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Posted by: on: January 31, 2020

2/1/20

In This Issue — Free SLW! Resources for Lent/Holy Week/Easter // Latest Podcast Episodes // Much More!

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Church Year Resources

The season of Lent begins Ash Wednesday, 2/26/20. Free SLW! Resources for Lent/Holy Week/Easter. Easter is 4/12/20. Who’s Risen from the Death, Anyway?

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2020 is the 20th anniversary year for our colleague organization, Jubilee OneEarth Economics. Jubilee is planning a travel seminar to Chiapas, Mexico, 6/6-13, and a symposium in San Diego, 9/19-20. Watch for details. Well worth your time!

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Simpler OneEarth Living Podcast

COMING–Episode 02/20: John Michno, new Jubilee OneEarth staffer

Episode 01/20: David Hoferer of the Sierra Club and Audubon Society on Birds, Insects, Big Ag and Spirituality

Episode 12/19: Ruth Ann Angus of Yes We Can PeaceBuilders 

Episode 11/19: Lee Van Ham–The Liberating Birth of Jesus: A Birth Story Able to Reverse Our Planet’s Peril // Media Release

Episode 10/19: Margaret Bullitt-Jonas–Are Faith Communities Mobilizing for the Climate Emergency? — Rooted and Rising: Voices of Courage in a Time of Climate Crisis

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Simpler Living Daily Nudges–Month 2*: Celebrating More Responsibly— Week 1: Music/Worship || Week 2: Preparing for Lent, Easter and Other Spring Festivals || Week 3: Rites of Passage || Week 4: What Is ‘Enough’?

Send “Nudge” to SimpleLivingWorks@yahoo.com to receive a free, brief email.

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Free Subscription: Daily Simpler Living Nudges

Receive a brief nudge toward Simpler Living, such as the ones here, at no charge. Simply reply to SimpleLivingWorks@yahoo.com with NUDGE at the top. You can unsubscribe at any time by replying Unsubscribe Nudge.

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  • SLW! Blog Index | SLW! Podcast Index
  • SUBSCRIBE to SLW! Podcast for free through your favorite podcast service. Subscribe to SLW! Blog. Click “+Follow” at lower right of blog post, enter a name and email address. Welcome!
  • Non-Conform-Freely Celebrations: Months 1-4*
  • 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 Happened

Sign of the Times
Borden has filed for bankruptcy. This nationally known brand–founded in 1850!–is a sign of a shift in the dairy industry. Bankruptcy protects Borden from its creditors. It doesn’t mean Borden is going out of business. But this action has several important implications.
As U.S. consumers become more aware of the benefits of a plant-based diet, we are drinking less animal milk.
I’ve tried most of the alternatives–the best known, longest running soy milk and the newer ones: flax milk, almond milk and even hemp milk. If the unsweetened varieties don’t appeal to you, try a flavored one, such as vanilla.
Besides personal health benefits, the greatest appeal is that ruminant animals, such as cattle and sheep, produce a lot of methane. Methane produces 80 times more global warming effects than carbon dioxide (though it doesn’t stay in the atmosphere as long). Because of the ruminants’ digestive system, the methane comes out of their mouths as “burps.” Yes, methane can be used to power dairies, but containing it is expensive and complicated. So, reducing the number of dairy cows is a positive in fighting the climate crisis.
Now if we could get humans to eat less red meat, primarily beef cattle!
# # #
Implications of Brexit
After the 2016 “election,” I took some heat for suggesting that progressive-minded people might express their dissatisfaction by reducing interactions with “red” states. We may want to consider similar actions after Britain leaves the European Union soon.
Since Brexit is such a nationalistic effort to reclaim Britain’s empire status, we who believe in cooperation may want to cleanse ourselves of such go-it-alone, superior attitudes. We might do something as dramatic as choosing not to visit London or more simply weaning ourselves from the plethora of class-based British dramas on PBS, then letting the isolationist politicians in Britain know of our decisions and urging our friends to do the same. This is not a boycott. It is a call to rethink our relationships with wrong-headed policies.

