Most eco-friendly books start with terror-inducing lists of the carcinogenic chemicals you are liberally slathering all over every single surface in your house, painting most people as unwitting eco-villains, happily Lysol-ing their way straight to hell. Well, readers can just relax and unpack the (plastic) bags. There are no guilt trips with All You Need is Less, which is about realistically adopting an eco-friendly lifestyle without either losing your mind from soul-destroying guilt or becoming a preachy know-it-all whom everyone loathes.

Join us as we chat with Canada’s top eco-blogger, tree-hugger extraordinaire, animal-lover, and unrepentant hippie, Madeleine Somerville about the book in which she has created original ways on how to save money, the planet, and have fun in the process. Determined to avoid the guilt of the modern environmental movement, she offers hilarious and practical advice for moving towards a greener you in All You Need Is Less. The book answers questions such as how do we cultivate our own pesticide-free garden? What is a “green” hygiene boot camp? It covers topics from eco-friendly baby solutions to make-it-yourself litter and flea spray. Madeleine has everything we need to live a planet-loving life.

Madeleine Somerville adores writing in all its incarnations — dramatic exclamation-filled diary entries, pseudo-journalistic endeavors for small town weeklies, and the disfigured, bastard child of the above, blogging. Her article, "Ten Crazy Hippie Lady Things You Should Try" was SkinnyScoop.com's most popular post ever! She has a B.A. in sociology and is addicted to commas and soft cheeses. She became devoted to the environment after moving to British Columbia eight years ago, and her husband, daughter, and dog suffer the effects of this metamorphosis on a daily basis.