edited by Samuel Alexander and Amanda McLeod
A collection of essays on various key figures and movements related to simple living throughout history.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface by the Editors,
Samuel Alexander and Amanda McLeod
FOREWORD by David Shi
1. BUDDHA – Peter Doran
2. DIOGENES – William Desmond
3. ARISTOTLE – Jerome Segal
4. EPICURUS – Michael Augustin
5. THE STOICS – Dirk Baltzly
6. JESUS – Simon Ussher
7. WESTERN MONASTICISM – William Fahey
8. THE QUAKERS – Mark Burch
9. THE AMISH – Steven Nolt
10. HENRY THOREAU – Samuel Alexander
11. JOHN RUSKIN – David Craig
12. WILLIAM MORRIS – Sara Wills
13. GANDHI – Whitney Sanford
14. DITCHLING VILLAGE – William Fahey
15. THE AGRARIANS – Allan Carlson
16. THE NEARINGS – Amanda McLeod
17. IVAN ILLICH – Marius de Geus
18. JOHN SEYMOUR – Amanda McLeod
19. VOLUNTARY SIMPLICITY – Mary Grigsby
20. RADICAL HOMEMAKING – Shannon Hayes
21. INTENTIONAL COMMUNITIES – Bill Metcalf
22. PERMACULTURE – Albert Bates
23. TRANSITION TOWNS – S. Alexander and Esther Alloun
24. DEGROWTH – Serge Latouche
25. THE SIMPLER WAY – Ted Trainer
26. MINDFULNESS – Mark Burchre