Tag Archives: Sarah Myers

Modern ‘Dawdy Haus’ Young to Old Help Each Other

June 9, 2011 – 9:07 am

Upon their graduation from EMU, Jason ’99 and Janelle ’01 Myers-Benner knew that living sustainably would be an overarching priority in their lives. In the decade-plus since, this desire has grown into “a vast and consuming project … engaging and energizing, even while exhausting,” Jason writes. The Myers-Benners minimize their travel by vehicle, heat their ...More

Books Show the Way How to Live Simply, with Pleasure

June 9, 2011 – 9:02 am

Eating locally and in season wasn’t a fad during Mary Beth Lind’s childhood in rural West Virginia. It was just the way things worked. Her mother grew a large garden, and her father, a doctor, sometimes accepted vegetables as payment from his patients. “You just learned to live with what you have,” says Lind, who ...More