Live simply that others may simply live. This statement, attributed to Mahatma Gandhi, provides the reason for simplifying our lives. Everything we buy has an environmental and human price tag. If I buy a...

Things are changing. You’ve noticed, right? Simple living is becoming ever more important. Here’s a way to think of what you can do: I HELP. Developed by Canadian writer Paul Chefurka, his website...

As we get closer to 2012, I’ve been considering what it means. I’ve picked up ideas from many places. As I’ve been living and traveling in Mexico a lot these past five years, I’ve had...

A TV show on drought, fires, dust storms, and the future got me thinking. We stopped watching it part of the way through, as it was too sensational and just seemed meant to scare people. It painted a very...

We just watched a one-hour documentary on TV called the Garbage Revolution and that link takes you to their site. A couple in Canada agreed to keep their garbage in their garage for 90 days, except for the...

“Live simply that others may simply live” is a popular saying, originally said by Mahatma Gandhi. Now simply living is in doubt for a significant number of people in Haiti. We can help, a little or...