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		The Heart Of Simple Living: 7 Paths To A Better Life
		Your road map to a more balanced life — a life centered on self discovery. Fewer possessions. More time. More friends. More meaning. Identify objectives for your life and create awareness of your actions and finances, while planning for your future. More...

		The Story Of Stuff
		How Our Obsession With Stuff Is Trashing The Planet, Our Communities, And Our Health — And A Vision For Change More...

		Radical Homemakers
		About men and women across the U.S. who focus on home and hearth as a political and ecological act; and who have centered their lives around family and community for personal fulfillment and cultural change. More...

		The Encyclopedia Of Country Living 35th Anniversary 10th Edition
		The original manual for living off the land and doing it yourself. Over 650,000 copies sold! More...

		Growing Organic Poster
		12" x 36" full color poster with many ideas for organic gardening. More...

		No Impact Man
		The adventures of a guilty liberal who attempts to save the planet and the discoveries he makes about himself and our way of life in the process. More...

		In Cheap We Trust
		"Cheap" is almost a dirty word, an epithet laden with negative meanings. This is the story of a misunderstood American virtue... More...

		Simplicity Parenting
		Using the extraordinary power of less to raise calmer, happier, and more secure kids. More...

Why Choose Simplicity?

In these difficult economic times of broken government, corporate bailouts, failing health care, a widening gap between the rich and poor, unemployment, and soaring debt, just about everyone is looking for smart ways to do more with less. For many, consciously choosing to live more simply is a practical, down-to-earth option that really works.

Since 1996 The Simple Living Network has introduced hundreds of thousands of people just like you to a wide variety of resources from wise authors, teachers and practitioners of voluntary simplicity. Our focus is on fiscal responsibility, conscious consumerism, community building, sharing, right livelihood and sustainability.

We invite you to read our user-supported Newsletter (and Archives), join in our user-supported Discussion Forums (and other Community Services), and browse the extensive collection of resources in our Bookstore. You will find many helpful tools for beginning or enhancing your journey on the path of simplicity.

As you explore, learn and travel, it is important to remember that simple living is not about poverty or self-inflicted deprivation. Rather, it is about living an examined life — one in which you determine what is important and enough for you, and discard the rest. As Duane Elgin, author of Voluntary Simplicity and a leader in the movement put it, simple living is...

"Living in a way that is outwardly
simple and inwardly rich."

Simple living has many definitions and applications. We offer the following articles by Duane to further illustrate what simple living is (and is not), why it is important in these challenging times, and how voluntarily choosing to live more simply might be appropriate for you.

• How Times Have Changed!
• The Garden Of Simplicity
• Voluntary Simplicity — Part 1
• Voluntary Simplicity — Part 2

The Simple Living Network is the source for resources, tools, examples and contacts for living a more conscious, simple, healthy and restorative life. Together we are building a community of like-minded individuals dedicated to creating a better future.

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Transforming Your Relationship With Money Combo The absolute best program for getting out of debt! Package includes Your Money Or Your Life, (Book), Transforming Your Relationship With Money, (Audio CD/Workbook Course) and A Study Guide for Groups or Individuals (PDF). Save $10.00! More...	The Happy Minimalist (PDF) Financial independence, good health and a better planet for us all. PDF eBook. Highly Recommended! More...
Voluntary Simplicity Revised 2nd Edition A completely revised and updated edition of the bestselling 1981 classic that was hailed by the Wall Street Journal as the "bible" of the simplicity movement. More...	Less Is More An impressive collection of essays from wise authors who have known for years that the path to economic stability, environmental restoration and creating vibrant, healthy communities can be found by learning to do more with less. More...
The Self-Sufficient Life & How To Live It The ultimate practical guide for realists and dreamers alike aspiring to get back-to-the-basics. More...	Choosing Simplicity A groundbreaking work that goes beyond the books that tell you "why to simplify" and "how to simplify" your life. More...

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