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Post-Election Emergency/Disaster Preparedness and Survival Guide

Post-Election Emergency/Disaster Preparedness and Survival Guide

• 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
• 2016
• September: Non-conform Freely
• October: Sustenance
• November // Week 1: More Celebrating || Week 2: Preparations || Week 3: Unplug the Christmas Machine ||Week 4: Whose Birthday Is It, Anyway?

• Maybe Success Just Feels Like This (11/15)
• Inspiring Simplicity Reads (11/12)
• Inspiring Simplicity Reads (10/29)
• In Life’s Most Important Pursuits, Your Only Competition is Yourself (10/25)
• 11 Household Chores Made Easier In a Smaller Home (10/23)

• 4 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Buying a Product
• 10 Reasons to Host an Alternative Gift Fair: begin planning early.
• Going Plastic-free, Faithfully
• “So What Can I Get You for Your Wedding?” Two sets of dishware, two sets of camping gear, two toasters? If you don’t need more “stuff,” register to celebrate love and family instead.
• How to Hook Kids into Civic Engagement. Looking for a way to get your kids more involved in the community? Here’s an easy place to start.
• 7 Ways to Build Sane and Sustainable Money Habits. Help your kids stay on track managing their money by having a clear, values-based plan.

• Ep. 77: Lee Van Ham previews vol. 2 of his “Eden for the 21st Century” trilogy, entitled From Egos to Eden: Our Heroic Journey to Keep Earth Livable.
• Ep. 76: Let’s Have an Ugly Food Thanksgiving
• BONUS: 11 practical ways you can reduce food waste and save money

• Facing the Trump Years (11/11)
• Accepting the Election Results (11/4)
• Noisy and Noxious (10/28)
• Empowerment, not Suppression (10/21)

• The Light that Ecological Darkness Cannot Put Out (10/25)
• Mexico Blog (English/Spanish): Chiapas Delegation
• The Jubilee Debate throughout the Bible (9/23)

• Letting Go – of money, possessions, and status
• Recycling – the usual and more
  These may pale in comparison with the major issue of our day – the presidential election – but sometimes we have to get on with life and keep working on the part of the world we can impact which is our own lives. If you haven’t read them already, following are some lessons I’ve learned about Letting Go and Recycling:
  • Time vs. Money Formula – Discerning how much is my time worth when pursuing a discount. See my formula. It may not be perfect but it’s a start.
  • 0 In – 2 Out: On Being Robbed – Thoughts on having stuff stolen rather than voluntarily giving it away
  • Giving Away Credit – Letting go of the urge to look important to others is a step in spiritual growth. It doesn’t come easily to me. What about you?
  • Recycling Plastics – Most of us probably recycle the usual stuff. This post includes that and goes on to the more difficult to recycle plastics. Do you have any experiences to add?
  • Recycling – The Multiplier Effect – How walking around the neighborhood led me to think bigger than just my personal recycling  practices. How to move from one to many.
  • Recycling – Pruning Paper – I know that paper is becoming obsolete as more and more information is going digital. but when should we let go of archived papers and paper memories like photos. Scanning stuff takes time. What’s worked for you?

  My upcoming blog post will continue the recycling theme by considering ways to “precycle” so there is less need to recycle.

• 035: Dayton
• 034: Utah
• 033: Criticism
• NEW – Minimalism: A Documentary about the Important Things
• The Art of Letting Go: The Minimalists TEDX Talk (July, 2016)

• Is Regaining the Power of the Eden Story Important for Today? (11/6)
• Words that Describe This OneEarth Website! Which Do You Use? (11/2)
• How Eden Is a Name for the Archetype of “The Garden” and Energizes Earth-size Living (10/18)
• Three minute film: Ecology and Economics—Colleagues, Not Rivals
• Conversation about The OneEarth Project and Lee’s book,
  Blinded by Progress: Breaking Out of the Illusion That Holds Us

• Advent eResources, included Simply Advent by Paul, incorporating some SLW! resources.
• Other Simple Living and Ecology resources
• Simply Advent handouts, inserts for-a-simpler-more-faith-filled-advent-eresource.
• CatholicCreationCare.com – General resources
• CreationCareKids.com – Children’s resources

• NEW–Manufactured Trends: A Marketing Arsenal Weapon You Should Watch Out For
• 25 Ways to Help Save the Ocean (Or At Least Stem the Tide)
• Marketing 101 for the Postconsumer: understand how marketers are manipulating us, so we can make informed decisions about how we control our consumerism.

