Voluntary Simplicity – A Path to Sustainable Prosperity

• Authors: Duane Elgin
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Voluntary simplicity is not about living in poverty; it is about living with balance. This contribution illuminates the pattern of changes that an increasing number of people around the world are making their everyday lives as an active response to the challenges of our times. By embracing a lifeway of simplicity - characterized by a compassionate and ecological consciousness, frugal consumption, and inner development - people can change their lives and, in the process, move the world toward sustainable prosperity.

Keywords

EN

Simplicity Simple living Ecology Environment Community

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Social Change Review
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 69-84

Dates

published

2013-07-01

online

2013-08-15

Contributors

author

Duane Elgin

• Executive director, Great Transition Stories, 200 Bolinas Road, # 34 Fairfax, CA 94930, USA

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/scr-2013-0006