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Simple Living Works! Monthly Digest

This complete digest, formerly posted weekly, is now updated at least weekly. It contains posts from both SLW! and other simple living sources.
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    2017

    Simple Living Works! Monthly Digest

    Updated Weekly

    March, 2017

    In This Issue:

    What's NOW with SLW!

    What's Coming

    Early 2017 SLW! Podcast guests:

    What Others Are Doing - So Much Help!

    I gladly pass along links from simple living bloggers, podcasters, coaches and others. Some faith-based, some not. You needn't read them all. Choose FIVE links -- including SLW! -- to investigate.
  • Live Simply (Third Way: Celeste Kennel-Shank)
  • Lutheran Peace Fellowship: Simple Living Resources // SLW! Podcast
  • The Minimalists podcast (Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus). Getting us past the things so we can make room for life's most important things -- which actually aren't things at all.
  • Mustard Seed Associates (Andy Wade)
  • New Changemakers: Join the Changemaking Celebration! (Tom Sine)
  • NorthWest Earth Institute's latest discussion course ebook, Sustainability Works: Rethinking Business As Usual // Change Is Our Choice: Creating Climate Solutions // Voluntary Simplicity // SLW! Podcast
  • The OneEarth Project (Lee Van Ham) // SLW! Podcast
  • The Pastoral Center/Gospel Living (Paul Canavese) // SLW! Podcast
  • PostConsumers: Find the Satisfaction of Enough / Full Article Library
  • Simple Enough (Bob Sitze) // SLW! Podcast
  • Simple Living: the Good Life (Janet Luhrs) - Time, Finances, Home-Work, Health
  • Simple Times (Debi Taylor-Hough): Saving Your Time, Money & Sanity
  • Simplicity Collective - Let us be pioneers once more (Samuel Alexander)
  • Simplicity Parenting (Kim John Payne): because it is a beautiful world
  • Smart and Simple Matters podcast (Joel Zaslofsky of Value of Simple: Liberate Your Time, Money and Talent) // SLW! Podcast
  • TransitionNetwork.org: Transition Towns--A movement of communities coming together to reimagine and rebuild our world
  • TreeHugger: Finding a Greener Future
  • For links to earlier entries, check the previous SLW! blog.
  • Upcoming Non-Conform-Freely Celebrations: Sept.-Dec. // Jan.-April
  • What's Happened

    Podcast Reminder

    You can access all SLW! podcast audio and the show notes either at SimpleLiving.startlogic.com/SLW-PODCAST or at SimpleLivingWorks.org (then click window #3). Complete Episode Index. Listen through your computer, iPod, iPad, iPhone (or equivalent).

    SUBSCRIBE through iTunes, Stitcher.com or your favorite podcast service. To SUBSCRIBE to email notices, click Comments at the bottom of Show Notes, then check 'Notify me of new posts by email.' Please rate us in iTunes and leave a review.

    Send us your email address to receive the free monthly SLW! eNews. Remember to like us on Facebook. Urge your friends to do the same. Do your friends a favor. Share our blog and podcast.

    Like SLW! on Facebook. | Follow us on Twitter. | Follow us on Pinterest.Share your thoughts on our podcast and blogs. Email: SimpleLivingWorks@yahoo.com, leave a message on our Facebook page or on the SLW! blog.

    Peace, Gerald 'Jerry' Iversen, Chief SLW! Activist

    *IMAGE: Spirit of Simplicity #3-A301

    For hard copies of Alternatives' resources at nominal cost, contact ELCA Archives, 321 Bonnie Lane, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007 // (847) 690-9410 // archives@elca.org

    We do not solicit or accept donations, nor do we sell anything. All our resources and services are free of charge. We're an all-volunteer organization. Instead, we urge Alternative Giving. Give away at least 25% of what you spent last year on all celebrations -- Christmas, birthdays, etc. -- to local, national and international causes.

    Copyright: Creative Commons non-commercial attribution share-alike license.

    *Treasury of Celebrations: published by Northstone, a division of Wood Lake Publications, BC, Canada, best known for its Seasons of the Spirit curriculum.

    Through social media, we extend the mission and resources of the non-profit organization Alternatives, 1973-2011. Simple Living Works! web site home page | Theme/Seasons Index. To learn more about SLW! MISSION, for example -- please listen to our getting-acquainted episodes, especially #1 and 2 We produce a half-hour podcast twice a month, hopefully educational and inspiring for you, your family and your congregation or group .We blog each week.

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    Simple Living Works! Monthly Digest

    Updated Weekly

    February, 2017

    In This Issue:

    What's NOW with SLW!

    What's Coming

    Early 2017 SLW! Podcast guests:

    What Others Are Doing - So Much Help!

    I gladly pass along links from simple living bloggers, podcasters, coaches and others. Some faith-based, some not. You needn't read them all. Choose FIVE links -- including SLW! -- to investigate.
  • Live Simply (Third Way: Celeste Kennel-Shank)
  • Lutheran Peace Fellowship: Simple Living Resources // SLW! Podcast
  • The Minimalists podcast (Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus). Getting us past the things so we can make room for life's most important things -- which actually aren't things at all.
  • Mustard Seed Associates (Andy Wade)
  • New Changemakers: Join the Changemaking Celebration! (Tom Sine)
  • NorthWest Earth Institute's latest discussion course ebook, Sustainability Works: Rethinking Business As Usual // Change Is Our Choice: Creating Climate Solutions // Voluntary Simplicity // SLW! Podcast
  • The OneEarth Project (Lee Van Ham) // SLW! Podcast
  • The Pastoral Center/Gospel Living (Paul Canavese) // SLW! Podcast
  • PostConsumers: Find the Satisfaction of Enough / Full Article Library
  • Simple Enough (Bob Sitze) // SLW! Podcast
  • Simple Living: the Good Life (Janet Luhrs) - Time, Finances, Home-Work, Health
  • Simple Times (Debi Taylor-Hough): Saving Your Time, Money & Sanity
  • Simplicity Collective - Let us be pioneers once more (Samuel Alexander)
  • Simplicity Parenting (Kim John Payne): because it is a beautiful world
  • Smart and Simple Matters podcast (Joel Zaslofsky of Value of Simple: Liberate Your Time, Money and Talent) // SLW! Podcast
  • TransitionNetwork.org: Transition Towns--A movement of communities coming together to reimagine and rebuild our world
  • TreeHugger: Finding a Greener Future
  • For links to earlier entries, check the previous SLW! blog.
  • Upcoming Alternate Celebrations: Sept.-Dec. // Jan.-April
  • What's Happened

