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Topia!: Society: Lifestyle Choices: Voluntary Simplicity (54)
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 Lifestyle Changes at Innerself.com - Articles on ways you can alter your lifestyle to attain the results you desire. Some of the modifications deal with attitudes, others with learned behavior.Thoughts on Voluntary Simplicity - Explains the difference between voluntary simplicity and frugality; articles on topics such as building the simple life. Real Simple - An online magazine devoted to simplifying life and making it more meaningful for busy people, based on the print magazine. Cyber Simplify your Life - Provides practical hints on how to create your own meaning for information to prevent overload, communication crisis and technostress. Includes coaching tips and stress-reduction exercises. The Garden - A community of people who are trying to create a place of open-mindedness, honesty and helpfulness to create a beautiful life. The Journal of Voluntary Simplicity - Subscription information for the quarterly journal about simplifying our lives. Includes information on related books. Voluntary Simplicity Study Circles by Janet Luhrs - Article from In Context on Janet Luhrs' study circles in sustainable agriculture and voluntary simplicity. Simple Living Resource Guide - Resource guide for people interested in voluntary simplicity, simple living, and downsizing, maintained by the Pierce Simplicity Study. Pioneer Thinking - Capturing the Essence of Simple Living - Internet natural living community. Share health, home, and beauty tips, mens health, and crafts. Voluntary Simplicity Overview - Essay on voluntary simplicity and why it is gaining acceptance, as well of some of the movement's roots in the 70's. Live Simple - An E-book that sets out specific suggestions for simplifying possessions, home, daily routines, personal goals, and use of resources. A Family Living in Voluntary Simplicity - A family which strives to maintain a life of voluntary simplicity through homeschooling, organic farming, music, yoga and ecology. Simple Living Network - Sponsors a huge range of simple living resources as well as communities and books. A one-stop place for most subjects involving simplifying your own life. Simply Living - An non-profit organization in central Ohio, educating people to live responsibly and sustainably in a joyful relationship with the earth and one another. The Lifestyle Movement - A UK movement working towards living in a way that uses the earth's resources responsibly, and also for social justice and equality. Alternatives for Simple Living - An organization that working to equip people of faith to challenge consumerism, live justly and celebrate responsibly. The organization started in 1973 as a protest against the commercialization of Christmas. Better Times Webzine - An e-zine of sustainable, simple, and frugal living, published by the Oscar Romero Catholic Worker House. A Real Hermit - A photographic story about a hermit that lives in the woods of Ohio, describing his lifestyle in a tiny cabin. PopSustainability - Non-profit organization promoting more sustainable lifestyles through the tools of popular culture, in order to find creative solutions to social problems. Idaho Freedom - Articles and information on homesteading, voluntary simplicity, small acreage farming, and living a more independent lifestyle. Ted & Kathy's Place in the Woods - An example of living independent of the power grid & the public utilities, with a look at vegetarianism, voluntary simplicity, and sustainablity. An Inactive Activist - How the author maitains a minimum comfortable but ascetic lifestyle, and his personal beliefs about work and how it is an option and not a requirement for survival. Unconventional Ideas - A philosophical toolkit to help people free themselves from the mainstream American Dream. Hitch Hike Mike: Mike Gitelman - A Canadian hitchhiker and traveller, with his autobiographical writings on his voluntary homelessness, and a description of his simple life in a tree house. RichGiving: Learning to Make Giving More Meaningful - Community site exploring ways to make gift giving more meaningful, through giving of the self, for the soul and for the future. Emphasis on ecology, sustainability, simplicity and spirituality. Path to Freedom - One Step at A Time - Strives to inspire individuals to "think globally, act locally" by motivating them to live a simpler and more fulfilling life. Work, Money, Time, Future - Arbeit, Geld, Zeit, Zukunft - Thoughts on work, money, time and future with questions that make us reconsider what we are doing to impact our lives and the future. Olympus-Real Life Doctrine - Activists group which does research, exhortations, consultations & project implementations on sustainable, alternate & folksy living systems. MindfulCanada: