Links to Festivalism

• Alternative to predatory capitalism

  • The Frugality Network

  • Frugal Living Resources, provides a good summary and instructions for signing up for the various On Line Discussion Groups related to simple living.

• Alternative to Society of the Spectacle

• Affluenza, alternative to Consumerism

  • Affluenza: PBS Program on the Epidemic of Overconsumption

  • Avoiding Affluenza

• Alternative to Global Racism

• Affirmation of all lie

• Spiritual path to global equity

• Green Celebration

• Change of Foodways and Lifeways

• Most tranformative revolution of our time

BOOKS & VIDEOS

• Affluenza Booklist

• Frugality Booklist

• Andrews, Cecile - The Circle of Simplicity: Return to the Good Life
  (Harper Collins, 1997) 1

• Aslett, Don -  Clutter's Last Stand: It's Time to De-Junk Your Life
  (Writer's Digest Books, 1984).

• Bender, Sue -- Plain & Simple: A Woman’s Journey to the Amish
  (Harper, 1989).

• Breathnach, Sarah Ban - Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and
  Joy (Warner Books, 1995).

• Burch, Mark - Simplicity Study Circles: A Step-by-Step Guide (New
  Society Publishers, 1997)

• Cloninger, Claire - A Place Called Simplicity (Harvest House, 1993).

• Cox, Connie & Cris Evatt - 30 Days to a Simpler Life (The Penguin
  Group, 1998).

• De Graaf, John (1998) Escape from Affluenza -- Bullfrog Films, KCTS, Seattle, 1998 Sequel to Affluenza. A look at families that have opted for voluntary simplicity. Topics include consumerism, environment, advertising, and values

• Dominguez, Joe, and Vicki Robin. Your Money or Your Life: A Study Guide for Groups (New Road Map Foundation).

• Elgin, Duane -- Voluntary Simplicity: Toward a way of Life that is Outwardly Simple, Inwardly Rich

• Fromm, Erik To Have or To Be? (Harper & Row, 1976).

• Luhrs,  Janet- The Simple Living Guide

• Miller, Timothy - How to Want What You Have (Avon Books, 1996).

• O'Neill, Jessie H. -The Golden Ghetto : The Psychology of Affluence

• Pierce, Linda Breen - Choosing Simplicity: Real People finding Peace and Fulfillment in a Complex World (Gallagher Press, 2000). See her website Voluntary Simplicity Resource Guide

• Rechtschaffen, Stephan MD, Timeshifting: Creating More Time to
  Enjoy Your Life (Doubleday, 1996).

• Robinson Jo, and Jean Coppock Staeheli, Unplug the Christmas Machine

• Schor, Juliet - The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline of
  Leisure (BasicBooks, 1991).

• Segal, Jerome --Graceful Simplicity: Toward a Politics of Simplicity --escalating "affluenza" consumption isn't where the real economic problem lies. Rather, the actual problem is that the real cost of meeting core economic needs (shelter, food, clothing, transportation, education, childcare) has grown substantially.

• Sinetar, Marsha - Ordinary People as Monks and Mystics

• St. James, Elaine - Inner Simplicity

• Videos: Affluenza / Escape from Affluenza
  http://www.pbs.org/affluenza  AFFLUENZA
  Produced by John de Graaf and Vivia Boe A Co-Production of KCTS-Seattle & Oregon
  Public Broadcasting/ Hosted by Scott Simon; ESCAPE FROM AFFLUENZA  Produced by Vivia Boe and John de Graaf A co-production of KCTS and John de Graaf Hosted by Wanda Urbanska

DISCUSSION GROUPS

• From Google Search

JOURNALS & NEWSLETTERS

• The Frugal Life email newsletter, real life stories & tips for living simply and frugally.

• Living Gently Quarterly promotes voluntary simplicity and frugal lifestyle that enhance personal satisfaction and reduce environmental impact.

• Simple Living Newsletter  on line.

ORGANIZATIONS

• Alternatives for Simpler Living http://www.simpleliving.org/

• Alternatives Resource Guide
  http://members.aol.com/AltSimLiv/simple.html/

• Center for a New American Dream
  http://www.newdream.org/

• Center for Sustainable Communities
  http://weber.u.washington.edu/~common/

• Earth Island
  http://www.earthisland.org/ei

• Festivalism
  http://www.zianet.com/boje/1/

• Institute for Deep Ecology
  http://www.deep-ecology.org/ 

• Living Lightly Webpage:
  http://www.scn.org/earth/lightly/

• Millenium Project
  http://www.awakeningearth.org

• NEVER ENOUGH - Anti-Consumerism Campaign

• Overcoming Consumerism
  http://www.hooked.net/users/verdant/index.htm

• Pew Global Stewardship Network
  http://www.mbnet.mb.ca:80/linkages/gsn/index.html

• Pierce Simplicity Study
  http://www.mbay.net/~pierce/

• Seeds of Simplicity:
  http://www.slnet.com/cip/seeds

• Simple Living Network
  http://www.simpleliving.net/default.asp

• The E.F. Schumacher Society
  http://members.aol.com/efssociety/index.html

• Voluntary Simplicity and Financial Independence
  http://www.scn.org/earth/lightly/

• Welcome to GANE (General Agreement on a New Economy)
  http://www.igc.apc.org/econwg/gane/

• Tightwad Gazette Fan Club
  http://users.aol.com/maryfou/tightwad.html