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• Issue #73 — November-December 2009
  The Holiday Season... — Christmas Shopping Countdown... — Saying Goodbye To Stuff — Alternative Gift Registry — Gems Of The Discussion Forums — How Do You Judge Success? — Memories Are Made Of This — Going Light

• Issue #72 — September-October 2009
  A Positive Side To The Recession...? — Letting Go: Treehouse Perspectives — Get Small: Dream. Invest. Live. — October 24th Day Of Climate Action — The Seven P's Of Simplicity — Are We Really Depriving Our Kids? — Turnoff Week — Kids, Cars, & Health Care — Dollars Out The Window

• Issue #71 — July-August 2009
  The Canine Gourmet — The Happy Minimalist — Frugal (patient) Gardening — How I Became A Bicycle Superhero — Credit Card Debt — The Pleasures Of Going Without — How Do You Measure Wealth? — Financial Independence

• Issue #70 — May-June 2009
  Spring, Study Groups, Tough Times, The Exchange & Future Dreams — Creating A Five Year Vision — Financial Integrity Stories — Simplicity: My Continuing Journey — When Less Is More — Gems Of The Discussion Forums — How Much Do You Need To Live On? — What Will One Hour Buy You? — The Big Move

• Issue #69 — March-April 2009
  Top Down vs. Bottom Up — Living Simply In A Living Universe — The World Has Changed — The Art Of Living — Recession-Proof — New Guest Speaker Conference Calls — Gems Of The Discussion Forums — Boomers Back To Basics — Conscious Frugality — Discovering An Abundant Life

• Issue #68 — January-February 2009
  Celebrating Our 13th Anniversary — New Resources — Living Simply & Dressing Well — New Financial Integrity Website Launched — 10 Things Science Says Will Make You Happy — Your Money Or Your Life, 3rd Edition! — Gems Of The Discussion Forums — Sail Transport Network — Falling Gas Prices

• Issue #67 — November-December 2008
  Holiday Gift Ideas — I Don't, Therefore I Can — Thoreau's Experiment — Buy Nothing Day — Discover Your Neighborhood — Holiday Cards Without Clutter — Earth Overshoot Day 2008 — Gems Of The Forums — Thoughts On The Fulfillment Curve

• Issue #66 — September-October 2008
  A Letter From Dave Wampler — New Resources — Frugal Green Shopping Bags — The Perfect Simple Living Bookshelf — Crisis In Balance — The Practical Side Of Cycling — Alcohol Can Be A Gas! — Gems Of The Discussion Forums — Being Really Green — New Vacation Law Poll & Website — 10 Things Americans Want

• Issue #65 — July-August 2008
  When Lightning Strikes — 10 Things You Don't Need When You Have A Baby — Slow Money, Manure & Prudence — Tea Towel Salad Dressing — Trash Watch — Gems Of The Discussion Forums — Simple Living In A Nutshell — YAWNs — and more!

• Issue #64 — May-June 2008
  Thoughts On Gardening — The 11th Hour — Simplicity & Slimming Down — Lessons From The Home Front — Oil Spill On The Bay — The Life Of Simplicity & Contemplation — When You Walk Out The Door At Five, Leave It Behind — Gems Of The Discussion Forums: Summer's Coming! — Money/Life Balance In The New Millennium: Managing Your Finances — and more!

• Issue #63 — March-April 2008
  Welcoming Our New Partner: Alternatives For Simple Living — Changes To Our Web Site — Don't Buy It! — Information Overload — Simple Living Simplified — Simple Prosperity — Transforming Your Relationship With Money, Transformed — The Answer To Closet Clutter — The Refrigerator Test — Money/Life Balance In The New Millennium — and more!

• Issue #62 — January-February 2008
  Celebrating Our 12th Anniversary — Going Back To The Basics: Regaining Simplicity — The Valentine's Day Challenge — The Ultimate Cheapskate's Road Map To True Riches — The Gray Zone Of Discretionary Spending: Avoiding Buyer's Remorse — Coupon Club Basics — Gems Of The Discussion Forums — The Natural Competitive Advantage Of Bioregions — The Story Of Stuff — Money/Life Balance In The New Millennium: Valuing Your Life Energy, Work & Income