The Canadian Voluntary Simplicity Network - A Canadian online community, message boards, newsletter and information on being mindful of what we are doing to reduce the impact we have on our own lives and the earth. Living Simply at Suite 101 - Tips, information, encouragement, and discussion for those who wish to take control of their lives and learn to relax and simplify. Gentle Spirit - A women's magazine that follows the ideals of voluntary simplicity through homeschooling, spirituality, parenting, and home arts. Voluntary Simplicity from Natural Life Magazine - Articles on voluntary simplicity from the online version of Natural Life magazine, a periodical promoting natural living, home business and environmentally friendly products. Northwest Earth Institute - Discussion courses on sustainability, deep ecology, living in place, and the practice of simplicity for groups and individuals in the Northwest and across the United States. Center For a New America Dream - A non-profit movement of non-consumerism, simplifying lifestyles by reducing waste and buying what isn't needed in order to be happier and preserve the earth. Affluenza: PBS Program on the Epidemic of Overconsumption - The online companion to the PBS program on the high social and environmental costs of overconsumption and materialism, helps to recognize and treat affluenza as well as educate the public. American Sadhu - An expiriment in living completely moneyless as a demonstration of simple living. A philosophy that commercialism (ie money) is a destructive force. Desiderata - A famous declaration of what is desired as essential to one's life. A philosophy of simpleness and wholeness which may be re-printed without permission. Living Without a Car: Thoughts and Ideas - Suggests alternatives such as walking, bicycle and public transport. The practical aspects of living without a car in Sydney, Australia with links to relevant sites. Simple Family Life - Monthly e-zine with articles on simplifying family life plus relieve stress and save money. Includes household, finances, deep breathing, and quotes. New Liberty Village - A community and network of websites with articles on self-sufficiency, voluntary simplicity, and spirituality. A movement of ideas and freedom which is providing an online school of right living. Life: News about Sustainable Healthy Living - News and articles about sustainable living, health, family, livelihood, and mostly voluntary simplicity, since 1976. David MacClement: Right Now, I'm Living Sustainably! - As an economics experiment, David lives sustainably on under $900 per year, buying everything and sharing housing costs. Granola Groovy - How two guys quit their jobs and moved to the country. Info on eliminating debt, learning to live simpler and building fun and sustainable structures. SeaSimplicity - A voluntary simplicity study group meeting monthly in Seattle. Contains contact information and recommended links. Living Simply - Offering ideas for frugal living, and children. Simple Abundance - Sarah Breathnach's official website for her series, 'Simple Abundance'. Simple appreciation of every day life and beautiful things. Hermitary - Offers resources and reflections on hermits, eremiticism, and solitude. Includes articles on historical and living hermits, news, book reviews, and philosophical essays on solitude. Fringe Wisdom: Spirituality, Love, Food, Nature, and The Art of Being Human - An explanation of how to change the viewpoint which is destroying our world, to one that teaches us to nurture, sustain life on this planet, and evolve. Seeds of Simplicity - A program of the Center for Religion, Ethics and Social Policy at Cornell University, Seeds of Simplicity is a national, nonprofit public-membership organization working to help build a strong voice for voluntary simplicity as an authentic social justice and environmental movement. Living Lightly on the Earth - This site is based on an assumption that every human being has a right to an equal share of physical space on this planet, purely by virtue of being human. The New Road Map Foundation - Providing people with practical tools and innovative approaches for managing and mastering basic life challenges. A Real Life Magazine: Simple Organic Living - A Real Life magazine offers unique, practical, upbeat inspiration to create a simpler, healthier, more balanced and fulfilling life in an earthy and intimate ad-free format. Live Simply With Style - Authors Mary Helen and Shuford Smith offer retirement, travel, and photography tips for a simple lifestyle. Voice Yourself - Project started by Woody Harrelson and Laura Louie to encourage citizens to protest pollution of the air, soil, and water through everyday choices and behaviors. Includes information about their bike and bus tour, recipes, a guide to farms, and a forum.
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