Robyn Griggs Lawrence

As the editor-in-chief of Natural Home magazine from 1999 until 2010, ROBYN GRIGGS LAWRENCE introduced mainstream readers to green homes and lifestyles. A fierce and longtime proponent of healthy, natural living, Lawrence has been an editor with Mother Earth News, Organic Spa, Mountain Living and The Herb Companion magazines and has run successful blogs on Huffington Post, Care2.com and Motherearthnews.com.

A member of the Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems Board of Directors and an advisory board member for the Healthy House Institute, Lawrence has been featured in USA Today, on CNN and in top-tier newspapers, magazines and TV programs worldwide. The Conservation Research Institute describes her as “one of the best-informed advocates of natural living in America.”

Lawrence’s 2004 book, The Wabi-Sabi House, which introduced Americans to the 15th-century Japanese philosophy of simplicity, serenity and authenticity, received critical acclaim in Time magazine and The New York Times. A revised and updated edition was released in paperback as Simply Imperfect: Revisiting the Wabi-Sabi House. Lawrence co-authored 7 Steps to a Safe, Nurturing Nursery, an e-book, with integrative health expert Dr. Frank Lipman, M.D.

Lawrence, a longtime yogi and yoga teacher, lives in Boulder, Colorado. Learn more at www.robyngriggslawrence.com