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Simple Living Works! eNews

#70 — July, 2017

In This Issue:

• SLW! Podcast #96-97 — Shane Claiborne of The Simple Way and Red Letter Christians (7/1 & 15)  //
• SLW! Podcast #95 — Peter Sawtell of Eco-Justice Ministries (6/15)  //
• Simpler Living SANITY & SURVIVAL 
• Our Simpler Living Daily Nudge // JULY
• What Others Are Doing – So Much Help – Latest Posts!
• More!

What’s NOW with SLW!

• SLW! Podcast #96-97 — Shane Claiborne of TheSimpleWay.org and RedLetterChristians.org, author of the classic Irresistible Revolution and the new Executing Grace: How the Death Penalty Killed Jesus and Why It’s Killing Us (7/1 & 15–Preview Now)  //
• SLW! Podcast #95 — Peter Sawtell of Eco-Justice Ministries (6/15)
• Banishing Fake News. READ MORE // See more Media Literacy resources.
• We’ve cancelled our vacation to Alaska and plan to see the fall colors in Vermont instead. More information about “I Buy Blue. Won’t You Too?“
• Simpler Living SANITY & SURVIVAL: New Suggestion in each Weekly Nudge. Survival #6. Install solar panels and a household battery.
• Our Daily Simpler Living Nudge
  • What Is The NUDGE? / How It Works / How to GET It – Subscribe by sending NUDGE to SimpleLivingWorks@yahoo.com. / How to SHARE It / More About Holidays
  • July: NEW (Money & Goods: Green Business,  Investing, Products; Personal Finance, Credit & Debt)

• SLW! Blog Index | SLW! Podcast Index
• SUBSCRIBE to SLW! Podcast for free through iTunes, Stitcher.com or your favorite podcast service. Subscribe to SLW! Blog. Click “+Follow” at lower right of blog post, enter a name and email address. Welcome!
• Simpler Living Daily Calendar – JULY
• Check out a few of SLW! thought-provoking, timely resources that might meet your personal, family or congregational/group needs. They’re all FREE. Visit Seasonal/Thematic Resource Index

What’s Coming

SLW! Ep. 98 [8/1]–Vicki Robin, co-author of the classic Your Money Or Your Life, which has an updated edition schedule before the end of the year; founder of the Simplicity Forum.

What Others Are Doing – So Much Help! – Latest Posts

I gladly pass along links from simple living bloggers, podcasters, coaches and others. Some faith-based, some not. You needn’t read them all. Choose FIVE links — including SLW! — to investigate. COMPLETE LIST — Monthly Digest

