Voluntary simplicity : toward a way of life that is outwardly simple, inwardly rich

by Duane Elgin

Paper Book, 2010

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QT Elg

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New York : Harper, c2010.

ISBN

9780061779268

Description

"A manifesto for the only kind of future that promises sanity and the possibility of contentment. Bread and wine for the spirit." --Sam Keen, author of Fire in the Belly   Originally published in 1981 and hailed as the "bible" of the simplicity movement by The Wall Street Journal, Duane Elgin's classic Voluntary Simplicity has been completely revised for our modern times. Elgin, who was honored in 2009 by The Ecologist, the U.K.'s leading environmental magazine, as one of ten important "visionaries," offers a path "Toward a Way of Life That is Outwardly Simple, Inwardly Rich." Voluntary Simplicity has already changed the lives of thousands of people. This new edition will profoundly influence countless more with its powerful, timely message of balance, frugality, and ecological awareness.… (more)

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LibraryThing member pansociety
Explores the psychological, spiritual, and ecological arguments for a lifestyle of voluntary simplicity. Not a "how to" book; but a "why to."
LibraryThing member bkinetic
Elgin started an important modern trend of books in this area. They all carry various forms of Thoreau's basic message.
LibraryThing member Sullywriter
Simplicity is a way of life.
LibraryThing member uufnn
The author is a former senior social scientist at the Stanford Research Institute. George Leonard, author of the Transformation said, "A copy of this book in every American household could change the course of history..Voluntary Simplicity shows that what this nation needs is not so much a change
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of policy as a change of mind, and that individual citizens, acting on their own, can do more to solve our crises than can any national administration. A simplicity survey is included, along with chapter notes. This work is well-indexed.
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