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Simple Living, Voluntary Simplicity

Simple living as a conscious choice is called voluntary simplicity. Converting to simple living is without a doubt one of the most impacting decisions we can make for the world and for ourselves, though not always easy. May these resources inspire you in your quest.

"Be real and then it's simple. Be simple and then it's real."   Cuckoo Zen

"When you love, life becomes simple."   J. Krishnamurti

"Live simply that others may simply live."    Mohandas Gandhi

"After more than 30 years of living simply and giving away a million dollars to more than 800 organizations, here's my short statement of what simplicity means: It refers to a quality of relationship with self, money, things, people and the Earth. It's a quality of attentiveness, responsiveness, directness, honesty, and respect."
Vicki Robin, Author of "Your Money or Your Life"

"The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. The incessant anxiety and strain is a well nigh incurable form of disease. One has no time to be anything but a machine. It is a fool's life. I am convinced from experience that to maintain one's self on this earth is not a hardship but a pastime, if we will live simply and wisely."
Henry David Thoreau

Simple living philosophy - Changing lifestyle
The Simple Living Network	Providing tools and examples for those who are serious about learning to live a more conscious, simple, healthy and restorative lifestyle.
Seeds of Simplicity	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. Organizing & educating for voluntary simplicity: tools for children, adults & community.
Simple and Sustainable Living	A search for simple and ecologically sane living. An interesting case of returning to the forest. Good on-site discussions.
LowImpact Living Initiative UK	LILI - A non-profit organization dedicated to helping protect the global environment by researching and promoting sustainable, low-impact alternatives to various aspects of everyday life. We believe that by incorporating these ideas into their lives, people can help protect the environment, improve their quality of life and save money.
Redefining Progress	"A nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy organization that seeks to ensure a more sustainable and socially equitable world for our children and our children's children. Working both within and beyond the traditional economic framework, RP generates and refines innovative policies and ideas that balance economic well-being, the environment, and social equity so that those living today and those who will come in the future can have a better quality of life."
Economic Freedom	Definition, degrees, philosophy, quotes.
FI Associates	Financial Integrity Associates (FIA) helps people create more personally fulfilling and ecologically sustainable lives by applying the program detailed in Your Money or Your Life to develop strategies for more effective use of their life energy and financial resources. Resources, study groups, ...
More Than Money	We help individuals act on their deepest values-- through educational programs that include publications, presentations, workshops, gatherings, coaching groups, and individual consultations and referrals.
The Center for a New American Dream	" A non-profit organization dedicated to helping Americans change the way they consume to improve quality of life, protect the environment, and promote social justice. Enough! -- a quarterly report on consumption, quality of life, and the environment. Kids and commercialism. How to get rid of junk mail.
Changing Course	If you want more than a job change, if you want more than a career change, if what you really desire is a meaningful life change… maybe it’s time to consider Changing Course. Resources, tools, perspective and inspiration to help you discover and follow your dreams of a more fulfilling work/life doing what you love.
Forum for Friends of Peoples close to Nature	A global movement of individuals and groups dedicated to the survival of Tribal peoples, in particular hunter-gatherers. These were the first and are the last societies on Earth to have a non -exploitative relationship with the natural world. Our task is to help them preserve their unique cultures from enforced assimilation, the ideologies of 'progress' and 'growth' and absorption in the global economy.
Frugal Living @ about.com	Articles, forum, products, newsletter,....
Work to Live	Shows you how to beat the unwritten rules of work life, the stuff no one ever talks about that drives overwork, missed vacations, and you to wits end. Find out how to get more time for life and avoid being a gibbering stress case.
Best Places.net	Find easily the latest data and profiles of 3,000 cities, including cost of living/salary calculator, climate, crime, schools, ...
Frugality Tips for Simple Living
James Dulley Columns	"Save money in an Earth-friendly manner". Many solutions brought are rather technological than "simple".
Tipz Time	Tipz Time has 1270 household tips & craft ideas for your home.
The Frugal Shopper	Free newsletter, many links to discount offers, tips.
RealSimple	Some useful tips.
Debt-Proof Living	How to get or stay out of debt, also includes a good doses of psychological aspects. Monthly newsletter.
The Dollar Stretcher	Living better for less.
DoItYourself.com	Everything imaginable for the do-it-yourselfer for home, car, garden, ...
SpartanSaving.com	You'll find here information on how any family can save money. Literally 100�s of dollars can be saved monthly around your home using simple techniques and changing habits with little change in lifestyle.
Price Comparison
DealTime.com	DealTime is a free service that makes comparing products, prices & stores easier than ever before.
EveryBookstore.com	EveryBookstore.com is your no bells and whistles web site for fast and easy comparison shopping at more than 30 online bookstores.
BookBrain.co.uk UK	We provide the most accurate and comprehensive price search of UK online bookshops on the web, currently searching 15 sites.
Back to Basics & Personal Pages
Doug Fine	Author of 'Farewell, my Subaru'. Can a regular American kick his addiction to oil and live more locally while still dancing to thumping subwoofers and not looking like a refugee from a Rainbow Gathering?
Homestead.org	Contains an entire resource directory of information on homesteading (self-sufficiency, small farming, sustainable agriculture, horticulture, permaculture, organic gardening, animal husbandry, etc.), wildlife management (ecology, conservation, stewardship, etc.), alternative and vernacular housing (straw bale, cob, cordwood, adobe, stuccoed sandbags, rammed earth, tire, earth-bermed, sod-roofed, thatch-roofed, underground, tree houses, houseboats, ...)