• Why and How to Run an Offers and Needs Market–Ep. 112
• The Role of Slow in “No,” Letting Go, and Laziness (Brooke McAlary)–Ep. 111
• Dear Mindless, Busy Consumer and Buyer of Fleeting Joy–Ep. 110
• Rewilding, Sovereignty & the Heart of Domestication (Daniel Vitalis)–Ep. 109

Podcast Reminder

You can access all SLW! podcast audio and the show notes either at SimpleLiving.startlogic.com/SLW-PODCAST or at SimpleLivingWorks.org (then click window #3). Complete Episode Index. Listen through your computer, iPod, iPad, iPhone (or equivalent).

SUBSCRIBE through iTunes, Stitcher.com or your favorite podcast service. To SUBSCRIBE to email notices, click Comments at the bottom of Show Notes, then check ‘Notify me of new posts by email.’ Please rate us in iTunes and leave a review.

Send us your email address to receive the free monthly SLW! eNews. Remember to like us on Facebook. Urge your friends to do the same. Do your friends a favor. Share our blog and podcast.

Like SLW! on Facebook. | Follow us on Twitter. | Follow us on Pinterest. Share your thoughts on our podcast and blogs. Email SimpleLivingWorks@yahoo.com, leave a message on our Facebook page or on the SLW! blog.

Peace, Gerald “Jerry” Iversen, Chief SLW! Activist

*IMAGE: Spirit of Simplicity #3-A0147

For hard copies of Alternatives’ resources at nominal cost, contact ELCA Archives, 321 Bonnie Lane, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007 // (847) 690-9410 // archives@elca.org

We do not solicit or accept donations, nor do we sell anything. All our resources and services are free of charge. We’re an all-volunteer organization. Instead, we urge Alternative Giving. Give away at least 25% of what you spent last year on all celebrations – Christmas, birthdays, etc. — to local, national and international causes.

Copyright: Creative Commons non-commercial attribution share-alike license.

*Treasury of Celebrations: published by Northstone, a division of Wood Lake Publications, BC, Canada, best known for its Seasons of the Spirit curriculum.

Through social media, we extend the mission and resources of the non-profit organization Alternatives, 1973-2011. Simple Living Works! web site home page | Theme/Seasons Index. To learn more about SLW! – our MISSION, for example — please listen to our getting-acquainted episodes, especially #1 and 2. We produce a half-hour podcast twice a month, hopefully educational and inspiring for you, your family and your congregation or group. We blog each week.

• 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
• 2016
• September: Non-conform Freely
• October: Sustenance
• November // Week 1: More Celebrating || Week 2: Preparations || Week 3: Unplug the Christmas Machine ||Week 4: Whose Birthday Is It, Anyway?

• Inspiring Simplicity Reads (10/29)
• In Life’s Most Important Pursuits, Your Only Competition is Yourself (10/25)
• 11 Household Chores Made Easier In a Smaller Home (10/23)
• 5 Truths About Minimalism I Remind Myself Often (10/18)
• Inspiring Simplicity Reads (10/15)
• The Profound Joy of Completion (10/4)

• 4 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Buying a Product
• 10 Reasons to Host an Alternative Gift Fair: begin planning early.
• Going Plastic-free, Faithfully
• “So What Can I Get You for Your Wedding?” Two sets of dishware, two sets of camping gear, two toasters? If you don’t need more “stuff,” register to celebrate love and family instead.
• How to Hook Kids into Civic Engagement. Looking for a way to get your kids more involved in the community? Here’s an easy place to start.
• 7 Ways to Build Sane and Sustainable Money Habits. Help your kids stay on track managing their money by having a clear, values-based plan.

• Ep. 77: Lee Van Ham previews vol. 2 of his “Eden for the 21st Century” trilogy, entitled From Egos to Eden: Our Heroic Journey to Keep Earth Livable.
• Ep. 76: Let’s Have an Ugly Food Thanksgiving
• BONUS: 11 practical ways you can reduce food waste and save money
• Ep. 75: Jean Diaz–San Diego Community Land Trust
• Ep. 74: Paul Taylor–How Much Is Enough?

• Accepting the Election Results (11/4)
• Noisy and Noxious (10/28)
• Empowerment, not Suppression (10/21)
• Celebrating 25 Years of Environmental Justice (10/14)

• The Light that Ecological Darkness Cannot Put Out (10/25)
• Mexico Blog (English/Spanish): Chiapas Delegation
• The Jubilee Debate throughout the Bible (9/23)

• 035: Dayton
• 034: Utah
• 033: Criticism
• NEW – Minimalism: A Documentary about the Important Things
• The Art of Letting Go: The Minimalists TEDX Talk (July, 2016)

