Can you help with search for 'minimal life'?

I like your question--I am a minimalist too...not just for the environment but for my own stress levels...I like the "Green Living" section under "Environment" here in Yahoo Answers...I am always copying and pasting Yahoo News stories about minimalist living and farming and graywater practices...unfortunately, I live in the city, where the only useful thing I can do is recycle and not use lights and water unless I absolutely have to use them...I hope to some day move to the country and create a mini-farm that is self-contained and self-sufficient...I collect older copies of "Mother Earth News" when they were still educational, before they started caring more about advertising dollars...I like the answer above--good Wikipedia article with a list for further reading...looking forward to more answers to your question! :)

- First of all, kill your t.v.!

- Travel by bike if any trip is less than 42 or 8 miles.

- start you own garden and gardening club

- fast one day a week

- turn off the lights when you're not using them. In fact, take them out and go to bed when it gets dark.

- start your own school of natural living. (If you're good at it, you should be able to gain three students.)

- Buy your own cow; or even better, your own she-goat.

- move to Bangladesh.

edited: need more?

http://www.dmoz.org/Society/Lifestyle_Choices/

http://www.barefooters.org/

http://www.lifestyle-movement.org.uk/

http://go-veggie.org/

books:

"Voluntary Simplicity" by Daniel Doherty

"Self-Mastery Series #3: Living Cheaply with Style: Live Better and Spend Less" Ernest Callenbach

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