# # #

Solving the Climate Crisis with No-Growth Economics

To get a worldview very different from the greed and profit-oriented politicians and corporatists, visit these solution-oriented resources:

  1. GrowthBusters
  2. Post-Carbon Institute — SLW! Ep. 109–Richard Heinberg
  3. CASSE: Center for the Advancement of the Steady-State Economy — The Common Good Podcast Ep. 46–Brian Czech (use player)

“Jubilee Circles” is now available also as an audiobook, at iTunes, Nook Audiobooks, Google Play, and Audiobooks.com, which offers a free sample. It includes 20 actions to take to help keep our planet livable.

https://www.audiobooks.com/audiobook/jubilee-circles/381421 THAT’S THE LINK to the audio version of the little book “Jubilee Circles: Help Save Life on the Planet.” Please share this audio version with all who’d like to listen while jogging, walking, etc.

# # #

Offsetting the CO2 We Release in Our Lives by Planting Trees 

Here’s an Earth-Day-Everyday action OneEarth Jubilee recommends we all take to offset the CO2 we put into the air.

Some of us may be able to arrange life so that we use less energy produced by fossil fuels. Certainly, whatever way we can use less of that energy source is the way to go. But all of us have to travel some, heat or cool our homes, etc. Whatever amount we use, we can off-set the CO2 that fossil fuel puts into the atmosphere by planting trees to take CO2 out of the atmosphere. It’s not a perfect equation by any means. Trees take time to grow, and when they die they release CO2. But every day that trees grow they photosynthesize and remove CO2 from the air.

Here’s how it works. We use an internet calculator like http://www.carbonify.com/carbon-calculator.htm to calculate our monthly or annual emissions. By the way, that site will calculate our emissions from other sources in our lives, not only travel. It’s an Australian site that is dedicated to helping us find best choices in this era of rapid climate change. We know that without massive mobilization, the disasters we’re now experiencing only multiply.

The calculator will tell us how much to donate to off-set our fossil fuel use. We invite you to donate that amount to Jubilee OneEarth Economics Tree Fund. Where you donate is important. Truth is, not all entities receiving these off-set donations are trustworthy. Every cent donated to the Jubilee Tree Fund will go to tree planting projects in one of three regions—San Diego (CA), San Mateo (MX), San Cristobal (MX). You see, the Jubilee Circles in these areas are all committed as deeply as possible to OneEarth ways. Each one is connected to at least one tree-planting or reforestation project.

We need lots of actions to reduce CO2 in our atmosphere. In 2019, CO2 levels globally are at 415ppm (parts per million), well above the 350 ppm which is where we need to be to keep our planet stable. The last time CO2 in the air was as high as it is today was 3,000,000 years ago. It was a time when oceans were also 50 to 80 feet higher than today. Hard to imagine the flooding that such levels would bring to the world’s coasts today.

OneEarth Jubilee looks forward to partnering with you to value creation in this way.

For more information, contact Lee@Jubilee-Economics.org.

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We will protect ourselves from Climate Crisis deniers, through such series as:

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Podcast Reminder

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

SUBSCRIBE as Simple Living Works! 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

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

Through social media, we extend the mission and resources of the non-profit organization Alternatives, 1973-2011.

*We choose to use month numbers rather than the traditional names because the names are inaccurate (September means “7” but is the ninth month?!) and they honor gods and emperors from warring ancient Roman culture. For more, see Weekly Nudge, 8/8/18.

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Simpler Living Nudge

Posted by: on: January 15, 2020

1/15/20–eNews #100

In This Issue — Latest Podcast Episodes // Sign of the Times // Implications of Brexit // Simplifying 2020 // Much More!

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Simpler OneEarth Living Podcast

LATEST–Episode 01/20: David Hoferer of the Sierra Club and Audubon Society on Birds, Insects, Big Ag and Spirituality

