Simplicity

Morphing, Modular Furniture of the Future: Tetris-like Stacking + LEGOish Shelves (VIDEO)

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Small Apartment, Space-Saving Furniture, Transformer Furniture, Lego Furniture, Transformable Furniture, Space-Making Furniture, Tiny Apartment, Modular Furniture, Small Space, Future Furniture, Simplicity, Urban Furniture, Nomadic Furniture, Antxon Salvador, Tiny Home, Brickbox, Video, Style News
Kirsten Dirksen

If our future homes are urban, compact and temporary, than the furniture of the future will look something like BrickBox.

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Seventies DIY Pioneer Publishes Book on Tiny Homes

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Book Publishing, Shelter Publishing, Downsizing, Shelter Publications, Small House, Lloyd Kahn, We the Tiny House People, Small Space, Jay Shafer, Small Home, Small House Movement, San Francisco News, Tiny House, Home Size, Simple Living, Whole Earth Catalog, DIY Home Building, Simplicity, Documentary, Diy Home, Tiny Home, Stewart Brand, Video, Books News
Kirsten Dirksen

Lloyd Kahn's Tiny Homes: Simple Shelter is a nod to the current "grassroots movement to scale things back," and in it he profiles about 150 builders who have created homes under 500 square feet.

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Letting Life Flow 'Down Under'

Ree Varcoe | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: New Zealand, Fearless Living, Emotional Wellness, Choices, Nature, Fearlessness, Nonprofits, Fresh Starts, Simplicity, Becoming Fearless, New Beginnings, Becoming-Fearless, Healthy Living News
Ree Varcoe

When I finally let go and gave in to the universe, I started appreciating the little things that make a place far from home seem special.

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WATCH: We the Tiny House People: Documentary Trailer

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Small Apartment, Space-Saving Furniture, Entertainment, Shelter, Downsizing, Documentary Trailer, Small House, Christian Schallert, Microhome, Tiny Apartment, Movies, Jay Shafer, Small Space, Small Home, Small House Movement, Lego Apartment, Tiny House, Home Size, Simple Living, Moviefone, Simplicity, Tiny Home, Thoreau, Tiny House People Documentary, Video, Entertainment News
Kirsten Dirksen

I continue to discover people who aren't even aware of this movement: iving in shipping containers, houseboats, tool sheds, former pigeon coops and treehouses. These stripped-down shelters reveal for us the essence of home.

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Photographer Lisl Steiner On Letting Go Of The Past

Bonni Brodnick | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Material Possessions, Mindfulness, Spring Cleaning Tips, Storage Wars, Simplicity, Stuff, Lifestyle Changes, Salvation Army, Fifty News
Bonni Brodnick

A wise octogenarian once said, "Don't be possessed by your possessions." Actually she said it last weekend, when she invited me to her new "stuff shop," a spot she had rented for a month to try to make a dent in the dispersal of her long-collected ephemera.

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Simplicity in Compositions (PHOTOS)

Peter Carroll | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Slidefreestyle, Photography, Simplicity, Composition, Landscape Photography, Nature Photos, Exposure, Landscape Photos, Green News
Peter Carroll

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WATCH: 96-Square-Foot Tiny Home Handbuilt Inside Century-Old Sheep Barn

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Loren Amelang, Handbuilt Home, Downsizing, Small House, Craft, Diy, Microhome, Handbuilt House, Small Home, Small House Movement, Off-Grid, Home Size, Simplicity, Simple Life, Downshifting, Hand Built Home, Diy Home, Video, Green News
Kirsten Dirksen

The only real shelter on the property was an old sheep barn, leftover from when the property was homesteaded a century ago, so he decided to build a small shack inside the structure as a home.

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Housekeeper Builds Garage-Sized Home on a Tiny Salary With No Mortgage (VIDEO)

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Mortgage-Free, Debt, Downsizing, House Payments, Green Building, Small Space, Small House Movement, Small Home, Tiny Home Building Permit, Mortgage, Unemployment, Loan-Free, Tiny House, Home Size, Simple Living, Simplicity, Hawaii, Home Payments, San Francisco, Tiny Home, Mortgage Crisis, Homeowners, Mortgages, Video, Homeownership, Green News
Kirsten Dirksen

Johnny Sanphillippo has never made more than $20,000 per year (working mostly as a housekeeper), but he knew like "any other American" that he wanted to own his own home.

