Duane Elgin
Author, Visionary and Citizen-Voice Activist

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 has sometimes been called “downshifting.”  Duane turns this notion on its head and describes a life of voluntary simplicity as one of “upshifting” to a way of life that is more sustainable, satisfying, and soulful.