# # #
Sign of the Times
Borden has filed for bankruptcy. This nationally known brand–founded in 1850!–is a sign of a shift in the dairy industry. Bankruptcy protects Borden from its creditors. It doesn’t mean Borden is going out of business. But this action has several important implications.
As U.S. consumers become more aware of the benefits of a plant-based diet, we are drinking less animal milk.
I’ve tried most of the alternatives–the best known, longest running soy milk and the newer ones: flax milk, almond milk and even hemp milk. If the unsweetened varieties don’t appeal to you, try a flavored one, such as vanilla.
Besides personal health benefits, the greatest appeal is that ruminant animals, such as cattle and sheep, produce a lot of methane. Methane produces 80 times more global warming effects than carbon dioxide (though it doesn’t stay in the atmosphere as long). Because of the ruminants’ digestive system, the methane comes out of their mouths as “burps.” Yes, methane can be used to power dairies, but containing it is expensive and complicated. So, reducing the number of dairy cows is a positive in fighting the climate crisis.
Now if we could get humans to eat less red meat, primarily beef cattle!
# # #
Implications of Brexit
After the 2016 “election,” I took some heat for suggesting that progressive-minded people might express their dissatisfaction by reducing interactions with “red” states. We may want to consider similar actions after Britain leaves the European Union soon.
Since Brexit is such a nationalistic effort to reclaim Britain’s empire status, we who believe in cooperation may want to cleanse ourselves of such go-it-alone, superior attitudes. We might do something as dramatic as choosing not to visit London or more simply weaning ourselves from the plethora of class-based British dramas on PBS, then letting the isolationist politicians in Britain know of our decisions and urging our friends to do the same. This is not a boycott. It is a call to rethink our relationships with wrong-headed policies.
# # #

Church Year Resources

The season of Lent begins Ash Wednesday, 2/26/20. Free SLW! Lenten Resources. Easter is 4/12/20.

# # #
Simplifying 2020
I plan to simplify SLW! publications in 2020. The brief Daily Nudge will be posted once a week, including nudges for the theme of the whole week, which you can read each day or all at once, at your leisure. [TMI — Each month is divided into four weeks, so a week does not start on a specific day. Most start on the 1st, 8th, 15th and 22nd.] Comments welcome.
The much longer Weekly Nudge will be posted occasionally, at least once a month,  (including the monthly SLW! eNews, which goes out to SLW! large list of subscribers).
2020 is the 20th anniversary year for our colleague organization, Jubilee OneEarth Economics. Jubilee is planning a travel seminar to Chiapas, Mexico, 6/6-13, and a symposium in San Diego, 9/19-20. Watch for details. Well worth your time!

# # #

Simpler OneEarth Living Podcast

Episode 12/19: Ruth Ann Angus of Yes We Can PeaceBuilders 

Episode 11/19: Lee Van Ham–The Liberating Birth of Jesus: A Birth Story Able to Reverse Our Planet’s Peril // Media Release

Episode 10/19: Margaret Bullitt-Jonas–Are Faith Communities Mobilizing for the Climate Emergency? — Rooted and Rising: Voices of Courage in a Time of Climate Crisis

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Month 1* Simpler Living Daily Nudge–Life Principles of Voluntary Simplicity — Week 1: Do Justice || Week 2: Learn from the World Community || Week 3: Nurture People || Week 4: Non-conform Freely

Send “Nudge” to SimpleLivingWorks@yahoo.com to receive a free, brief email.

# # #

Free Subscription: Daily Simpler Living Nudges

Receive a brief nudge toward Simpler Living, such as the ones here, at no charge. Simply reply to SimpleLivingWorks@yahoo.com with NUDGE at the top. You can unsubscribe at any time by replying Unsubscribe Nudge.

# # #

  • SLW! Blog Index | SLW! Podcast Index
  • SUBSCRIBE to SLW! Podcast for free through your favorite podcast service. Subscribe to SLW! Blog. Click “+Follow” at lower right of blog post, enter a name and email address. Welcome!
  • Non-Conform-Freely Celebrations: Months 1-4*
  • 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 Happened

Solving the Climate Crisis with No-Growth Economics

To get a worldview very different from the greed and profit-oriented politicians and corporatists, visit these solution-oriented resources:

  1. GrowthBusters
  2. Post-Carbon Institute — SLW! Ep. 109–Richard Heinberg
  3. CASSE: Center for the Advancement of the Steady-State Economy — The Common Good Podcast Ep. 46–Brian Czech (use player)

“Jubilee Circles” is now available also as an audiobook, at iTunes, Nook Audiobooks, Google Play, and Audiobooks.com, which offers a free sample. It includes 20 actions to take to help keep our planet livable.

https://www.audiobooks.com/audiobook/jubilee-circles/381421 THAT’S THE LINK to the audio version of the little book “Jubilee Circles: Help Save Life on the Planet.” Please share this audio version with all who’d like to listen while jogging, walking, etc.