    Podcast Reminder

    You can access all SLW! podcast audio and the show notes either at SimpleLiving.startlogic.com/SLW-PODCAST or at SimpleLivingWorks.org (then click window #3). Complete Episode Index. Listen through your computer, iPod, iPad, iPhone (or equivalent).

    SUBSCRIBE through iTunes, Stitcher.com or your favorite podcast service. To SUBSCRIBE to email notices, click Comments at the bottom of Show Notes, then check 'Notify me of new posts by email.' Please rate us in iTunes and leave a review.

    Send us your email address to receive the free monthly SLW! eNews. Remember to like us on Facebook. Urge your friends to do the same. Do your friends a favor. Share our blog and podcast.

    Like SLW! on Facebook. | Follow us on Twitter. | Follow us on Pinterest.Share your thoughts on our podcast and blogs. Email: SimpleLivingWorks@yahoo.com, leave a message on our Facebook page or on the SLW! blog.

    Peace, Gerald 'Jerry' Iversen, Chief SLW! Activist

    *IMAGE: Spirit of Simplicity #3-A301

    For hard copies of Alternatives' resources at nominal cost, contact ELCA Archives, 321 Bonnie Lane, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007 // (847) 690-9410 // archives@elca.org

    We do not solicit or accept donations, nor do we sell anything. All our resources and services are free of charge. We're an all-volunteer organization. Instead, we urge Alternative Giving. Give away at least 25% of what you spent last year on all celebrations -- Christmas, birthdays, etc. -- to local, national and international causes.

    Copyright: Creative Commons non-commercial attribution share-alike license.

    *Treasury of Celebrations: published by Northstone, a division of Wood Lake Publications, BC, Canada, best known for its Seasons of the Spirit curriculum.

    Through social media, we extend the mission and resources of the non-profit organization Alternatives, 1973-2011. Simple Living Works! web site home page | Theme/Seasons Index. To learn more about SLW! MISSION, for example -- please listen to our getting-acquainted episodes, especially #1 and 2 We produce a half-hour podcast twice a month, hopefully educational and inspiring for you, your family and your congregation or group .We blog each week.

    Return to Table of Contents



    Simple Living Works! Monthly Digest

    Updated Weekly

    January, 2017

    In This Issue:

    What's NOW with SLW!

    What's Coming

    Early 2017 SLW! Podcast guests:

    What Others Are Doing - So Much Help!

    I gladly pass along links from simple living bloggers, podcasters, coaches and others. Some faith-based, some not. You needn't read them all. Choose FIVE links -- including SLW! -- to investigate.

    What's Happened

    Podcast Reminder

    You can access all SLW! podcast audio and the show notes either at SimpleLiving.startlogic.com/SLW-PODCAST or at SimpleLivingWorks.org (then click window #3). Complete Episode Index. Listen through your computer, iPod, iPad, iPhone (or equivalent).

    SUBSCRIBE through iTunes, Stitcher.com or your favorite podcast service. To SUBSCRIBE to email notices, click Comments at the bottom of Show Notes, then check 'Notify me of new posts by email.' Please rate us in iTunes and leave a review.

    Send us your email address to receive the free monthly SLW! eNews. Remember to like us on Facebook. Urge your friends to do the same. Do your friends a favor. Share our blog and podcast.

    Like SLW! on Facebook. | Follow us on Twitter. | Follow us on Pinterest.Share your thoughts on our podcast and blogs. Email: SimpleLivingWorks@yahoo.com, leave a message on our Facebook page or on the SLW! blog.

    Peace, Gerald 'Jerry' Iversen, Chief SLW! Activist

    *IMAGE: Spirit of Simplicity #3-A301

    For hard copies of Alternatives' resources at nominal cost, contact ELCA Archives, 321 Bonnie Lane, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007 // (847) 690-9410 // archives@elca.org

    We do not solicit or accept donations, nor do we sell anything. All our resources and services are free of charge. We're an all-volunteer organization. Instead, we urge Alternative Giving. Give away at least 25% of what you spent last year on all celebrations -- Christmas, birthdays, etc. -- to local, national and international causes.

    Copyright: Creative Commons non-commercial attribution share-alike license.

    *Treasury of Celebrations: published by Northstone, a division of Wood Lake Publications, BC, Canada, best known for its Seasons of the Spirit curriculum.

    Through social media, we extend the mission and resources of the non-profit organization Alternatives, 1973-2011. Simple Living Works! web site home page | Theme/Seasons Index. To learn more about SLW! MISSION, for example -- please listen to our getting-acquainted episodes, especially #1 and 2 We produce a half-hour podcast twice a month, hopefully educational and inspiring for you, your family and your congregation or group .We blog each week.

    Return to Table of Contents


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