Each small pleasure in life can be lingered over to produce more happiness for our buck.
Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 04.15.2012
Artist, educator and fashion designer Sasha Duerr uses just about anything to dye clothing: from kitchen waste to invasive "weeds" to the leaves, fruit or petals of nearly any tree or plant.
Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 02.08.2012
Just because we don't buy gifts doesn't mean we don't give them. They just come from our closets, drawers, imaginations...
Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 11.17.2011
In the past century, all aspects of our life -- work, food, sex, sports, relationships -- have sped up and parenting is no exception.
The Guardian | Patrick Kingsley | Posted 05.25.2011
If you're reading this article in print, chances are you'll only get through half of what I've written. And if you're reading this online, you might n...
Natalia Brzezinski | Posted 11.17.2011
According to Pollan, the "Western diet"-- overprocessed and chemically-saturated food -- is not only making us fat, it is killing us.
Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 11.17.2011
Sit down at a table. Look at your meal. Appreciate it. Appreciate those who grew it. Appreciate yourself for choosing it. Be conscious. Be conscious. Be conscious.
Robyn Griggs Lawrence | Posted 11.17.2011
Slow Consumption is nothing more than what our grandparents knew -- that investing in and taking care of solid, built-to-last goods is the most frugal and conservationist thing to do.
Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011
When I feel myself asking "Where did the day go?" I do some brief exercises that bring me to the present moment and remind myself that I'm living.
Koa Beck | Posted 11.17.2011
A perfect antidote to prior feminist ideologies of "doing it all," the slow movement urges women to prioritize their health, unplug and recharge, unitask, and take time for their own happiness.
Carl Honore | Posted 01.04.2012
The bright news is that people all over the world are taking a slower approach to food -- and eating better as a result.
The Huffington Post | Arianna Huffington | Posted 01.02.2012
Before I announce my first pick for "Arianna's Reading" (aka the HuffPost Book Club), I want to talk a little bit about how I will -- and will not -- ...
Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 11.17.2011
Polls show that 90% of Americans feel anxiety around the holidays. So I'd like to propose a solution: Don't shop, play. In my family that involves jumping into snowbanks in our bathing suits.
Joan Gelfand | Posted 05.25.2011
About a year ago, I caught book group fever. An avid reader, I had never been part of a book group. I listened wistfully to friends' recounting of lively conversations, envying the breadth of titles discussed by readers.
Carl Honore | Posted 05.25.2011
Slow Thinking is intuitive, woolly and creative. It is what we do when the pressure is off, and there is time to let ideas simmer on the back burner. It yields rich, nuanced insights and sometimes surprising breakthroughs.
The Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 05.25.2011
Send in your suggestions for next month's book club pick to amyhertz@huffingtonpost.com. So by now you know that Arianna's first Huffington Post Book...
The Huffington Post | Amy Hertz | Posted 05.25.2011
UPDATE So, did you miss it? Thursday, 3pm November 19th? Yes, that was last week, and it was a live video chat with Arianna and Carl Honore, author o...
Carl Honore | Posted 05.25.2011
Being Arianna's first pick is a tremendous honor. It also serves up a delicious irony. My book is called In Praise of Slowness. Yet HuffPost is a pioneer on the fastest communication platform ever devised. Not exactly a natural fit.
wowOwow | Posted 11.17.2011
The power of slow says time is your friend, not your foe. When you embrace time with an abundant attitude, you actually have more of it....
Eric Ehrmann | Posted 05.25.2011
With efforts to rebrand America's national identity in the electronic media falling flat like a bad online date, taking away the dollar's too big to fail status might be the better wake up call.
Amy Hertz | Posted 07.03.2011
This month, we're celebrating Carl Honore's In Praise of Slowness and throughout The Huffington Post you'll have a chance to see how others are embracing the Slow Movement, of which Carl is the godfather.
treehugger.com | Posted 05.25.2011
The 'Week' officially starts on Monday, but events start in earnest tomorrow. There's a full event listing on the Climate Week NY°C website, but here...
The Guardian | Jess Cartner | Posted 11.17.2011
So there I was, running down the steps into the tube station with coins in one hand, Oyster card in the other, when the last voicemail came through. I...
Ethan Imboden | Posted 05.25.2011
I'm suggesting that we shamelessly co-opt the Slow Food mission, bending it to the service of our more prurient predilections.
Maria Lin | Posted 04.25.2012