Simple Living Works! Winter’23-’24 ALERT
Posted on: November 15, 2023
Simple Living Works! Winter ’23-’24 ALERT
In This Issue:
Resisting the Commercialization of Christmas — DIY “Whose Birthday Is It, Anyway?”
Essential Reading — Gaza, Israel, History – Commentary on yet another savage war in a war weary land [At the Intersection of Spiritual Formation and Prophetic Action by Ken Sehested] https://prayerandpolitiks.org/articles-essays-sermons/gaza-israel-history
Alternatives’ 50th Year!
Simpler Living Daily Nudges Enhanced
Free ZOOM Forum
Recent JEM Blogs
Regional eNews
SLW! Quarterly Digest
MORE Worth Your Time
Resisting the Commercialization of Christmas — DIY “Whose Birthday Is It, Anyway?”
You have free access to many articles and illustrations for personal inspiration and congregational growth at https://simpleliving.startlogic.com/indexoth.php?place=archivesThemes.php#Advent. Create your own version of “Whose Birthday?” on paper, online and/or audio.
Also, see “10 Tips for a Simpler, More Meaningful Christmas” in Month 12 of Daily Nudges below.
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.com), most notably with our OneEarth Simple Living Podcast. Now we may form 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 11* // Week 1: More Celebrating || Week 2: Preparations || Week 3: Unplug the Christmas Machine || Week 4: Whose Birthday Is It, Anyway?
- Month 12*: Responsible Celebrating (Advent) Week 1: Ten Tips for a Simpler, More Meaningful Christmas, #1-6 || Week 2: 10 Tips, #7-8 || Week 3: 10 Tips, #9-10+ || Week 4: Christmas, Kwanzaa, Holy Innocents
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
12/2/23—Colleague organization Jubilee Economics is offering a series of one hour, monthly “Jubilee Forums,” on the first Saturday of the month, 9am PT. 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.
Free JEM Newsletter
Send SUBSCRIBE to one of the email addresses above to receive the OneEarth Jubilee eNews. Recent News & Updates:
November 2023
November 2023 Jubileo: News & Updates
Recent JEM Blog Posts by Lee Van Ham
Redistribution—What Is It? Why Practiced in Jubilee Economy –11/18/23
Why I Became Apocalyptic — 9/27/23
A Spirituality of Creation as Civilization’s Religions Falter—
Spirit Power’s Mighty Role in Dismantling Our Walls of Division—
I’ve Come to Know that Divine Spirit Is Mightier than Today’s Crises—
Getting the Biggest Bang for Our Food Buck—
Resisting Big Ag’s Control Over Food Production and Farming 8/22/23
What We Eat: Choosing a New Way as Big Ag Fails 8/18/23
Siouxland Social Justice eNews (Greater Sioux City, IA)—Fall ’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)—Fall ‘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/DigestFall23.html
Well Worth Your Time
** To Save the Planet, Should We Really Be Moving Slower?
The degrowth movement makes a comeback.
By Bill McKibben — 7/5/23
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.
Simple Living Works! 
November 19, 2023 at 3:48 pm
Jerry, the article you linked, Gaza, Israel, History, is quite informative. Thanks for sharing. Definitely essential reading.