Path to Freedom	Read about the detailed account of a family of five living successfully the return to basics philosophy. The site includes produce results (3,300 pounds on 3,900 sq.ft in 11 months for 2002, results of solar cooking, and much much more.
Frog Holler	Since 1972 the main activities at Frog Holler have been organic truck farming and homesteading, home schooling, yoga and music. The King family’s personal life style has centered around natural foods, ecological responsibility and healthy physical, academic and spiritual practices.
Overcoming Consumerism	This site details ways that you can help defeat consumerism, save money, work less and lead a more satisfying and environmentally benign life while helping to restore the economic self-sufficiency of your community.
CountryLife.net	Online resource for learning all about the practical arts of simple, self-sufficient living!
Blackbird Ridge Homestead	These pages were inspired by my recent escape from the concrete jungle to a life living and working in the country. My goals are to be as self-sufficient as possible, living life the way I was raised - growing my own food, canning and preserving, and generally living by the tenets espoused by my Grandmother: "Use it up, wear it out, Make it do or do without"
Daycreek	A website dedicated to our cordwood building adventure and living a more self-sufficient lifestyle.
Backyard Nature Center	Nature, gardening and sustainable community website filled with feature articles!
The 4-Hour Workweek	Escape the 9 to 5 life, anywhere.
Cage Free Family Blog	This is our story of our journey to find our true values and apply them to our lives. Watch us change everything about ourselves as we move from the six figure funded ties which bind the American middle class to Cage Free movement toward our true dreams; a farmstead funded healing community in the wild of Vermont.
Adventures in Voluntary Simplicity Blog	Follow along as a highly-paid lawyer gives up a life of material comfort and unencumbered excess, and embraces the beauty and freedom of simple happiness.
This Tiny House Blog	An experiment in owning less and exploring more.
Education on Simple Living
Jackmountain Bushcraft	Jack Mountain Bushcraft teaches primitive and traditional skills and facilitates authentic outdoor experiences to help people reconnect with their ancestors and the Earth. Great Links page to other outdoor schools
J. Krishnamurti
J. Krishnamurti Foundation Intl.	The central, authentic source of Krishnamurti's teachings online, making a wide variety of audio, video and text of Krishnamurti's works freely available.
Krishnamurti Foundation of America	Its mission is to �preserve and disseminate the teachings of Krishnamurti�. This work includes the operation of the Oak Grove School, the Foundation Business Office, the Krishnamurti Archives, the Krishnamurti Study Center, the Krishnamurti Library, and Krishnamurti Publications of America
Krishnamurti Foundation Trust UK	Established in 1968 as an educational charitable trust, the Foundation exists to preserve and make available Krishnamurti's teachings, as well as to support Brockwood Park School and the Krishnamurti Centre.
Krishnamurti Foundation of India India	Krishnamurti Foundation India (KFI) was set up in 1928 as a charitable institution by Krishnamurti under the name of The Rishi Valley Trust. The name was changed to the Foundation for New Education in 1953 and then to the Krishnamurti Foundation India in 1970. The activities of the Foundation include the preservation and dissemination of his teachings, the running of schools, environmental conservation, rural education and health care.
Brockwood Park School UK	Brockwood Park is a co-ed international residential school in the UK, valoring academic excellence and nurturing life skills. Founded in 1969 by J. Krishnamurti
Journal of the Krishnamurti Schools India	This is the official site of the Journal of Krishnamurti Schools. Articles in the Journal broadly cover the areas of philosophy and practice in education.
Gandhi, Apostle of Simple Living
Mk Gandhi - Sarvodaya	Gandhi's philosophy, biography, photographs, FAQ's, books, current news, discussion group, ....
The Complete Site on Mahatma Gandhi	His life, work & philosophy. Includes: books, articles, cd's, multimedia, video clips, quotations, student projects,....
Sevagram Ashram	This is the place where Gandhi spent the last 12 years of his life in voluntary poverty and simplicity.
Ecology from Gandhian Perspective	Development and environmental issues, eco-Gandhi, the ecology of terrorism.
Magazines on Simple Living
Backwoods Home Magazine	Practical ideas for self-reliant living.
Countryside Magazine	Countryside is the truly original country magazine (established 1917) serving that branch of the Voluntary Simplicity movement seeking greater self-reliance (homesteading), with emphasis on home food production. This includes gardening, small-scale livestock, cooking, food preservation, resource conservation, recycling, frugality, ...
Books on Simple Living
The Simplicity Resource Guide	This list of over 150 books evolved from Linda Breen Pierce's research on simple living. It also includes books highly recommended by the simplicity study participants. The books are listed in alphabetical order by the author's last name.
Simple Life Products
Lehman's	Source for old-fashioned, hard-to-find items such as pickle kegs, grain mills, wooden barrels, hand water pumps, and much, much more. Has also a good bookstore. Pre-electric lights, toys, heat- and cook stoves, appliances, pressure washers, hand washers,...
Homestead Products	Quality products for simple living, preparedness & outdoors.
Pro-Vision Supply	Kitchen, ranch, and preparedness supplies.
Cheap/Simple House Plans
BaleWatch	Straw bale house plans
The NotSoBigHouse	Site based on the book by the same name. Underlying all of the chapters of this book is a request that we look more closely at ourselves, at how we want to live, at what inspires us, and at what our planet needs to return to balance. House plans for sale.
Simple Home	Make your dream home a reality by purchasing one of our efficiently designed house plans. Bookshop. Ideas and information about building affordably and living simply, the key ideas behind our simple house plans.

Simple Living - Free Listings
Creating Sanctuary Kansas	Creating Sanctuary: body-mind-Soul. Online education and support for soulful living. I can help you Simplify your life so that you may return to sanctuary, and truly live a soulful life.
Environmental-Living.com	Your guide to living a clean, green life and maintaining your organic home.