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The Simple Life

Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Simplicity, Enlightenment, Materialism, Simplifying Life, Spirituality, Simplify Life, Simplify Your Life, How to Simplify, Mindfulness, Simplify, Simplify Simplify, To Simplify, Healthy Living News
Arthur Rosenfeld

Simplicity is purity. It is facing the true nature of things and embracing it instead of ducking and weaving and dodging, instead of filling a hole inside you with chaotic activity or an overabundance of stuff.

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Simplicity, The Greatest Gift

Kim Michele Richardson | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Gratitude, Inspirational People, Simplicity, Holidays, Faith, American Farmers, Farming, Giving, Farm Workers, Food Justice, Religion News
Kim Michele Richardson

We have left the Earth sorely fractured, but we didn't break this family -- their goodness, raw honesty, perseverance, beauty and simplicity, which shine like a beacon of bright hope.

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Entertaining Our Kids, Have We Gone Too Far?

Abi Cotler O'Roarty | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Spongebob, Simplicity, Parenting, Childhood, Children Attention Spans, Add, Parents News
Abi Cotler O'Roarty

If we choose to let a marketing department decide what's entertaining for our kids, we could unwittingly be playing a high stakes game that doesn't end until they go off to college with a laser show, just to be sure they're paying attention.

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Low-rent Liveaboard Life in High-Rent San Francisco Bay

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Debt, Liveaboard Life, Green News, Small Living, Boat Home, Small Space, Home Tour, Small Home, San Francisco Bay, Tiny Life, Simple Living, Home Size, Floating Home, Simplicity, Liveaboard, Tiny Home, Mortage-Free, Houseboat, San Francisco Real Estate, San Francisco News
Kirsten Dirksen

Fiver Brown's a musician, but according to his bio he's also worked as a pirate, rodeo clown and sushi photographer. He's the kind of guy who can't really afford to buy a home in Sausalito. So he bought a boat.

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WATCH: A Man With 5 Tiny Homes in His Backyard: Micro-Architecture as Punk Rock

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Micro Architect, Mortgage-Free, Derek Diedricksen, Debt, Downsizing, Green News, House Payments, Green Building, Micro Home Builder, Microhome, Tiny Houses, Small Space, Small House Movement, Small Home, Mortgage, Lester Walker, Tiny House, Home Size, Micro Office, Simplicity, Simple Life, Housing News, Shedworking, Tiny Home, Green News
Kirsten Dirksen

2011-10-04-Screenshot20111004at12.38.52PM.jpg He builds small and he works with a micro-budget. His Gottagiddaway AKA "$100 homeless hut" was built for about that.

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Progress Can Make Us More Spiritual, Not Less

Duane Elgin | Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Simplicity, Sustainability, Progress, Development, Healthy Living Health News, Consciousness, Healthy Living Spirit, Progressive Simplicity, Etherialization, Ephemeralization, Healthy Living News
Duane Elgin

Ephemeralism does not turn away from the material side of life; instead, this principle of living calls forth a new partnership where the material and the non-material aspects of life co-evolve and grow in concert with one another.

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4 Misconceptions About The Simple Life

Duane Elgin | Posted 10.27.2011

Read More: Sustainability, Simplicity, Healthy Living, Green Living, The Balanced Life, Simple Living, Unplug and Recharge, Healthier Greener Home, Cleaner-and-Greener, Healthy Living News
Duane Elgin

It is important to recognize inaccurate stereotypes about the simple life because they make it seem impractical and ill suited for responding to increasingly critical breakdowns in world systems.

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8 Ways To Simplify Your Life

Duane Elgin | Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: Voluntary Simplicity, Simplicity, Healthy Living Health News, Types of Simplicity, Consciousness, Kinds of Simplicity, Healthy Living Spirit, Simple Living, Expressions of Simplicity, Simplicity and Healthy Living, Healthier Greener Home, Cleaner-and-Greener, Healthy Living News
Duane Elgin

To portray the richness of simplicity as a theme for healthy living, here are eight different flowerings that I see growing consciously in the "garden of simplicity."

