A philosophy or way of life that rejects materialism in favour of human and spiritual values, and is characterized by minimal consumption, environmental responsibility, and community cooperation.
The solution they propose is voluntary simplicity, but en route to that proposal the authors provide an accurate and thoughtful account of our culture, including a quick but reliable survey of American cultural history.
The Shakers' lifestyle also prefigures a way of dwelling in the land and living with others in community convergent with the voluntary simplicity movement.
She said, ‘In our case, exploring the ideas behind voluntary simplicity was a way to decide what our values were.’
But what ever happened to voluntary simplicity and living lightly on the earth?
Local blacks, who were living in involuntary poverty, were decidedly uninterested in the kind of voluntary simplicity that so appealed to privileged white liberals.
Witting or unwitting apostles of Thoreau, these citizens have come to re-examine their lifestyles from three separate, yet often interconnected, paths: spirituality, nostalgia, and voluntary simplicity.
Focus instead on the implications of the president's call to voluntary simplicity.
He enunciated premises - appropriate scale, voluntary simplicity, diversity, natural capital - that seemed self-evident once he articulated them, and looked like a basis for remaking economics and society.
This generation may be among the most amenable to the tug of nostalgia and voluntary simplicity, not to mention heartfelt entreaties to quality moments with children and grandchildren.
There are chapters relating voluntary simplicity to work and livelihood, spirituality, the environment and self development.
If anything, his newfound wealth has made him feel at times that he has breached a social contract of voluntary simplicity and equality at the Zen Center.
She is skeptical of the voluntary simplicity movement and its self-help ethos.
Moving from half a 3-bedroom townhome with garage to a 300 square foot apartment is quite an exercise in voluntary simplicity.
When I look at these images, that vow of voluntary simplicity I took when I moved into this San Jose rental (ie no more stuff to move!) burns a hole right in my credit card.