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Minimal

For Simple and Sustainable Living
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Minimal: For Simple and Sustainable Living by Laurie Barrette and Stephanie Mandrea is a stylish and inspiring guide to achieving a happier life through simplicity and harmony with nature. It offers practical advice on decluttering, home decorating, sustainable shopping, and restoring furniture, alongside easy recipes for DIY cosmetics and cleaning products. The book encourages readers to adopt small, impactful habits that contribute to a more balanced and environmentally conscious lifestyle.
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A stylish and inspiring guide for living a happier life in balance with the natural world.

Minimal: For Simple and Sustainable Living offers readers inspiration and tools to embrace simple living and create meaningful, lasting change in their lives. From advice on home decorating and decluttering, easy-to-follow recipes for making your own cosmetics and cleaning products, and tips for shopping sustainably, composting, and restoring old furniture, Minimal provides a host of small but powerful ways to live a more balanced life while being good to the planet.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781487009434

Publisher: House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 20 May 2021

Country: Canada

Imprint: House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada

Illustration: Illustrations

Contributors:

  • Translated by J. C. Sutcliffe

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 165.0mm

Height: 228.0mm

Weight: 598g

Pages: 240

About the Author

StΓ©phanie MandrΓ©a and Laurie BarretteΒ are the founders of the Montreal-based eco-brand Dans le Sac, which makes reusable and sustainable products that can be easily incorporated into daily life. Their goal is to make a difference by proposing simple, effective solutions that respect our health and that of our planet. Since its inception, Dans le sac has become a YouTube channel, an online store, and an incredible web platform for new discoveries and inspirations of the moment.Β Minimal: For Simple and Sustainable LivingΒ is their first book. StΓ©phanie Mandrea and Laurie BarretteΒ are the founders of the Montreal-based eco-brand Dans le Sac, which makes reusable and sustainable products that can be easily incorporated into daily life. Their goal is to make a difference by proposing simple, effective solutions that respect our health and that of our planet. Since its inception, Dans le sac has become a YouTube channel, an online store, and an incredible web platform for new discoveries and inspirations of the moment.Β Minimal: For Simple and Sustainable LivingΒ is their first book. J. C. SUTCLIFFE is a translator, writer, and editor. Her translation of Back Roads by AndrΓ©e A. Michaud was a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award. Her other translations include Mama’s Boy and Mama’s Boy Behind Bars by David Goudreault, Document 1 by FranΓ§ois Blais, and Worst Case, We Get Married by Sophie Bienvenu. She has written for the Globe and Mail, the Times Literary Supplement, and the National Post, among others. She lives in Peterborough, Ontario.

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