Simon Ussher and Samuel Alexander
Education, Mindfulness, and Degrowth
Dear friends and colleagues, Over the last few weeks the Simplicity Institute has published a number of new reports, focusing primarily on education, mindfulness, and degrowth. We’ve even drawn the attention of Richard Heinberg, from the Post-Carbon Institute, who has offered the following endorsement: “The Simplicity Institute is an indispensable resource, providing rigorous and visionary […]
Stories of Simplicity
The Simplicity Institute invites you to tell your ‘story of simplicity’ for our new book. Living simply in a consumer culture involves heading in the opposite direction to where most of society is moving. At times this can produce feelings of social isolation, so it is very important that those of us who choose to […]
Reports, Projects and Updates: A Year In Review
We’ve been busy at the Simplicity Institute this year, publishing many essays about voluntary simplicity, post-growth economics, and other related issues such as peak oil and renewable energy. We are also very honoured to welcome Ted Trainer and Mark Burch to our faculty, both of whom have been prominent participants in the Simplicity Movement for […]