# # #

Offsetting the CO2 We Release in Our Lives by Planting Trees 

Here’s an Earth-Day-Everyday action OneEarth Jubilee recommends we all take to offset the CO2 we put into the air.

Some of us may be able to arrange life so that we use less energy produced by fossil fuels. Certainly, whatever way we can use less of that energy source is the way to go. But all of us have to travel some, heat or cool our homes, etc. Whatever amount we use, we can off-set the CO2 that fossil fuel puts into the atmosphere by planting trees to take CO2 out of the atmosphere. It’s not a perfect equation by any means. Trees take time to grow, and when they die they release CO2. But every day that trees grow they photosynthesize and remove CO2 from the air.

Here’s how it works. We use an internet calculator like http://www.carbonify.com/carbon-calculator.htm to calculate our monthly or annual emissions. By the way, that site will calculate our emissions from other sources in our lives, not only travel. It’s an Australian site that is dedicated to helping us find best choices in this era of rapid climate change. We know that without massive mobilization, the disasters we’re now experiencing only multiply.

The calculator will tell us how much to donate to off-set our fossil fuel use. We invite you to donate that amount to Jubilee OneEarth Economics Tree Fund. Where you donate is important. Truth is, not all entities receiving these off-set donations are trustworthy. Every cent donated to the Jubilee Tree Fund will go to tree planting projects in one of three regions—San Diego (CA), San Mateo (MX), San Cristobal (MX). You see, the Jubilee Circles in these areas are all committed as deeply as possible to OneEarth ways. Each one is connected to at least one tree-planting or reforestation project.

We need lots of actions to reduce CO2 in our atmosphere. In 2019, CO2 levels globally are at 415ppm (parts per million), well above the 350 ppm which is where we need to be to keep our planet stable. The last time CO2 in the air was as high as it is today was 3,000,000 years ago. It was a time when oceans were also 50 to 80 feet higher than today. Hard to imagine the flooding that such levels would bring to the world’s coasts today.

OneEarth Jubilee looks forward to partnering with you to value creation in this way.

For more information, contact Lee@Jubilee-Economics.org.

# # #

We will protect ourselves from Climate Crisis deniers, through such series as:

# # #

Podcast Reminder

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

SUBSCRIBE as Simple Living Works! 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

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

Through social media, we extend the mission and resources of the non-profit organization Alternatives, 1973-2011.

*We choose to use month numbers rather than the traditional names because the names are inaccurate (September means “7” but is the ninth month?!) and they honor gods and emperors from warring ancient Roman culture. For more, see Weekly Nudge, 8/8/18.

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Simpler Living Nudge

Posted by: on: January 1, 2020

 

—————Epiphany, 1/6/20–coming of the three Wise Ones—————

1/1/20

In This Issue — Latest Podcast Episodes // Epiphany Resources // Simplifying 2020 // Planning a 2020 Alternative Christmas Festival/Workshop // Much More!

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Simpler OneEarth Living Podcast

LATEST–Episode 12/19: Ruth Ann Angus of Yes We Can PeaceBuilders 

COMING–Episode 01/20: David Hoferer of the Sierra Club and Audubon Society on Birds, Insects, Big Ag and Spirituality [PREVIEW NOW]
# # #
# # #
Simplifying 2020
I plan to simplify SLW! publications in 2020. The brief Daily Nudge will be posted once a week, including nudges for the theme of the whole week, which you can read each day or all at once, at your leisure. [TMI — Each month is divided into four weeks, so a week does not start on a specific day, though most start on the 1st, 8th, 15th and 22nd.] Comments welcome.
The much longer Weekly Nudge will be posted occasionally, at least once a month,  (including the monthly SLW! eNews, which goes out to SLW! large list of subscribers).
2020 is the 20th anniversary year for our colleague organization, Jubilee OneEarth Economics. Jubilee is planning a travel seminar to Chiapas, Mexico, 6/6-13, and a symposium in San Diego, 9/19-20. Watch for details. Well worth your time!

