Festivalism is the metamorphosis of capitalism into festivalism. Voluntary simplicity is one of the top 10 trends of the the new millennium.
Essays on Simplicity by John O. Andersen
Vicki Robin and Joe Dominguez, authors of the best-selling book, Your Money or Your Life, help others get off the work-and-spend treadmill to find more meaning in their lives.
Opt for flex-time and are work out of our homes.
We must rapidly begin the shift from a
"thing-oriented" society to a
"person-oriented" society. When machines and
computers, profit motives and property rights are considered
more important than people, the giant triplets of racism,
materialism and militarism are incapable of being conquered.
- Martin Luther King, 1967
The "more stuff is better" American Dream has Hidden Costs to life style, ecology, animals, and spirit.
Consumers want to know where their stuff comes from, who makes it, and the working conditions, such as living or poverty wages, sustainable or unsustainable processes.
FESTIVALISM
Businesses are moving to adopt ISO14001 standards, redesigning production processes, designing recyclable products, and implementing Green Accounting practices.
Businesses adopting SA8000 standards of worker rights where workers are paid living wages, treated with respect and dignity.
Consumers are boycotting Transnational Corporations that are addicted to sweatshop supply chains.
TOP TEN LIST: Why is Postmodern TD replacing MOD OD? - David Boje May 10, 2000
What is a simplicity circle?
Simplicity circles are support, study, and reflection groups of half a dozen or so people. We help each other live deliberately by reading and discussing a study course. We help each other determine what is most important to us and what steps we must take to make time for it in our lives. It's called a circle because there's no boss.
4/27/98 MONEY -- Goodbye to debt The new American status symbol and how to achieve it BY MARGARET MANNIX US NEWS
Simplicity Links
Frugality Netwrok http://www.frugalitynetwork.com/encouragement.html
Live Simple http://www.december.com/simple/live/index.html
Natural Life http://www.life.ca/nl/index.html
Simple Living Journal http://www.simpleliving.com/
Simple Living Network http://www.simpleliving.net/default.asp
Seeds of Simplicity http://www.seedsofsimplicity.org/default.asp
Web Articles
Kim Edwards (1996). An overview of the voluntary simplicity movement
Emmons, Mark (2000) Simplify, simplify. SV Magazine
Books on Simplicity
Andrews, Cecile The Circle of Simplicity : Return to the Good Life (HarperPerennial, 1997)
Blix, Jacqueline; David Heitmiller, Jacquelyn Blix Getting a Life : Real Lives Transformed by Your Money or Your Life
Breen, Linda; Vicki Robin Choosing Simplicity
Carlson, Richard &Joseph V. BaileySlowing Down to the Speed of Life
Cloninger, Claire A Place Called Simplicity
Degrote-Sorensen, Barbara; David Allen Sorensen, Barbara Sorensen Tis a Gift to Be Simple : Embracing the Freedom of Living With Less
Dominguezm Joe Your Money or Your Life : Transforming Your Relationship With Money and Achieving Financial Independence (Penguin, revised 1992).
Elgin, Duane Voluntary Simplicity : Toward a Way of Life That Is Outwardly Simple, Inwardly Rich (Quill, revised 1993).
Levin, Karen Keeping Life Simple
Luhrs, Janet The
Simple Living Guide : A Sourcebook for Less Stressful, More
Joyful
Living