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Path to a Sustainable Future - An interview with David Orr on changing the culture of consumption. 
Gratitude as a Revolutionary Act - In this video (5:42), Joanna Macy heartfully explains how gratitude can bring you freedom from consumer society by countering the message that you are not good enough and do not have enough. When you recognize that you are sufficient, you can be free.
Living the Hours - This e-retreat, available on demand, gives you an oppportunity to come into closer alignment with the natural rhythms of each day.
The Dandelion King - Robert Wright notes that "the war on weeds, though not unwinnable, isn’t winnable at a morally acceptable cost" and reminds us of the pleasures of a lazier approach to our lawns.
Grateful Mind, Happy Mind - In this six-minute video, the Venerable Thubten Chonyi looks - in a practical point of view - at how we live every single minute on the basis of the kindness of others.
Current Opportunities - "How can you use this financial crisis/opportunity as an impetus to live the most meaningful life of any generation?" asks Lynne Twist in this thought-provoking piece. Also see this related video, "The Opportunity within the Economic Crisis."
Finding My Religion - David Miller talks with Buddhist teacher, Cheri Huber, about how, no matter what our circumstances are, gratitude can flow from focusing on what we have.
Why Eat Local? - For a fun, non-judgmental exploration of the benefits of eating food within a 100-mile radius of you, visit this site.
A Problem of Riches - Chuck Collins,
a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies, looks at the critical changes our society needs which have been blocked by concentration of wealth.
Pandora Radio - What a find! Create your own radio stations based on artists and music you love...all for free, courtesy of the Music Genome Project.
The Great Boomer Bust - Katy Butler writes about a "zen luxuriousness" that can keep discontent from cheating us out of the rich lives we already have.
De-Stress Kit for the Changing Times -
Much care and compassion is needed to help ease the emotional pain that many people are increasingly experiencing.
This helpful tool by HeartMath allows you to explore the sources of and solutions for stress in your life, with links to many free resources.
Into Great Silence - Fred and Mary Ann Brussat review an extraordinary movie showing the lives of Carthusian monks in Grand Chartreuse near Grenoble, France: lives of utter simplicity and great fullness.
Rural Studio - Architecture students learn to design homes for impoverished rural residents using donated, recycled, and salvaged materials.
The
Simple Living Network offers a step-by-step guide for simplifying
your life, discussion forums, news, books, audio and video tapes,
eco-living tools, and much more.
The
Hunger Site – Click here daily to offer a hungry person
a cup of staple food.
Vegetarian Society - Looking for help and support in going and staying vegetarian? Or simply want some delicious recipes that are kind to our Earth? Here's a wonderful resource. You may also want to read Thich Nhat Hanh's words on Eating for Peace.
The Most Amazing Photos in the Universe - These extraordinary photos from the Hubble telescope really put daily life in perspective.
The Story of Stuff - This 20-minute animated film explains in simple, powerful terms why our system of ever-accelerating production and consumption is unsustainable, unjust, and unfulfilling, and makes the case that it doesn't have to be this way.
The
Wonder of It All - A presentation by Ralph Marston of photos,
music, and meditations on our natural instinct towards wonder.
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