• Words that Describe This OneEarth Website! Which Do You Use? (11/2)
• How Eden Is a Name for the Archetype of “The Garden” and Energizes Earth-size Living (10/18)
• Was Eden Ever an Ecologically Balanced Historical Place? (10/12)
• I’m Hoping You’ll Help Distribute My Next Book (Here’s What It’s About) (10/7)
• Three minute film: Ecology and Economics—Colleagues, Not Rivals
• Conversation about The OneEarth Project and Lee’s book,
  Blinded by Progress: Breaking Out of the Illusion That Holds Us

• Advent eResources, included Simply Advent by Paul, incorporating some SLW! resources.
• Other Simple Living and Ecology resources
• Simply Advent handouts, inserts for-a-simpler-more-faith-filled-advent-eresource.
• CatholicCreationCare.com – General resources
• CreationCareKids.com – Children’s resources

• NEW–Manufactured Trends: A Marketing Arsenal Weapon You Should Watch Out For
• 25 Ways to Help Save the Ocean (Or At Least Stem the Tide)
• Marketing 101 for the Postconsumer: understand how marketers are manipulating us, so we can make informed decisions about how we control our consumerism.

• Why and How to Run an Offers and Needs Market–Ep. 112
• The Role of Slow in “No,” Letting Go, and Laziness (Brooke McAlary)–Ep. 111
• Dear Mindless, Busy Consumer and Buyer of Fleeting Joy–Ep. 110
• Rewilding, Sovereignty & the Heart of Domestication (Daniel Vitalis)–Ep. 109
• From Mindless in a Rocker to Rocking Bonsai Business (Shanna Mann)–Ep.108

Podcast Reminder

You can access all SLW! podcast audio and the show notes either at SimpleLiving.startlogic.com/SLW-PODCAST or at SimpleLivingWorks.org (then click window #3). Complete Episode Index. Listen through your computer, iPod, iPad, iPhone (or equivalent).

SUBSCRIBE through iTunes, Stitcher.com or your favorite podcast service. To SUBSCRIBE to email notices, click Comments at the bottom of Show Notes, then check ‘Notify me of new posts by email.’ Please rate us in iTunes and leave a review.

Send us your email address to receive the free monthly SLW! eNews. Remember to like us on Facebook. Urge your friends to do the same. Do your friends a favor. Share our blog and podcast.

Like SLW! on Facebook. | Follow us on Twitter. | Follow us on Pinterest. Share your thoughts on our podcast and blogs. Email SimpleLivingWorks@yahoo.com, leave a message on our Facebook page or on the SLW! blog.

Peace, Gerald “Jerry” Iversen, Chief SLW! Activist

*IMAGE: Spirit of Simplicity #3-A078

For hard copies of Alternatives’ resources at nominal cost, contact ELCA Archives, 321 Bonnie Lane, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007 // (847) 690-9410 // archives@elca.org

We do not solicit or accept donations, nor do we sell anything. All our resources and services are free of charge. We’re an all-volunteer organization. Instead, we urge Alternative Giving. Give away at least 25% of what you spent last year on all celebrations – Christmas, birthdays, etc. — to local, national and international causes.

Copyright: Creative Commons non-commercial attribution share-alike license.

*Treasury of Celebrations: published by Northstone, a division of Wood Lake Publications, BC, Canada, best known for its Seasons of the Spirit curriculum.

Through social media, we extend the mission and resources of the non-profit organization Alternatives, 1973-2011. Simple Living Works! web site home page | Theme/Seasons Index. To learn more about SLW! – our MISSION, for example — please listen to our getting-acquainted episodes, especially #1 and 2. We produce a half-hour podcast twice a month, hopefully educational and inspiring for you, your family and your congregation or group. We blog each week.

• 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
• 2016
• September: Non-conform Freely
• October: Sustenance
• November // Week 1: More Celebrating || Week 2: Preparations || Week 3: Unplug the Christmas Machine ||Week 4: Whose Birthday Is It, Anyway?

• Inspiring Simplicity Reads (10/29)
• In Life’s Most Important Pursuits, Your Only Competition is Yourself (10/25)
• 11 Household Chores Made Easier In a Smaller Home (10/23)
• 5 Truths About Minimalism I Remind Myself Often (10/18)
• Inspiring Simplicity Reads (10/15)
• The Profound Joy of Completion (10/4)

• 4 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Buying a Product
• 10 Reasons to Host an Alternative Gift Fair: begin planning early.
• Going Plastic-free, Faithfully

• NEW – “So What Can I Get You for Your Wedding?” Two sets of dishware, two sets of camping gear, two toasters? If you don’t need more “stuff,” register to celebrate love and family instead.

• NEW – How to Hook Kids into Civic Engagement. Looking for a way to get your kids more involved in the community? Here’s an easy place to start.

• NEW – Opt for a Greener, Simpler Halloween. Halloween is big business.This year, why not direct your spending and creativity toward a greener, simpler holiday?

