New York,

pads) Vivien’s priority was to be able to create and sell

Cologne and Taipei.

a product that she wouldn’t have any qualms putting

“Having a baby changes everything, but you

her two girls in. Getting the certified materials was a

still need to live your life to the fullest.”

long and hard process, and they are some of the most

But this wasn’t enough.

expensive materials around.

Orbit Baby makes the only strollers or car seats in the

“Half the cost of our products is in our fabrics,” she

world with fabrics and foams eco-certified to be chemi-

admits, “we want to do the right thing and we create

cally safe.

the healthiest car seat and stroller we could make. “

To read the full interview with Orbit Baby Founder please visit www.naturalchildworld.com For more information visit www.orbitbaby.com

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