Our Mission

The multi-faceted problem of over-consumption lies at the heart of many of the social, economic, and ecological crises which are currently afflicting advanced capitalist societies and beyond.  At the same time, great multitudes around the globe live lives oppressed by material deprivation (i.e. under-consumption).

The Simplicity Institute is an evidence-based think-tank dedicated to providing the most rigorous and innovative research and policy analyses of these complex and interrelated issues.

Our defining objective is to map the road to a world of sustainable consumption – a world in which the entire community of life has an opportunity to flourish safely within Earth’s biophysical limits.