• NEW – 7 Ways to Build Sane and Sustainable Money Habits. Help your kids stay on track managing their money by having a clear, values-based plan.

• Ep. 77: Lee Van Ham previews vol. 2 of his “Eden for the 21st Century” trilogy, entitled From Egos to Eden: Our Heroic Journey to Keep Earth Livable.
• Ep. 76: Let’s Have an Ugly Food Thanksgiving
• BONUS: 11 practical ways you can reduce food waste and save money
• Ep. 75: Jean Diaz–San Diego Community Land Trust
• Ep. 74: Paul Taylor–How Much Is Enough?

• Accepting the Election Results (11/4)
• Noisy and Noxious (10/28)
• Empowerment, not Suppression (10/21)
• Celebrating 25 Years of Environmental Justice (10/14)
• The Prodigal Goes Home (10/7)

• The Light that Ecological Darkness Cannot Put Out (10/25)
• Mexico Blog (English/Spanish): Chiapas Delegation
• The Jubilee Debate throughout the Bible (9/23)

• 035: Dayton
• 034: Utah
• 033: Criticism
• NEW – Minimalism: A Documentary about the Important Things
• The Art of Letting Go: The Minimalists TEDX Talk (July, 2016)

• How Eden Is a Name for the Archetype of “The Garden” and Energizes Earth-size Living(10/18)
• Was Eden Ever an Ecologically Balanced Historical Place? (10/12)
• I’m Hoping You’ll Help Distribute My Next Book (Here’s What It’s About) (10/7)
• Three minute film: Ecology and Economics—Colleagues, Not Rivals
• Conversation about The OneEarth Project and Lee’s book,
  Blinded by Progress: Breaking Out of the Illusion That Holds Us

• CatholicCreationCare.com – General resources
• CreationCareKids.com – Children’s resources

• NEW–Manufactured Trends: A Marketing Arsenal Weapon You Should Watch Out For
• 25 Ways to Help Save the Ocean (Or At Least Stem the Tide)
• Marketing 101 for the Postconsumer: understand how marketers are manipulating us, so we can make informed decisions about how we control our consumerism.

• The Role of Slow in “No,” Letting Go, and Laziness (Brooke McAlary)–Ep. 111
• Dear Mindless, Busy Consumer and Buyer of Fleeting Joy–Ep. 110
• Rewilding, Sovereignty & the Heart of Domestication (Daniel Vitalis)–Ep. 109
• From Mindless in a Rocker to Rocking Bonsai Business (Shanna Mann)–Ep.108

Podcast Reminder

You can access all SLW! podcast audio and the show notes either at SimpleLiving.startlogic.com/SLW-PODCAST or at SimpleLivingWorks.org (then click window #3). Complete Episode Index. Listen through your computer, iPod, iPad, iPhone (or equivalent).

SUBSCRIBE through iTunes, Stitcher.com or your favorite podcast service. To SUBSCRIBE to email notices, click Comments at the bottom of Show Notes, then check ‘Notify me of new posts by email.’ Please rate us in iTunes and leave a review.

Send us your email address to receive the free monthly SLW! eNews. Remember to like us on Facebook. Urge your friends to do the same. Do your friends a favor. Share our blog and podcast.

Like SLW! on Facebook. | Follow us on Twitter. | Follow us on Pinterest. Share your thoughts on our podcast and blogs. Email SimpleLivingWorks@yahoo.com, leave a message on our Facebook page or on the SLW! blog.

Peace, Gerald “Jerry” Iversen, Chief SLW! Activist

*IMAGE: “Whose Birthday Is It, Anyway?” #20 cover for “WHOSE Birthday?” episodes 80-83 of Simple Living Works! Podcast

For hard copies of Alternatives’ resources at nominal cost, contact ELCA Archives, 321 Bonnie Lane, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007 // (847) 690-9410 // archives@elca.org

We do not solicit or accept donations, nor do we sell anything. All our resources and services are free of charge. We’re an all-volunteer organization. Instead, we urge Alternative Giving. Give away at least 25% of what you spent last year on all celebrations – Christmas, birthdays, etc. — to local, national and international causes.

Copyright: Creative Commons non-commercial attribution share-alike license.

*Treasury of Celebrations: published by Northstone, a division of Wood Lake Publications, BC, Canada, best known for its Seasons of the Spirit curriculum.

Through social media, we extend the mission and resources of the non-profit organization Alternatives, 1973-2011. Simple Living Works! web site home page | Theme/Seasons Index. To learn more about SLW! – our MISSION, for example — please listen to our getting-acquainted episodes, especially #1 and 2. We produce a half-hour podcast twice a month, hopefully educational and inspiring for you, your family and your congregation or group. We blog each week.