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Using an ancient method for cultivating hemp, Good‘s oils, salad dressings and mayonnaise contain all the flavor of standard olive oils but with even greater health benefits. The cold pressed, vegan-friendly hemp seed oil, full of omegas three and six (usually acquired from eating fish), essential fatty acids and gamma-linolenic acid, don’t contain any harmful trans or saturated fats that raise cholesterol and lead to heart disease. (Food revolutionary Jamie Oliver is a fan.)

Technically a nut, hemp seeds not only make a valuable source of protein but are a highly sustainable crop. In addition, Good’s Devon, U.K.-based farm grows hemp naturally without the use of pesticides or herbicides—and after harvesting the seeds puts the remaining crop to use.

CH recently tested out Good’s Mild Hemp Seed Oil, as well as their lemony Caesar dressing, and will be scooping it up from Whole Foods stores. U.K. residents can purchase Good products online or at grocers such as Sainsbury’s and Whole Foods.

I recently led a three-day workshop titled “The Practice of Simplicity.” When choosing the name for this program, I specifically chose the word practice for the title because of its broad meaning.

People who aspire to a life of simplicity often consider themselves practitioners — in the sense that a doctor might say she practices medicine, an unclutterer might say he practices simplicity.

At the same time, living simply requires practice. No one goes to bed one night in complete chaos and disorder and wakes up the next morning master of an organized and clutter-free wonderland. Transformation doesn’t happen over night, and achieving and maintaining it most definitely takes practice.

Along these lines, simplicity isn’t a goal or an end result. Simplicity is a means to an end, with the ultimate destination being a remarkable life focused on what matters most to you. You don’t practice simplicity for simplicity’s sake, you practice simplicity to clear the distractions that get in the way of the life you desire.

Before I practiced simplicity, I spent a lot of time practicing other, less helpful skill sets — lack of focus, stress, worry, poor time management, operating on auto-pilot, pack rattiness, bad sleep and eating habits, and frustration immediately come to my mind. I practiced these unproductive skill sets so often that I became an expert on these traits and have spent the past nine years training myself not to use them.

What are you practicing? Are you a practitioner of simple living? If you’re struggling with your uncluttering efforts, remind yourself that it takes practice, even for people with already streamlined homes and offices. Keep at it! You’ll get better each day you choose to practice simplicity.

This writer’s currently winding his way through Norway, checking out of the National Tourist Roads Project, thanks to a press trip funded by Innovation Norway. Today, we checked out the construction on architect Reiulf Ramstad‘s Trollstigen project. The overlook, which juts out over a waterfall (as well as the most terrifying road we’ve ever been on, as a person deathly afraid of heights), the visitor center and new vendor outlets, are still being finished. We got a great, up-close look at the construction in process, which you’ll find photos of after the jump…

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Après le délirant clip Ok – This Too Shall Pass, voici la nouvelle vidéo officielle sur leur titre “End Love” et extrait de l’album : Of The Blue Colour of the Sky. Un travail produit par Shirley Moyers et dirigé par le groupe OK Go, Eric Gunther et Jeff Lieberman.

Previously on Fubiz

• OK Go – This Too Shall Pass
• Aaron Farley
• La Cabane Perchée