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Living simply

Synonyms:
Advocating plain living
Popularizing voluntary simplicity
Living modestly
Adopting sufficiency lifestyle
Living lightly
Living gently
Broader:
Valuing simplicity
Living sustainable lifestyles
Living within earth's carrying capacity
Setting appropriate fashion for consumption of goods and services
Applying sustainable development
Narrower:
Homesteading
Religious living
Living off the land
Practising poverty
Conserving resources in the home
Constrained by:
Living decadently
Facilitates:
Survivalism
Practising religious discipline
Establishing minimum standard of living models
Facilitated by:
Gardening
Downscaling lifestyles
Setting standards of living
Honouring right livelihood
Applying ecological footprint analysis
Problems:


Poor living conditions
Pursuit of affluence
Values:
Voluntary
Simplicity
Involuntary
Sufficiency
Insufficiency
Self-sufficiency
References:
Murtagh, J and Robinson, K: Living Simply: how and why we came to believe in an anti-materialist lifestyle
Nearing, Scott and Helen: Living the Good Life
Leckie, Jim, et al: Other Homes and Garbage
McKibben, Bill: Hope, Human and Wild: True stories of living lightly on the Earth
Schwarz, Walter and Schwarz, Dorothy: Living Lightly: travels in a post-consumer society
Subjects:
Society → Maternity, paternity
Social Activity → Voluntary
Communication → Promotion
Experiential Activity → Experiential activity
Type Classification:
D: Detailed strategies

About the Encyclopedia

The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential is a unique, experimental research work of the Union of International Associations. It is currently published as a searchable online platform with profiles of world problems, action strategies, and human values that are interlinked in novel and innovative ways. These connections are based on a range of relationships such as broader and narrower scope, aggravation, relatedness and more. By concentrating on these links and relationships, the Encyclopedia is uniquely positioned to bring focus to the complex and expansive sphere of global issues and their interconnected nature.

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