• Alternative Radio Podcast (David Barsamian)
• Becoming Minimalist (Joshua Becker)
  • If You Are Looking for Reasons to Be Happy, You’ll Probably Find Them (7/5)
  • Use This Accountability Trick To Consume Less (6/26)
  • Inspiring Simplicity Reads (6/24)
  • What To Do When a Distraction Becomes a Lifestyle (6/22)
  • How Space Influences What We Buy (6/15)
  • NEW Simplify Magazine 001 (online quarterly)
• Center for a New American Dream 
  • View all of our Simplify the Holidays resources.
• The Common Good Podcast
  • Ep. 85: Actions for a Better World in a Time of Climate Change and U.S. Extremism — Lee & Jerry (7/1) [Back-up]
  • Ep. 84: Patricia St. Onge: Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Peoples Coming Together for OneEarth Living (6/1)
  • Ep. #83 — Hazel Henderson, founder of Ethical Markets Media, and Series Creator and Co-Executive Producer of its TV series: Reforming Economies to Work for the Wellbeing of All Creatures (5/1)
• Earth Island Journal (Earth Island Institute): Latest News // Current Issue 
• Earth Mama (Joyce Rouse) New Song Made for These Times for “Ladies Sewing and Resistance Society” counters the anti-woman, bullying, hate filled policies of the new administration. Lead sheet with melody line, full lyrics, video (1 minute) of singing and sewing, video (6 minute) including wonderful short interviews — all at Monthly Digest (above).
• Eco-Justice Ministries (Peter Sawtell) // Voluntary Simplicity archive // SLW! Podcast #18 // SLW! Podcast #66
  • Act Locally (6/30)
  • Eco-Justice and Health Care, 2017  (6/23)
  • Pray for the Rain Forest (6/16)
  • Defending Earth Community (6/9)
• Jubilee Economics / Casa Jubileo
  • Wes Howard-Brook on the Religion of Empire vs. the Religion of Creation in the Bible and Beyond (6/22)
  • Mixed News at Medicare-for-All Rally (5/26)
  • A World Famous Prayer Opposes Superpowers, Urges Jubilee Living
• Living Lightly (Susan Vogt on living more simply but abundantly): 365+ Days of Give-Aways
  • Going Beyond My Bubble – Why and how I became motivated to reach out to those who voted differently than me.
  • Procrastination Redeemed – 5 lessons learned from continuing last Lent’s effort to declutter my work space and how the first step revealed unintended additional steps but also unexpected finds.
  • Political Conversations – an interruption – or was it
  • Updating My Life: Files  // Paper  //  Books
  • Letting Go of Health – Life interrupted: 9 lessons from a fall.
• The Minimalists podcast (Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus). Getting us past the things so we can make room for life’s most important things — which actually aren’t things at all.
  • 084 | Nonline
  • 083 | Rob
  • 082 | Hoarding
  • 081 | Bloodchocolate
  • 080 | Family
  • Minimalism: A Documentary about the Important Things
• Northwest Earth Institute // SLW! Podcast
• The OneEarth Project (Lee Van Ham) // SLW! Podcast //
  • August 2 – A Special Day for Us and Earth. Know Why?
  • Patricia St. Onge (Haudenosaune) on Standing Together since Standing Rock (6/12)
  • Kiss the Ground and Affectionately Solve the Crisis of Too Much CO2 in Our Air
  • The Launch of “Eco-Ministry for Life on Earth” Course (5/6)
• PostConsumers: Find the Satisfaction of Enough / Full Article Library
  • Environmental article archive, our Save the Planet hub, our Tree Hugging Center for Arbor Day and our favorite Earth Day quotes!
  • Tallying the Environmental Movement’s Wins and Losses in 2016
  • Need vs. Want vs. Impact
  • The Environmental Benefits of a Vegetarian Diet
  • Lessons Learned from Prince
• Prayer & Politiks (Ken Sehested): At the intersection of spiritual formation and prophetic action
  • God and stuff: Lawnmowers, banking boodle, and the Spirit’s traffic in human affairs
  •  Signs of the Times (6/13)–Refugee Sunday: News, views, notes, and quotes
• Simple Living: the Good Life (Janet Luhrs)–Time, Finances, Home-Work, Health.
• Simple Times (Debi Taylor-Hough): Saving Your Time, Money & Sanity
• Smart and Simple Matters podcast (Joel Zaslofsky of Value of Simple: Liberate Your Time, Money and Talent) // SLW! Podcast
• For links to earlier entries, check the SLW! Monthly Digest.
• Non-Conform-Freely Celebrations: May-Aug.

What’s Happened

• SLW! Podcast #94: Iowa State Senator Rob Hogg, author of America’s Climate Century. Despite current backwards government, he shares positive vision.
• SLW! Podcast #93: Adrienne Raimo of OneBiteWellness.com, coordinator of The Minimalists, Columbus, OH
• SLW! Podcasts #91, part 1; #92, part 2 — Hazel Henderson, founder of Ethical Markets, and Series Creator and Co-Executive Producer of its TV series
• Review of Lee Van Ham’s new “From Egos to Eden: Our Heroic Journey to Keep Earth Livable,” vol. 2 of the “Eden for the 21st Century” Trilogy. Colleague Lee’s new book is now available on Amazon in print and ebook and other locations where you can get the ebook (Nook, iBooks, Kobo).
• Post-Election Emergency/Disaster Preparedness and Survival Guide
• New Simpler Formats for 2017 — The monthly SLW! eNews and Weekly Digest will feature only the latest posts from colleague organizations. The complete Monthly Digest only on the SLW! site will be updated at least once a week. The Weekly Nudge will feature only offering from SLW! Both the Weekly Digest and Weekly Nudge come as part of your free subscription to SLW! Blog. The Daily Nudge comes by email (send NUDGE to SimpleLivingworks@yahoo.com) or by Twitter @GeraldIversen. Choose the options that work for you.
• Previews of Simple Living Blogs, Podcasts and Sites // Collaborators & Champions
• Recent Responses to all SLW! media
  

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