• Issue #61 — November-December 2007
  Backing Into Simplicity — The Secret To A Relaxed Holiday Dinner — A Car Diet — Frugal & Green — Simple, Sustainable, Clutter-Free Gift Ideas — Recycling Is A Last Resort — Gems Of The Discussion Forums — Taking Refuge In Simplicity — Simplicity In The City — What's The Economy For, Anyway? — Money/Life Balance In The New Millennium: Valuing Your Life Energy, Minimizing Spending

• Issue #60 — September-October 2007
  The Accidental House-Sitters — The Green Triangle: Living Cheaply With Style — Simplifying:A Personal Experience — Help America "Get Satisfied" — Gems Of The Discussion Forums — Money/Life Balance In The New Millennium: Making Life Energy Visible — No Impact Man: An Urban Experiment — "Green" Shopping: The Compact — Won't You Be My Neighbor? The Smart Simple Woman

• Issue #59 — July-August 2007
  A Call For Your Articles & Input — Simplicity: The Journey To Wholeness — I Don't Know What Tomorrow Holds, But I Know Who Holds Tomorrow — Co-Creating Fulfillment — New Documentary Searching For People Like You! — Simplicity & Social Justice — Gems Of The Discussion Forums — Money/Life Balance In The New Millennium: How Much Is Enough? — Zen & The Art Of Clutter — Reducing Your Grocery Bill — The End Of The Internet

• Issue #58 — May-June 2007
  How To Survive A Layoff — The Rich Life — The Importance Of Biodiversity In Agriculture: Livestock — Cheap Greens For Cheap Greens — Two American Dreams — Hugh Chou's Free Financial Calculators — Money/Life Balance In The New Millennium: Where Is It All Going? — Take Back Your Time Launches Campaign For Vacation Law

• Issue #57 — March-April 2007
  Cattle & The Environment: One Farmer's Perspective — The Truth About Cloth Diapers — This Beautiful Planet Earth: — Living Simply For A Sustainable World — TroutLake.org & Managing My Life Programs: Welcoming New Partners — Our Value System & Stress: Managing My Life — Money/Life Balance In The New Millennium: Being in the Present, Tracking Your Life Energy — Traveling Light Financial Resolutions

• Issue #56 — January-February 2007
  My Simplicity Group — Radio Paradise — Stop Junk Mail! — Your War Doesn't Fit Into My Budget: Frugal Living As A Form Of Tax Resistance — The Slow Life — Money/Life Balance In The New Millennium: A Modern Personal View Of Your Money Or Your Life — Single, Expectant Mom — Holidays Can Still Be Merry Without All The Spending

• Issue #55 — November-December 2006
  Simple, Sustainable, Clutter-Free Gift Ideas — 10 Ways To Eat Organic On The Cheap — In Celebration Of Idleness — The High Cost Of Working — What Matters To You Most This Holiday Season? — The Care & Feeding Of Your Credit Report — Mutual Funds For The Little Guy

• Issue #54 — September-October 2006
  Not Buying It: My Year Without Shopping — Simple riches: The Lilypad List — Simplicity & Health: How Illness Led Me To A Better Lifestyle — The Diderot Effect: Staying Simple In The City — Taking The Bit Out Of Organic Food Costs — The 2006 Goi Peace Award: Dr. Duane Elgin

• Issue #53 — July-August 2006
  Bye Bye Bills! — Feel Free — Reusable Menstrual Products — The Path Of Simplicity — Alternatives For Simple Living — Retirement, Will You Get There? — Credit Card Minimum Payments

• Issue #52 — April-June 2006
  A Personal Introduction, & Tracking Every Penny — The Year Of Extreme Frugality — Never Buy A New Car — Retirement & Your 401(k)

• Issue #51 — January-March 2006
  Conscious Living — Let Joe Do The Talking — Avoiding Credit Card Traps

Note: Due to an unfortunate hardware failure, we lost the articles from Issue #50. Please accept our apologies. In January 2006 we moved from an individual-article to a full-page-containing-all-articles layout, thus the different list format below.

• Issue #49 May-August 2005
  Work: What Is It & Why Do You Do It?
  From Entitlement To Gratitude -- Philanthropy At A Crossroads
  Divorcing Your Finances -- The Dollar Stretcher
  The Gardener's A-Z Guide To Growing Organic -- An Interview With Author Tanya Denckla
  10-Minute Tasks To Help You Save Money
  Taxing Complexity -- (Are We April Fools?)
  