# # #

Simpler OneEarth Living Podcast

Episode 11/19: Lee Van Ham–The Liberating Birth of Jesus: A Birth Story Able to Reverse Our Planet’s Peril // Media Release

Episode 10/19: Margaret Bullitt-Jonas–Are Faith Communities Mobilizing for the Climate Emergency? — Rooted and Rising: Voices of Courage in a Time of Climate Crisis

# # #

Month 1* Simpler Living Daily Nudge–Life Principles of Voluntary Simplicity — Week 1: Do Justice || Week 2: Learn from the World Community || Week 3: Nurture People || Week 4: Non-conform Freely

Send “Nudge” to SimpleLivingWorks@yahoo.com to receive a free, brief email.

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Plan an Alternative Christmas Festival/Workshop for 2020

Remember! Christmas STARTS on 12/25/19! till Epiphany, 1/6/20. How about planning to simplify 2020 while the press of 2019 is still fresh in mind.

Use SLW! free online resources.

  1. Submit an item for the next edition of “Whose Birthday Is It, Anyway?”
  2. Read a Festival Guide
  3. Read a Workshop Guide
  4. Peruse SLW! Advent-Christmas-Epiphany Article Index
  5. Unplug the Christmas Machine Workshop Leader’s Guide

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Free Subscription: Today’s Simpler Living Nudge

Receive a brief nudge toward Simpler Living, such as the ones here, at no charge. Simply reply to SimpleLivingWorks@yahoo.com with NUDGE at the top. You can unsubscribe at any time by replying Unsubscribe Nudge.

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  • SLW! Blog Index | SLW! Podcast Index
  • SUBSCRIBE to SLW! Podcast for free through your favorite podcast service. Subscribe to SLW! weekly Blog. Click “+Follow” at lower right of blog post, enter a name and email address. Welcome!
  • Non-Conform-Freely Celebrations: Months 1-4*
  • 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 Happened

Solving the Climate Crisis with No-Growth Economics

To get a worldview very different from the greed and profit-oriented politicians and corporatists, visit these solution-oriented resources:

  1. GrowthBusters
  2. Post-Carbon Institute — SLW! Ep. 109–Richard Heinberg
  3. CASSE: Center for the Advancement of the Steady-State Economy — The Common Good Podcast Ep. 46–Brian Czech (use player)

# # #

“Jubilee Circles” is now available also as an audiobook, at iTunes, Nook Audiobooks, Google Play, and Audiobooks.com, which offers a free sample. It includes 20 actions to take to help keep our planet livable.

https://www.audiobooks.com/audiobook/jubilee-circles/381421 THAT’S THE LINK to the audio version of the little book “Jubilee Circles: Help Save Life on the Planet.” Please share this audio version with all who’d like to listen while jogging, walking, etc.

# # #

Offsetting the CO2 We Release in Our Lives by Planting Trees 

Here’s an Earth-Day-Everyday action OneEarth Jubilee recommends we all take to offset the CO2 we put into the air.

Some of us may be able to arrange life so that we use less energy produced by fossil fuels. Certainly, whatever way we can use less of that energy source is the way to go. But all of us have to travel some, heat or cool our homes, etc. Whatever amount we use, we can off-set the CO2 that fossil fuel puts into the atmosphere by planting trees to take CO2 out of the atmosphere. It’s not a perfect equation by any means. Trees take time to grow, and when they die they release CO2. But every day that trees grow they photosynthesize and remove CO2 from the air.

Here’s how it works. We use an internet calculator like http://www.carbonify.com/carbon-calculator.htm to calculate our monthly or annual emissions. By the way, that site will calculate our emissions from other sources in our lives, not only travel. It’s an Australian site that is dedicated to helping us find best choices in this era of rapid climate change. We know that without massive mobilization, the disasters we’re now experiencing only multiply.

The calculator will tell us how much to donate to off-set our fossil fuel use. We invite you to donate that amount to Jubilee OneEarth Economics Tree Fund. Where you donate is important. Truth is, not all entities receiving these off-set donations are trustworthy. Every cent donated to the Jubilee Tree Fund will go to tree planting projects in one of three regions—San Diego (CA), San Mateo (MX), San Cristobal (MX). You see, the Jubilee Circles in these areas are all committed as deeply as possible to OneEarth ways. Each one is connected to at least one tree-planting or reforestation project.

