Simple Living Works! 9/23 ALERT
Posted August 22, 2023
on:Simple Living Works! 9/23 ALERT
In This Issue:
Alternatives’ 50th Year!
Simpler Living Daily Nudges Enhanced
Free ZOOM Forum
Recent JEM Blogs
Regional eNews
SLW! Quarterly Digest
MORE Worth Your Time
Alternatives 50th Year!
Yes, Alternatives started in 1973. Then it became Alternatives for Simple Living, and most recently Simple Living Works! It began as a protest against the commercialization of Christmas with the annual “Whose Birthday Is It, Anyway?” Then we expanded to promotion of year-round Simple Living. Now we publish all online, focusing on OverConsumption and OverPopulation as the two primary drivers of the Climate Crisis.
We have worked for years with colleague organization Jubilee Economics Ministries (JEM – OneEarthJubilee.org), most notably with our OneEarth Simple Living Podcast. Now we are forming an email co-op, sharing our lists and cross promoting our blogs and other publications. So, occasionally you may receive a newsletter from JEM. It’s well worth reading.
Current Simpler Living Daily Nudges Enhanced
- Month 8*: Personal Choices, Happiness, Fulfillment // Week 1:Work, Stress & Health // Week 2: Support // Week 3: Transportation & Travel // Week 4: Homes & Buildings: Construction, Energy Generating, Appliances
- Month 9*: Non-conform Freely // Week 1: Media Literacy || Week 2: Advertising & Public Relations || Week 3: Alternatives to TV, Video Games, Movies, Gambling || Week 4: Marketing
I now send the link to the Nudges to arrive by the first month of the quarter. So, SAVE the link. I may update some Nudges as timely material comes in. Sorry for any inconvenience.
Also, since my monthly blog and podcast are on pause, I’m adding Legacy Blogs and Podcasts to Nudges.
Forward to friends, who can subscribe by sending NUDGE to SimpleLivingWorks@yahoo.com
Free ZOOM Forum
9/2/23—Colleague organization Jubilee Economics is offering a series of one hour, monthly “Jubilee Forums,” on the first Saturday of the month, 9am PT. This Forum will continue Collapse Economics. Seeing that Jesus framed his entire ministry on Jubilee, we will too. There is no charge. Send an email to lee@jubilee-economics.org or john@jubilee-economics.org to indicate you plan to attend. In return, we will send you a Zoom link to the Forum. All forums will focus on how to address the existential issues people are facing by living the OneEarth Jubilee worldview. Past Forums will be available in the near future at OneEarthJubilee.org.
Recent JEM Blog Posts
- Resisting Big Ag’s Control Over Food Production and Farming
August 22, 2023 - What We Eat: Choosing a New Way as Big Ag Fails
August 18, 2023
- Nature Speaks: We’re in This Together
July 21, 2023 - Nature Is Our Willing Ally
July 10, 2023 - When Corporations Rule the World
June 20, 2023 - 3 Great Powers (and Many Lesser Ones) Impacting Our Lives: Nature, Civilization, Corporations
June 17, 2023 - American Heresy: The Roots and Reach of White Christian Nationalism
May 25, 2023 - Making a Strong Response to Christian Nationalism
May 25, 2023
Recent News & Updates
- The Struggle! It’s Worth It!
June 26, 2023
Siouxland Social Justice eNews (Greater Sioux City, IA)—Summer ’23
Read the latest at our site: http://simpleliving.startlogic.com/SiouxlandSJeNews.html
Listen at http://simpleliving.startlogic.com/TCGP.html
SLO Co. Social Justice eNews (San Luis Obispo Co., CA)—Summer ‘23
Read the latest at our site:
http://simpleliving.startlogic.com/SLO%20Co.%20Social%20Justice%20eNews.html
No log-in required.
See Additions and Corrections there throughout the month.
SLW! Quarterly Digest — activities and links to colleague organizations
https://simpleliving.startlogic.com/DigestSummer23.html
Well Worth Your Time
** To Save the Planet, Should We Really Be Moving Slower?
The degrowth movement makes a comeback.
By Bill McKibben — July 5, 2023
from https://www.populationmedia.org/population-sustainability-news
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/to-save-the-planet-should-we-really-be-moving-slower
Bill McKibben: Climate Crisis Needs Urgent Action / DeGrowth [on Democracy Now!]
https://www.democracynow.org/2023/7/7/bill_mckibben_climate_crisis_degrowth
** ‘Degrowth’ starts to move in from Europe’s policy fringes
Unorthodox economic ideas are finding a mainstream audience as climate change bites
https://www.ft.com/content/e2f96618-081f-41de-b7a0-a682017c8d11
** Environmentalists to Talk About Population Growth. Here’s How
https://www.newsecuritybeat.org/2022/10/environmentalists-talk-population-growth-heres-how/embed/#
** Inequality Media with Robert Reich — brief videos/scripts
From Sojourners:
OUR EXCESSIVE MILITARY BUDGET BUILDS U.S. EMPIRE, NOT GOD’S KINGDOM
https://sojo.net/articles/our-excessive-military-budget-builds-us-empire-not-gods-kingdom
For SLW! current publications, visit SimpleLivingWorks.org, especially windows 2 and 3.
Feedback welcome. Peace.
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