• Issue #48 January-April 2005
  Are You A Slave To Your Possesions? -- A.K.A Stop Buying Junk
  Principle #3 -- K.I.S.S. -- (Keep It Simple, Sweetie)
  Balance Your Life
  Urban EcoVillage Explores Slow Life
  Four Ways To Pay Off Holiday Debts -- The Dollar Stretcher
  10 Steps Toward a Debt-Free New Year
  

• Issue #47 October-December 2004
  It's About Time! -- New "It's About Time" Coalition Challenges Presidential Candidates On Critical Issue For Swing Voters & Working Americans
  What Young People Are Looking For
  Do You Have The Personality? -- Early Retirement
  MLM Success? -- The Dollar Stretcher
  Scrooge's Christmas List -- Rethink Your List
  

• Issue #46 July-September 2004
  Chords Of Life -- Creating Simple, Integrated, & Successful Lives -- In Harmony With Life Itself
  Celebrating Resourcefullness -- Simple Living With Wanda Urbanska
  Living Simply In A Complex World -- (A Simple Living Classic)
  Social Inventions -- An Innovative Approach To Social Change
  Simplicity In Travel
  To Work Or Not To Work: Will That Be The Question?
  Repaying Charge-Off Debts -- The Dollar Stretcher
  

• Issue #45 April-June 2004
  Planning For Retirement Has Never Been Easier (Or More Necessary)
  Creative, Frugal & Simple Mother's & Father’s Day Gift Ideas
  The Little Television Series That Could -- Simple Living With Wanda Urbanska
  Creating An Urban Ecovillage -- Simpler, Slower & Smaller: Sustainability For People & The Planet
  From "Excess" To "Enough"
  You Can Save 10% On Gas -- The Dollar Stretcher
  

• Issue #44 January-March 2004
  It's Not What You Spend, It's What You Don't Spend That Counts
  Turn Resolutions Into Reality -- 7 Practices For Creating What Matters Most In Life & Work
  Health & Simplicity
  The Annual Review -- The Dollar Stretcher
  Living Simply With Children -- Part II: Teaching Your Kids The Joys Of Simple Living
  Earth-Friendly Living -- Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs
  

• Issue #43 September-December 2003
  Voluntary Simplicity For Activists -- A Survival Kit For Change
  Embracing Complexity -- Creating What Matters
  The Death Of Stillness -- The Price We Pay For Losing Our Private Peace
  Simplicity As A Jewish Path -- Alternatives To Consumerism
  Living Simply With Children -- Part I: Protecting Our Kids from the Consumer Culture
  Recipe For Simplicity
  Retire Early With These Three Investment Strategies
  Stir It Up! -- Fast & Easy Cooking
  The Dollar Stretcher -- How 'Charge Offs' Effect You
  Think Globally, Eat Locally
  

• Issue #42 June-August 2003
  Take Back Your Time -- Teach-Ins & Study Circles
  Simple & Frugal Wedding Gift Ideas
  The Garden Of Simplicity
  Banish The 5-Day, 40-Hour Workweek
  Living Economies For A Living Planet -- Part VI: Living The Future Into Being
  Home Sweet Home -- How Much Is Enough?
  Social Security Or Insecurity?
  Just The Good Stuff
  The Dollar Stretcher -- Temporary Downsizing?
  

• Issue #41 March-May 2003
  What Do Kids Really Want That Money Can't Buy? -- Time For Friends & Family, Says A New Poll
  Declutter Your Home In 11 Easy Steps
  Gardening Without (Much) Effort
  Fractal Gardens
  Living Economies For A Living Planet -- Part V: Mature Communities & Living Economies
  Security Begins At Home
  Why Work Forever If You Can Retire Young?
  Fight Global Warming For $1 A Day
  Simple Family Field Trip Ideas
  The Dollar Stretcher -- Too Frugal?
  