We need lots of actions to reduce CO2 in our atmosphere. In 2019, CO2 levels globally are at 415ppm (parts per million), well above the 350 ppm which is where we need to be to keep our planet stable. The last time CO2 in the air was as high as it is today was 3,000,000 years ago. It was a time when oceans were also 50 to 80 feet higher than today. Hard to imagine the flooding that such levels would bring to the world’s coasts today.

OneEarth Jubilee looks forward to partnering with you to value creation in this way.

For more information, contact Lee@Jubilee-Economics.org.

# # #

We will protect ourselves from Climate Crisis deniers, through such series as:

# # #

Podcast Reminder

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

SUBSCRIBE as Simple Living Works! 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

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

Through social media, we extend the mission and resources of the non-profit organization Alternatives, 1973-2011.

*We choose to use month numbers rather than the traditional names because the names are inaccurate (September means “7” but is the ninth month?!) and they honor gods and emperors from warring ancient Roman culture. For more, see Weekly Nudge, 8/8/18.

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Simpler Living Weekly Nudge

Posted by: on: December 26, 2016

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Dec. 26, 2016

What’s NOW with SLW!

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SLW! eNews #41 – Who’s Risen from the Dead, Anyway?

Posted by: on: February 2, 2015


3-A552Who’s Risen from the Dead, Anyway? is an expanding, free collection of alternative resources for Lent/Holy/Week/Easter. (It gets its name, of course, from Alternatives’ best known annual resource for Advent/Christmas/Epiphany “Whose Birthday Is It, Anyway?”)

This year it features ten lenten blogs by author, speaker, workshop leader Susan Vogt. Susan is also our interviewee on both episodes of SLW! Podcast this month. Get to know her in Part One. Part Two, released Feb. 15, focuses on alternative Lenten practices.

Contribute to Whose Risen from the Dead, Anyway? online. | Submission Guidelines

Part of my own lenten discipline this year is to be intentional about highlighting resources from “Who’s Risen?” on a daily basis through social media. If you’d like a gentle reminder, follow me on Twitter and Linked-In. The reminders will, appropriately, center around the Alternatives’ resources based on Liturgical Year B (Mark) — reflections, family activities and a daily calendar/journal.

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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.

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Like SLW! on Facebook. | Follow us on Twitter. | Follow us on Pinterest. Share your thoughts on our podcast and blogs. Email Feedback AT SimpleLivingWorks DOT org [or SimpleLivingWorks@yahoo.com or SimpleLivingWorks2@gmail.com], leave a message on our Facebook page or on the SLW! blog.

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

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.

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Sustainable Happiness: Live Simply, Live Well, Make a Difference

Posted by: on: January 29, 2015

sustainable-happinessOur daughter Elysha’s favorite magazine is YES! The Yes! founders, Fran and David Korten, and editor Sarah van Gelder, have been colleagues of Alternatives/SLW! for over a decade.

A board member of colleague organization Jubilee Economics recently sent this recommendation:

My friend gave me this book for Christmas. I am always happy to read a non-consumerism message, especially when it is geared toward how we can be happier without too much stuff. –Patricia ‘Trish’ Goedecke

I’ve added Sustainable Happiness to SLW! Recommends.

Sustainable Happiness: Live Simply, Live Well, Make a Difference

Edited by Sarah van Gelder and the staff of YES! Magazine
Paperback, 168 pages

With contributions by writers like Annie Leonard, Matthieu Ricard, and Vandana Shiva, SUSTAINABLE HAPPINESS features some of the most insightful and eloquent thinkers YES! has worked with on the meaning, and pursuit, of happiness. What is true happiness if it doesn’t include the happiness of others and the health of a living planet?

“Somehow a working planet, a thriving society, and a satisfying personal life are hitched together—and this fine volume offers powerful clues on the search for those connections!” — Bill McKibben, author and environmental leader

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The Great March for Climate Action

Posted by: on: January 26, 2015

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David Zahrt was the oldest member of the team that hiked across America — from Los Angeles to D.C. — in eight months, the Great March for Climate Action.