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How To Stay Positive In Times Of Change

Sandra Ingerman | Posted 10.03.2011

Read More: Simplicity, Positive Change, Imagination, Spirit, Healthy Living Health News, Consciousness, Healthy Living Spirit, World Vision, Healthy Living News
Sandra Ingerman

There is so much change occurring politically and economically, and in the environment it is important that we hold a good and positive vision for the planet.

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Why We've Been Trying Live Simply For 3,000 Years

Duane Elgin | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: The Inner Life, Simplicity, Wisdom, Spirituality, Healthy Living Spirit, The Simple Life, The Spiritual Life, Spirituality and Simplicity, Spiritual Development, Healthy Living News
Duane Elgin

The simple life is not a new social invention -- its value has long been recognized. What is new is the urgent need to respond to the radically changing material and ecological circumstances in which humanity finds itself in the modern world.

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Three Media Views of Green Living

Duane Elgin | Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: Green, Sustainability, Simplicity, Media, Green Living, Consciousness, Green Lifestyle, Healthy Living, Media News
Duane Elgin

It is ironic that green ways of living that emphasize voluntary simplicity -- a life-way that can take us into an opportunity-filled future -- are oft...

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Healthy Living In A Post-Consumerist World

Duane Elgin | Posted 08.12.2011

Read More: Simplicity, Sustainability, Green Living, Happiness, Healthy Living, Thriving, Meaning, Wisdom, Living in an Eco Village, Voluntary, Healthy Living in a Post Consumerist World, Healthy Living Spirit, Eco City, Eco Village, Green Holiday, Healthy Living News
Duane Elgin

In creating healthier ways of living, a new village movement based upon the sanity of simplicity, a strong ecological consciousness and respect for children and family, will play a vital role in building a future of sustainable prosperity.

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Simplicity Is Not Sacrifice!

Duane Elgin | Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: Voluntary Simplicity, Consumerism, Healthy Living, Meaning, Sustainability, Simplicity, Fulfillment, Spiritual Life, The Balanced Life, Green News
Duane Elgin

Simplicity creates the opportunity for greater fulfillment in work, meaningful connection with others, feelings of kinship with all life, and awe of a living universe. This is a rich way of life.

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Tiny Handmade Home Built with a Little Help from the Internet

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 07.27.2011

Read More: Trailer Home, Downsizing, Green News, Micro-Home, Homemade House, Green Building, Home/DIY, Diy, DIY Building, Green Living, Do It Yourself, Handbuilt House, Diy Home, Small Space, Small House Movement, Small Home, Tiny House, Home Size, Simplicity, House on Wheels, Simple Life, Tiny Home, DIY House, Downshifting, Style News
Kirsten Dirksen

Using the Internet as their guide, one month -- and a lot of sawing, sanding and shellacking -- later, they had their first home, dubbed Homemade Spaceship.

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Solving the Rubik's Cube of Organizational Structure

Ron Ashkenas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Thought Leader, Consulting, Strategy, Execution, Ron-Ashkenas, Thought Leadership, Simplicity, Ron Ashkenas, Simply Effective, Simplifying, Corporate Leadership, Corporate Culture, Business News
Ron Ashkenas

Dysfunctional or outdated organizational designs can make it difficult for managers to operate effectively. Here are some steps that managers can take towards simplifying their own structure.

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Say 'No' For Simplicity's Sake

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Women, Simplicity, No, Say No, Mothers, Busy-Ness, Exhaustion, Self Help, Simplifying Life, Simplifying Your Life, Living Simply, Simplifying, Healthy Living News
Dr. Susan Corso

If simplicity is so sought after, why are we not taking the action that creates it?

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Marketers: Think Twice Before You Label Your Service 'Simple'

Alan Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Simple Language, Jargon, Simplicity, Unified Messaging, AT&T, Business News
Alan Siegel

Long ago, Alfred Hitchcock directed a famous movie titled The 39 Steps. Apparently, this film is remembered fondly by someone in marketing at AT&T. T...

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