• Issue #40 January-February 2003
  New Year's Resolution: Get Organized -- Five Ideas To Get You Started
  Seven Steps To A Healthier, Happier You
  Living Economies For A Living Planet -- Part IV: Awakening Consciousness & The Human Possible
  Simplicity & Success -- Creating What Matters Most
  Saving Money On Clothing
  Living Simply In A Complex World
  Successfully What?
  The Dollar Stretcher -- Life Insurance
  The Dollar Stretcher -- Reverse Mortgage
  

• Issue #39 October-December 2002
  Take Back Your Time Day -- October 24, 2003
  Living Economies For A Living Planet -- Part III: Natural Succession & The Step To Maturity
  Absent Globally, Acting Locally -- A Ray Of Hope At Earth Summit’s End
  Kids & Clutter -- Pink Bunnies
  Choosing Simplicity
  Voluntary Simplicity: A “Moral Equivalent To War”
  Reevaluating “Disposable Income”
  The Dollar Stretcher -- Signs Of Wealth
  

• Issue #38 August-September 2002
  Being Human In This World -- A Personal Credo
  Priceless
  Putting Money In Its Place
  Living Economies For A Living Planet -- Part II: Corporate Pathology and the Suicide Economy
  International Volunteering -- Cross-Cultural Solutions
  Profile: The Breaking Point -- An Interview With Duane Elgin
  Choosing Simplicity
  The Dollar Stretcher
  Surviving The American Dream
  Care2 Ask Annie
  

• Issue #37 June-July 2002
  Seven Surefire Ways To A Great Attitude
  Time Is Money -- Why Quitting Your Job Will Save You Money
  Living Economies For A Living Planet -- The First Of A Six-Part Series
  The Blessing Of A Skinned Knee -- Using Jewish Teachings To Raise Self-Reliant Children
  Profile -- Amy Dacyczyn: Conserving Cash & Loving It -- How Tightwads Thrive
  Care2 Ask Annie -- Dry Cleaning, Finger Paints, Label Reading & Boot Waterproofing
  The Dollar Stretcher -- Give Your Check Out, A Check Up: Saving On Your Grocery Bill
  

• Issue #36 January-May 2002
  Taking A Break
  

• Issue #35 October-December 2001
  The Pursuit Of Happiness -- Part 2: Purpose
  What We Work For Now -- Think Time Has Changed How We Spend? Think Again!
  Watch Your Wake
  Preparing The House For Thanksgiving
  Cancel Our PMI? -- Do You Really Still Need Your Mortgage Insurance?
  Volunteering As A Family -- Give The Gift Of Your Family During The Holidays
  It’s Hard To Be Merry Sometimes -- Finding Solace In Sadness During The Holidays
  The Ecological Cost Of Christmas -- Turning Off The Lights Without Turning Off The Cheer
  Scrooge's Christmas List -- Rethink Your List
  

• Issue #34 July-September 2001
  The Road Not Taken -- How We Chose Consumerism Over Free Time
  Toward An Extinct Species Memorial
  The Pursuit Of Happiness -- Part 1: Values
  More Fun Than Fishing
  Ecoparenting -- Save The Earth & Your Pennies!
  Cooking Oil, Manicures, & Detox Baths
  Water Heater Savings
  

• Issue #33 April-June 2001
  Sustainability: Method Or Massage?
  Working With Simplicity -- The Case For Part-Time Work
  Finding Meaning In A Cup Of Coffee
  The Future Belongs To Butterflies
  Furniture Polish, Dry Cleaning Linens, Skin Scrub, Natural Pesticides
  Single Income Living
  

• Issue #32 January-March 2001
  Serving The Earth
  Need For A Centering Vision For Humanity
  All That Glitters -- Immigrant Experiences In The U.S. Consumer Culture
  The Right Amount
  Living In The (r)Age Of Wealth
  From Eye Crème To Bike Lube
  Air Pockets Reduce Heating Bills
  Easiest Banana Bread -- (Or Zucchini Bread, or Carrot Bread, or Apple Bread. . . )
  

• Issue #31 October-December 2000
  Voluntary Simplicity & Soulful Living
  A Prescription For A Simple Life
  Buy Different: Building Consumer Demand For Sustainable Goods
  Kids & Chemicals
  Retire Early
  Yellow Squash Casserole
  

• Issue #30 July-September 2000
  My Summer Vacation Wish: Real Vacations for All
  Why Choose Community? -- Offering Service & Hope To The World
  The Subtle Disappearance Of The Busy Signal
  Wealth, Well-Being, & The New American Dream
  Choosing A Low Cost, Alternative Home -- Building Dirt Cheap In The New Milennium
  Avoiding Sunburn & Summer Pests -- And Just What Is Washing Soda?
  Your Washing Machine & The Environment
  Rhubarb Crunch
  Green Vegetable Soup
  

