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This site has information on lifestyle changes to help the environment
and generally simplify one's life. I have forwarded just a snippet of
the newsletter. Go to the web site for more info.
Mary Ellen
In the huge rush to build shopping malls and banks,
no one is thinking about where kids can play.
That doesn't generate tax revenue.

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From: The Simple Living Network <newsletter@...>
This Is A Synopsis Of
The Simple Living Newsletter - Number 33
Spring 2001
A Free On-Line Periodical From The Simple Living Network

THE COMPLETE EDITION IS AVAILABLE ON-LINE AT:

http://www.simpleliving.net/newsletter


FEATURE ARTICLES
http://www.simpleliving.net/newsletter/feature_articles.asp

* SUSTAINABILITY: METHOD OR MASSAGE?
By Steve Van Matre
"Sustainability." What is it? What does it mean? Author
and educator Steve Van Matre, takes a hard-hitting look
at one of the most used buzzwords of our times.

* WORKING WITH SIMPLICITY: THE CASE FOR PART-TIME WORK
By Linda Breen Pierce
Reducing the time that you spend working for money can
allow you more time for family, friends, personal growth,
volunteering, and changing the world. Linda reminds us
that there's more to life than the nine to five
treadmill, and suggests ways we might make the change to
fewer work hours in our own lives.

* FINDING MEANING IN A CUP OF COFFEE
By Rodney North
Chances are you're staring at your morning cup of coffee
right now. Where did it come from? How was it grown? Who
picked the beans? Oh yeah, and how does it taste? For
many Americans the answers are: "don't know, don't know,
don't know," and "eh, it's okay." A group of
businesspeople are betting that there are enough
consumers of coffee who would love to purchase a product
that is good for the environment, pays a living wage for
its workers, and tastes great.

* THE FUTURE BELONGS TO BUTTERFLIES
By Mark A Burch
Ecologists predict that our current levels of population
growth, consumption, resource use, and environmental
impact will result in one big global environmental crisis
within the next 50 years or so. While some people are
predicting the worst, or doing their best to reduce their
impact, others are blithely ignoring -- or covering up --
potential problems. In this article Mark Burch assesses
the role of voluntary simplicity among the array of our
society's other responses to potential environmental
crisis.