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Freedom from cluttered lives and minds.
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My Exhibit ... In the Museum of Trash
by Dave Chameidesposted Nov 20, 2009 - To better understand his waste footprint, Dave Chameides stored all of his trash in his basement for a year.
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How to Make the YES! Greenest Gift Bow!
posted Dec 02, 2008
- Many of you have asked how to make the YES! bow—as seen on the back cover of the Winter issue of YES! and on our website. So, by popular demand, here are the instructions.
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What Would Jesus Buy?
posted Nov 04, 2008 - What Would Jesus Buy? follows Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir as they go on a cross-country mission to save Christmas from the Shopocalypse: the end of mankind from consumerism, over-consumption and the fires of eternal debt!
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The Story of Stuff :: Take Action
by Annie Leonardposted Nov 03, 2008 - Many people who have seen The Story of Stuff have asked what they can do to address the problems identified in the film. There is no single simple thing to do, because the set of problems we're addressing just isn't simple. But everyone can make a difference, and the bigger your action the bigger the difference you'll make.
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The Story of Stuff :: The Bigger Picture
posted Nov 03, 2008 - See our YES! articles to complement The Story of Stuff. Use these stories to consider the golden arrow of consumption, our identity as consumers, the purpose of an economy, what makes us happy, globalization, and what a just and sustainable world could look like.
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Voluntary Simplicity
posted Oct 31, 2008 - Real people show how to live the good life and share their secrets to happiness.
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Christmas with No Presents?
by Colin Beavanposted Oct 31, 2008 - "No Impact Man" suspected the holidays would be just as merry without all the stuff.
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The Story of Stuff :: Another Way
by Annie Leonardposted Oct 31, 2008 - See The Story of Stuff, read our review of the film, and explore our selected YES! articles that address the complex issues that relate to our materials economy and how we can choose to live differently.
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Chris Jordan :: Running the Numbers
by Chris Jordanposted Apr 14, 2008 - Dazzling images make the statistics that describe the huge waste streams of our consumer culture visible. This photo essay shows recent works of Chris Jordan from his Running the Numbers and Intolerable Beauty series.
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The Good Life: Consumerism is so '90s
by Holly Dresselposted Feb 19, 2006
- In growing numbers, Americans are rediscovering that the real meaning of the good life doesn't come from things they can buy but from things they can feel.
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Out of Time
by Jonathan Roweposted Nov 08, 2005 - The desperate quest to cram more into time has caused it to diminish. Could the cure for time scarcity be a vision of the Eternal?
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Book Review - Graceful Simplicity by Jerome Segal, Living Lightly by Walter and Dorothy Schwarz
by John de Graafposted Jun 30, 2000 - Segal shows that now, perhaps for the first time in history, it is possible to create a society where all people can live simply but gracefully, with time for the things that really matter – deep friendships and relationships, a beautiful and clean environment, and freedom from fear and insecurity. All that is needed is the political will.
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The Overspent American
by Sarah van Gelderposted Jun 30, 1998
- How might Americans get free of the mind-numbing cycle of overwork and overconsumption? Sarah van Gelder invited author Juliet Schor to discuss this question with leaders of the voluntary simplicity and downshifters' movements - Cecile Andrews - John de Graaf - Duane Elgin - Vicki Robin - Betsy Taylor - Wanda Urbanska
