My friend Julia recently visited Buddhist monasteries in Nepal and India and was deeply touched by the Tibetan Monks there. Living on less than a dollar a day, the monks she met were models of spiritual humility, happiness and simplicity. She came back from Nepal and the monastery full of life, and more dedicated than ever to service, simplicity, and meditation. In our discussions afterward, we reflected on the following 5 eco-themed lessons we could learn from the Buddhist monks.
Tag: simple living
Simple Living: Where Frugality and Ecology Meet
My family and I live an ecological lifestyle on one part-time income. To me, living out my values means living simply, living debt free, and living in a way that honors the earth. The primary way I do this is through frugality. The same skills and values that allow me to be resourceful with money also allow me to be a good steward of natural resources.
Overconsumption Invokes the Six Items or Less Experiment
As protesters continue to occupy our nation’s streets in disapproval of over-spending and government corruption, some continue to believe that more is better. Consumption is at an all-time high, and [ … ]
Voluntary Simplicity: My 30-Day Challenge
In September 2009, I took on a little experiment: I wanted to go a whole month without spending any money. I would pay my bills as usual, but that’s it. [ … ]
Simple Living… with a Sense of Humor: Warren Johnson’s Muddling Toward Frugality
Editor’s note: This review is our contribution to Eco-Libris’ Green Books Campaign 2010. Eco-Libris arranged for a free review copy from Easton Studio Press. We Americans like our simple, direct, [ … ]
Break The Chains and Reject What is “Normal”
It’s time to live. It’s time to get in touch. The hyper-consumer, capitalist, exploitative, environmentally degrading way of life we call “normal” or “reality” cannot continue. This lifestyle we’ve come [ … ]
Green Talk Radio: The Zen of Living Less to Have More
GreenTalk Radio host Sean Daily talks about achieving personal productivity and a simpler and happier life with Leo Babauta, founder and lead blogger at ZenHabits.net. [Courtesy of our friends at [ … ]
Green Talk Radio: The Not So Big House
Sean Daily, Green Living Ideas’ Editor-in-Chief, discusses small home living and the growth of New Urbanism with Sarah Susanka of Susanka Studios, author of The Not So Big House. [Courtesy [ … ]
GreenTalk Radio: The Urban Homesteading Path to Freedom with Jules Dervaes
GreenTalk Radio host Sean Daily talks with Jules Dervaes of Path to Freedom. Path to Freedom is a grassroots, family operated, viable urban homesteading project established to promote a simpler [ … ]
GreenTalk Radio: The Zen of Living Less to Have More with Leo Babauta of ZenHabits
GreenTalk Radio host Sean Daily talks about achieving personal productivity, sustainability, and a simpler and happier life with Leo Babauta, founder and lead blogger at ZenHabits. [Courtesy of our friends [ … ]
Do you Live to Work? Ecopreneurs Use their Green Business to Make a Life.
Life offers more than a paycheck, corner office and promotional title. In fact, many of us are working ourselves to death. Less than 40 percent of working Americans actually take [ … ]