by Duane Elgin | Dec 11, 2010 | Sustainability and Simplicity
Download the PDF: Voluntary Simplicity: Cool Lifestyle for a Hot Planet This is the first chapter in my completely revised edition of Voluntary Simplicity (published in 2010 by Harper Books). Offers an updated overview of the shift toward more sustainable and...
by Duane Elgin | Nov 5, 2010 | Sustainability and Simplicity
Download the PDF: The Garden of Simplicity This short overview of the diverse expressions of “simplicity” has been requested many times. Here is the most recent, open-source version from the new edition of Voluntary Simplicity.
by Duane Elgin | Dec 11, 2002 | Sustainability and Simplicity
Download the PDF: Peril and Promise “Peril and Promise” An interview with Duane Elgin by Arnie Cooper for The Sun Magazine, August 2002 Duane Elgin helped define the trend toward a life of sustainable prosperity back in 1981 with his first book, Voluntary Simplicity:...
by Duane Elgin | Dec 12, 1996 | Sustainability and Simplicity
Download the PDF: Pioneers of an Awakening Culture “Upshifters: Pioneers of an Awakening Culture”, an interview with Duane by Sarah van Gelder and published in Yes! A Journal of Positive Futures, Summer/Spring 1996, Seattle, WA. Moving toward simpler ways of living...
by Duane Elgin | Dec 11, 1977 | Sustainability and Simplicity
Download the PDF: Voluntary Simplicity. An article by Duane and Arnold Mitchell, published in the Co-Evolution Quarterly, Summer 1977. This was initially published in 1976 as a report by the major think-tank, SRI International, to give insight into grass-roots changes...
by Duane Elgin | Dec 11, 1936 | Sustainability and Simplicity
Download the PDF: The Value Of Voluntary Simplicity By Richard Gregg, originally published in August, 1936 in the Indian Journal Visva-Bharati Quarterly and by the Quakers at Wallingford, PA: Pendle Hill, 1936. This is the original article on voluntary simplicity...