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66Books That Radically Changed My Thinking—Affluenza the All-Consuming Epidemic
Affluenza, The All-Consuming Epidemic (ISBN-10: 1576753573, 2005) by John De Graaf, David Wann, and Thomas H. Naylor, is a book that started as a PBS Documentary about American consumerism. This 288-page...
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80Living in a Tepee
An 18 year old in Tennessee is choosing to live in voluntary simplicity by living in a tepee surrounded by 36 acres of wilderness. Why and how he is doing it, instructions to make a tepee and information about where to buy.
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73Free WiFi in the San Francisco Bay Area
Bay Area access points are grouped by type of place (e.g., libraries, coffeehouses, parks). I'm fussy about writing environments, so I've looked but never found a list sorted by place, until I wrote this one.
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70The Frugal Veggie Farm: Containers & Raised Beds for Small Spaces & Budgets
Dedicated to all the thrifty virtuous souls who, upon resolving to grow their own salads in the interest of self-sufficiency, marched to their local nursery, only to be cut down by sticker shock. To these -- our crestfallen Heroes -- we say, "Never give up, never surrender!"
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67Simplicity and Success
Trying to "balance" life and work, or simplicity and success is like balancing a seesaw. It's difficult, and it doesn't work for long. But you can integrate life and work, and simplicity and success by working within the creative framework. What was difficult becomes much easier!
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63The Promise of Simplicity: Doing More With Less
The promise of simplicity comes from doing more with less. The promise of simplicity is working less because you spend less. Simple living leads to freedom, and to a rich, successful, and sustainable life - a flourishing life - in harmony with the planet.
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73Frugal Hair Care: Do It Yourself, Naturally!
Ever suffer from a severe Bad Hair Day? A day soooo bad, it drove you straight to your friendly neighborhood salon, supermarket or drug store in search of a cure? And did you walk out of said establishment with your head held high, and your paycheck laid low? Read On ...
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65Voluntary Simplicity
In the past few years there has been a fundamental shift among a large group of people as to how we live in the United States. Long known as a consumer society, many people have eschewed this lifestyle and...
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76Frugal Software: Open Source, Public Domain, Shareware & Freeware
Why pay retail? You don't have to sacrifice functionality or fun -- or compatibility with everyone else's software -- for the sake of thrift. There are alternatives.
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72The Frugal Housekeeper: Your One-Stop Pantry, Medicine Cabinet and Broom Closet
One can easily spend hundreds of dollars on fancy chemicals with fumes that do nasty things to skin, lungs and the environment. BUT ... we can replace a lot of the fume-y stuff with natural products we're probably already buying for the kitchen pantry.
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