7 steps to the simple life
here's a page of Web resources for simple living
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LILYPAD LIST: 7 steps to the simple life here's a page of Web resources for simple living |
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| Simple
Living Network www.simpleliving.net |
 A
comprehensive website for
simplicity-related resources of all kinds |
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| Ecological
Footprint Quiz www.myfootprint.org |
 click
on the 'my footprint' site to measure your own
ecological footprint online |
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| Simple
Living Magazine www.simpleliving.com |
The website of Simple Living magazine, edited by Janet Luhrs. Six issues a year. Available by subscription as an online newsletter (same price everywhere - $US24 per year) or in print ($34 in USA, $39 elsewhere) cheaper if you buy two years at once | ||
| Carbon Balancing with the aid
of the World Land Trust www.carbonbalanced.org |
Offset your carbon
emissions and contribute to global conservation with the World Land
Trust. This is a conservation charity that has helped purchase and protect over 300,000 acres of rainforest and other threatened wildlife habitats worldwide. £25 Protects One Acre of rainforest or steppe in a REAL Place, FOREVER. |
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| Choosing
Simplicity www.gallagherpress.com/pierce |
The website of Linda Breen Pierce, whose book Choosing Simplicity is one of the selected resources in The Lilypad List (page 160) | ||
| Simple
Living on TV (USA) www.simplelivingtv.net |
Website
for the TV program (in the USA,
via PBS) "Simple Living" with Wanda Urbanska "...offers thoughtful programming to inspire viewers to make adjustments to possession-cluttered, time-starved lives. Whether it's suggesting that viewers commit to write one letter every week, replace disposable coffee cups with a travel mug, buy a seasonal share of a local farmer's crop or volunteer for a worthwhile cause, we'll provide small steps that, in the aggregate, can make a large impact on an individual's life and on society as a whole. Our mantra is, "Nothing's too small to make a difference. The series is viewer-friendly and often light-hearted. We'll meet our viewers where they are - leading successful lives in mainstream America. We'll feature ordinary Americans discussing and demonstrating their time-, energy- and thing-saving tips, and we'll quiz the experts about techniques for simplifying at work, on the road, and at home." |
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| Take
Back your Time www.simpleliving.net/timeday |
TAKE
BACK YOUR TIME is a major
U.S./Canadian initiative to challenge
the epidemic of overwork, over-scheduling and time famine that now
threatens our health, our families and relationships, our communities
and our environment. |
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| The
Big Green Idea www.thebiggreenidea.org |
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| GreenYour www.greenyour.com |
How to green just about anything in your life. |
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| The
Good Life www.goodlife.org |
Two
of the most famous names in simple,
organic living and alternative
building techniques are Helen and Scott Nearing. Helen, who survived
her husband by twelve years, died in 1995 at the age of 91. (He had
lived to be 100). Forest Farm, their last homestead on Penobscot Bay in
Harborside, Maine, USA, is open for visitors throughout the year. Tour the Nearings' organic gardens and their last hand-built stone home. Admission is free. |
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| Clay
& Judy Woods www.word-works.com/simple.htm |
If
you have read The Lilypad List, you
will have heard of Clay and Judy Woods and probably given yourself
their "Woods Test" (page 103) Now here's the URL of their website. You will find heaps more good stuff there |
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| Seattle Community Network www.scn.org/earth/lightly/index.html |
A website all about living lightly on the Earth - with lots of good links and resources | ||
| Cultural
Creatives www.culturalcreatives.org |
If
you decided, from the checklist on
page 128 of The Lilypad
List,
that you, too, are among the many millions of people whom Paul Ray and
Sherry Anderson would call a "Cultural Creative", here's their website,
which is all about people like you. |
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| Green Spirituality www.greenspirit.org.uk |
 A
network of people who celebrate the human spirit in the context of our
place in the natural world and Earth's own evolutionary journey. |
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| Powers
of Ten |
(as discussed on page 115 of The Lilypad List) You will find this website, with its amazing journey all the wayfrom the outer edges of the Milky Way right down to the sub-atomic particles in a leaf at: http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/ |
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| Directory
of Sustainable Living & Simple Living Resources http://www.whispy.com |
Find sustainable ways of simple living for a healthy
environment, spirit, home and planet. Information on sustainable
living, healthy eating, wellness, organic gardening, voluntary
simplicity, the environment, holistic parenting, Homeschooling, home
business, energy efficient housing, intentional communities, grassroots
politics, eco travel, socially responsible business, appropriate
technology and alternative energy sources |
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Green Providers Directory www.search-for-me.co.uk |
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Ecobaby Natural Baby Products http://www.ecobaby.co.uk |
 A great shopping site to
provide caring parents with a
wide
choice of natural pregnancy, baby and child toiletries. |
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| WeBuyItGreen.com www.webuyitgreen.com. |
A new online forum to promote green living and fair trade | ||
| Dave
and Lillian Brummet www.sunshinecable.com/~drumit |
Dave and Lillian Brummet, from BC, Canada,
are the authors of 'Trash Talk' and 'Towards Understanding' and producers of the 'Conscious Discussions' talk radio show |
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| Sally Lever www.sallylever.co.uk |
 Website of sustainable living coach, Sally
Lever. Sally
will
send you a FREE report: 'Decluttering Paperwork the Sustainable Way"
when you sign up for her monthly newsletter, which is free and contains
articles on downshifting, home-based work and education, and
sustainable living. |
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Bruce Elkin www.BruceElkin.com |
 Bruce Elkin: Life
Coaching for Simplicity,
Success, and Sustainability. 20 years experience. International clientele. Author of 'Simplicity and Success', 'Emotional Mastery', and 'Barriers to Real Success'. Free info package and 45-minute consultation. Skype me! |
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Marigold Lane www.marigoldlane.com |
Marigold Lane is about environmentally friendly choices--natural and organic instead of synthetic or petroleum based ingredients--for you and your family, including clothing, personal care items, cleaning products, gardening, home décor, food and beverages, and recreation and leisure. |
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| The National Geographic Green
Guide www.thegreenguide.com |
Your source for green living tips, product reviews and environmental health updates and advice. | ||
The Green Guide (UK) www.greenguide.co.uk |
 With more than 12,500 listings
in its database, the Green Guide is the most comprehensive source of
green, natural and ethical businesses and organisations in the UK. It
is the directory for planet-friendly living. |
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Ecology Begins at Home Ecology Begins at Home |
Download this free e-book by Archie Duncanson on all aspects of living simply and in harmony with the environment. Full of useful, practical tips. A wonderful resource from a generous writer. | ||
| Small Revolutions Small Revolutions |
The Voluntary Simplicity site of Rob Burns - a great entry point into the rapidly growing and thriving community of 'simplicity bloggers', networkers and wiki-builders. Don't miss this one. | ||
| Kiva www.kiva.org |
 A way of helping ordinary people in
other
countries to get out of poverty through micro-loans. Well worth
supporting. |
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| 'The Story of Stuff' A twenty-minute, fast-paced, informative video about our consumer society. www.storyofstuff.com |
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Shiply What a cool, green idea! http://www.shiply.com |
 Do you (or does your company) need to ship
something somewhere? Shiply helps you find a space on a lorry or
van that is already going there. Match yourself up
with UK couriers & delivery companies already making trips around the UK
and the rest of Europe
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| If you come across
other websites
devoted to simple, green living, be sure and let me know. And if you'd like to put up a link toThe Lilypad List on your own website, please go right ahead. I would be delighted. |
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