• Issue #29 April-June 2000
  In Community, Intentionally
  Cohousing -- Jen & Ted's Excellent Adventure
  Making Magic -- Offering Service & Hope To The World
  Living the Good Life, Rent-Free
  Simplicity Circles Aren't Just Another Discussion Group!
  Spring Cleaning Recipes, Ammonia & Homemade Wood Stripper
  Why "Gas Out" Won't Work
  Protein Snacks
  Faux Simplicity -- Real Simple Disturbing
  Simplicity Is Not For Sale
  Readers Speak Out
  

• Issue #28 January-March 2000
  An Interview With Daniel Quinn
  Apocalypse Got You Down? -- Charge Into the Future with Cassandra
  Shared Destinies
  Travels In India
  The Challenge For The New Millennium
  The Possible Link Between Dry Cleaning & Breast Cancer -- And How To Wet Clean Wool, Rayon & Silk
  Choose Bankruptcy?
  Vegan Migas
  

• Issue #27 October-December 1999
  The Other Side Of Freedom
  Churches Support The Simplicity Movement!
  What Are We Preparing For?
  Engaged Living
  Ode To A Broken Toaster
  Bartering For Bargains
  Zucchini-Brown Rice Casserole
  

• Issue #26 July-September 1999
  Moving Bodies
  Priming The Passion Pump -- Clarify Your Life Purpose In 1999
  New Lights
  Y2K: A Simplicity Plot?
  Permaculture For Urban Yards
  My Junk, Your Treasure
  Lawn Mower Tune-Up Made Easy
  The Great Kitchen Gadget Swap
  Lowfat Potato Salad
  Puffy Fruit Pancakes
  Quick Asian Noodle Vegetable Soup
  

• Issue #25 April-June 1999
  An Exploration Of Kerala, The Simple Jewel Of India
  North American Research Team Reduces Ecological Footprint By 87%
  Pioneers Or Pariahs? -- Young Adults Who Practice Voluntary Simplicity
  Enjoying Spring Saves Money
  Sweet Potato Soup
  

• Issue #24 January-March 1999
  Using Y2K As A Catalyst To Build Sustainable Lives
  Y2K & Social Reform -- A Conversation With Rick Ingrasci
  Research Shows New Aspects Of Voluntary Simplicity
  How I Started Simplifying -- A Reader Writes
  Retirement Account Or Debt Reduction?
  The Experience Of Simplifying
  

• Issue #23 November-December 1998
  Starting With Food
  Self-Knowledge & The Consumerist Society
  Frugality From A German Perspective
  Save $100 Or More This Winter
  Eggless Eggnog
  Bleu Cheese & Pear Appetizer
  Mushroom Crusted Quiche
  

• Issue #22 August-October 1998
  The Non-Toxic Nursery -- Greening Up The Room That Baby Grows Up In
  Give Free Time To Your Kids
  Simplicity Starts Inside
  The Millennium Generation
  Youth Millennium Festival
  Greening The Faith
  Kitchen Appliance Face-Off
  Red, White & Green Pasta
  

• Issue #21 May-July 1998
  When It Comes To Attention, "I" Am The Enemy
  Simplify Your Inner Life & You'll Have More To Give To The World
  Poverty, Race & Consumerism
  From Problems To Permaculture -- Pathway To A Sustainable Future
  Who Paints The Future? -- Why We Need To Take Back Tomorrow From The Corporate Futurists
  Credit Card Payoff Strategies Compared
  Gardening Doesn't Have To Cost A Fortune
  Spinach, African Style (Efó)
  

• Issue #20 March-April 1998
  Voluntary Simplicity & The Poor
  Most Millionaires Lead Simple Lives
  Epicureans & The Voluntary Simplicity Movement
  Married & Working Together -- Can This Marriage Be Saved?
  Diversification For Poor People -- Part I
  Diversification For Poor People -- Part II -- Reducing Risk
  Fried Rice
  

• Issue #19 January-February 1998
  Walden & Voluntary Simplicity
  10 Ways To Slow Things Down
  Creating An Alter In Your Home
  A Framework For Sustainability -- Starting In Your Backyard!
  Simple Living: Trend Or Tide?
  A Little Better This Year
  Tortilla Soup
  

Note: In January, 1998 we restructured our entire web site and Newsletter format. As such, articles from Newsletters 1-18 are no longer available. However, many of those older articles were reprinted in the issues listed above.