David filed almost daily journals. At the end of the trip he filed his Ruminations, which I urge you to read.

One of the leaders for the march was Ed Fallon, a progressive radio talk show host of The Fallon Forum and seven-term member of the Iowa Legislature. Another Iowan worth knowing is State Senator Rob Hogg, leader of Iowa Climate Advocates and author of America’s Climate Century. Hear my interview with him here. Read his monthly climate actions here.

We met our friends David and Lin through the Sierra Club in Iowa. Now we meet them face-to-face at least once a year in Auburn, Calif. They moved to Carson City, NV, about five years ago; we moved to Paso Robles about four years ago.

They live in co-housing with his sister and her spouse. They comment on the new Shared Housing Blog of Jubilee-Economics.org, a collaborating organization of SLW!

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

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Duane Elgin, from “Voluntary Simplicity” to Great Transition Stories

Posted by: on: January 23, 2015

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SLW! Podcast Episodes #36-37 — Duane Elgin // Duane on SLW! Voluntary Simplicity: Lifestyle of the Future? // His professional website: GreatTransitionStories.org // His personal site: DuaneElgin.com: About • Speaking • Great Transition Stories • Articles • Blog • Videos • Audio Files • Books • Contact

His writings there on Sustainability and Simplicity: Voluntary Simplicity: Cool Lifestyle for a Hot Planet • The Garden Of Simplicity • Peril and Promise • Upshifters: Pioneers of an Awakening Culture • Voluntary Simplicity • The Value Of Voluntary Simplicity (seminal 1936 article by Richard Gregg)

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

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Home-Stay Clubs — Our Preferred Way to Travel

Posted by: on: January 19, 2015

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Today we’re hosting a couple of bikers from Washington state.  Tomorrow we’re staying with folks near Sacramento. We get our own room, usually a private bath and a lovely breakfast for $20.

The real beauty of home-stay clubs is that we meet some terrific folks and have several hours of stimulating conversation. For us this arrangement embodies one of the Life Standards of Living More with Less — “Nurture People.”

We grew comfortable with the idea of staying in homes instead of motels on our speaking tours for Alternatives a decade ago. We were introduced to Mennonite Your Way when our car was totaled in Pennsylvania! (Read about it at Post #193.) That club is only for Christians but it’s for all ages. It welcomes families. We’ve hosted a family of six from Switzerland, for example. MYW now has its host directory online.

Two other clubs we’ve joined are only for “seniors,” 50+ — Evergreen and Affordable Travel Club (ATC). Both of their directories are online. We both joined Evergreen and found a place to stay in San Francisco in 20 minutes!

Although some hosts will make “last minute” arrangements, most guests ask for a room at least a week in advance. So, traveling with home stays takes a bit of planning.

Here’s how they work. Pay an annual membership fee, usually about $75. Then as you plan your itinerary, contact hosts along the way by phone or email. Some clubs require you to be a host if you want to be a guest, others don’t. You can always decline a request.

We’ve also been members of Educators’ Bed and Breakfast. In that case you make reservations through the home office, which can cause delays.

Of the dozens of hosts, we’ve only had one whom we would not recommend or choose to stay with again.

ATC also has many international hosts. In all cases you can stay several nights if the host agrees.

If you need the privacy of a motel room and want to “crash” in front of the TV, home stays may not work for you. Home stays are so much more than a bargain!

IMAGE: Spirit of Simplicity: Quotes and Art #2-A2233

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Dealing with Post-Christmas Consumerism

Posted by: on: January 14, 2015

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Authentic Happiness in a Consumer Culture

by Annie Leonard, Founder of The Story of Stuff Project and now Executive Director of GreenPeaceUSA, and Sarah Van Gelder, Editor of YES! Magazine

Explore the meaning of real happiness rather than the empty happiness produced by a consumer culture that devalues interpersonal relationships in favor of “stuff” and leaves the Earth broken and full of trash.

Media and Consumer Capitalism: Justin Lewis’ podcast, book and DVD

SLW! legacy blog: An Alternative MLK Day, Jan. 19

IMAGE: Spirit of Simplicity: Quotes and Art #3-A878

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*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 several times a week.

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