YES! Magazine’s 7 Ways to UnStuff
Posted on: January 14, 2014
Recommended Reading:
Too Much Stuff in Your Life?
7 Ways to Turn it Around
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- Living More with Less UPDATED – Jan. 1 Podcast – Interview with the editor of the 30th Anniversary Edition of this seminal book for modern faith-based voluntary simplicity. MennoMedia BLOG about SLW! Podcast
- New Year, New Daily Inspiration: free Simpler Living Alternative Daily Calendar – Jan. 1 Blog
- 40th Anniversary: Non-Sentimental Journey We celebrated Alternatives’ 40 years of service in modest, curious ways, such as 2003: A Dome Odyssey. Reader Comment: (addressed to Pete, producer of most of Alternatives’ Iowa electronic resources): Watched the dome odyssey off of the Simple Living Works website. I laughed until I cried. That video is the funniest movie I’ve ever seen. You are so talented! — Elysha
What’s Coming
- Let’s Get Ready for a Simple, More Meaningful Lent & Easter – Jan. 15 SLW! Podcast
- Social Media Supplement to Simple Living 101: Tools for Activists Shy or Bold – Feb. 1 SLW! Podcast
What’s Happened
- Explaining Santa to My Granddaughter – Reader Comment: Great job! I laughed out loud. The story you told about talking to her about Santa was CLASSIC! –E.R.I., Flagstaff, AZ
What Others Are Doing
- Green Sector of Markets—Are They a Tipping Point in 2014? Resolution: I resolve to purchase in the green sectors of the economy in 2014 whenever I can. Jubilee-Economics.org
- Blinded by Progress: Breaking Out of the Illusion That Holds Us by Lee Van Ham of Jubilee Economics – TheCommonGoodPodcast.com
- Mark Rasmussen on Aldo Leopold’s Legacy: How Leopold’s Land Ethic challenges industrial ag’s overuse of water and soil – TheCommonGoodPodcast.com
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- Check out a few of these thought-provoking, timely resources that might meet your personal, family or congregational/group needs. They’re all FREE.
- Treasury of Celebrations*: Create Celebrations That Reflect Your Values and Don’t Cost the Earth – Jan.-April, including Martin Luther King, Jr., Day (Jan. 15), Chinese New Year (Jan. 31) and St. Valentine’s Day (Feb. 14)
- 10 Tips for Simpler, More Meaningful Celebrations
- Alternatives’ Seasonal/Thematic Index
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