Friday, September 1. 2017 Click HERE to view Friday’s Community Update If you would like to receive this weekly Update in your inbox every Friday morning, just send an email to Hello@SimplyLiving.org and…
by Amy Ceccoli, Simply Living Board Member At our current rate of consumption it would require two planet Earths to sustain human life and if everyone lived the way Americans…
When listening to Thom Hartmann recently on the Green Renaissance community radio station (94.1 FM), he used the term “mother culture” to describe the comfort that we feel just by…
Check out your Invitation to Simply Living's Holiday Open House Friday, Dec 16 from 5-8 pm; Community News and Events featured this week include: 1) Article of the week, Localism…
Events featured include the Transition Hub class on Energy Democracy, Simply Living's Holiday Open House, the upcoming screening of SEED: The Untold Story, Randall Loop's online intro (free) to his…
This is Simply Living's first year to participate in the international #GivingTuesday project. Founded in 2012, it has been a hugely successful stimulus to encourage donations to nonprofit organizations during…
Did you know? 500 million straws are used in the US every day! The last time you had lunch at your favorite restaurant, did you end up with a bunch of straws that…
This is the full article on recycling written by Pam Patsch. A shorter version appeared in the August 2014 Simply News. This engaging article includes a Recycling Quiz to test…
Simply Living member Jake Da Silva is a member of the local minimalist group that meets monthly in the community room of the Panera on Bethel Road. Jake has shared his interest in the minimalist lifestyle in Simply Living’s Cooperative Explorers Group, including his passion for tiny houses and for sharing meals and gatherings in an urban setting. Given the potential for “cross pollination” between Simply Living and the minimalist movement, I invited Jake to write this blog to tell us about his experience and share some links for those who want to learn more.