Simple Living

I quit Amazon and Online Book Purchases

Although I hardly used it, Amazon's presence in my life still had some potency, until this week. I used Amazon to keep book lists and...

Books I Recommend (categorised)

About this list Books have been an integral element in my journey exploring the alignment of my own life to the ecological-communal needs...

Beauty in Boredom

Meditation practice has become something quite normal in todays rhythm and language. Many of us have a regular practice or know someone...

Bioregional Life-Ways

Bioregionalism is an ancient, somewhat accidental philosophy which for the longest time had no name as it was, simply, living. In a...

Regenerative Finances

International financial institutions are a part of our lives we may feel unable to control. We generally need bank accounts, pensions,...

Framing a Picture of Minimalism

We live in a world overwhelmed by stuff. Consumer society tells us that we are defined by the stuff we own; our cars, shoes, bikes and...

Poem: Consumerism

Be a consumer Consume the sound of the wind brushing your ear Consume the warmth of the sun kissing your skin Consume the view across a...

Our Deepest Values

Dear Reader, Despite a background awareness and innate knowing that money can’t buy happiness, it still tends to dominate our systems of...

Voluntary Simplicity

Dear Reader, We live in an era defined by and revered for its immense availability of choice. We grow up told we can be anything, achieve...

Do Not Seek

Dear Reader, I believe there are two keys to unlocking mindfulness. Here we shall focus on what is perhaps the best understood: the...

Living Standards

Dear Reader, Each morning I get up and spend around an hour drinking coffee and talking with my girlfriend. It is a ritual of sorts, a...