Duane Elgin

When Duane Elgin's classic bestseller, Voluntary Simplicity , was published in 1981, it transformed the lives of thousands and was hailed as the "bible" of the simplicity movement by the Wall Street Journal. Now, for anyone seeking to navigate today's profoundly changing world, Promise Ahead is the powerful sequel to a road map for securing a promising future.

When Voluntary Simplicity was first published in 1981, it quickly became recognized as a powerful and visionary work in the emerging dialogue over sustainable ways of living. Now, more than ten years later and with many of the planet's environmental stresses having become more urgent than ever, Duane Elgin has revised and updated his revolutionary book. Voluntary Simplicity is not a book about liv

Balances science with spirituality in a study of human evolution, from the appearance of reflective consciousness to modern communications, and proposes three additional stages to be realized

A first-time writer's illustrated guide to the process of writing stories and decorating them with photographs and memorabilia also offers a list of questions to draw out events and memories, magic moments, and simple pleasures.

Traditionally, science has regarded the universe as made up of inert matter and empty space. Duane Elgin brings together extraordinary evidence from cosmology, biology, and physics to show that the universe is not dead but rather uniquely alive, an insight that, he shows, is in harmony with all of the world’s major spiritual traditions. He explores how this view radically transforms our concept of

In this revised edition of Choosing Earth (February 2022), Duane Elgin describes how the world has transitioned into an epoch of profound change. Choosing Earth illuminates this pivotal period in our human collective journey from adolescence into early adulthood and beyond. Elgin explains how we are moving through a challenging and purposeful initiation, as he takes us through the ho

Simple lifeb In times of global crisis, its time to think of a simple life! bA new way of life beyond growth and consumption, where nothing is safe to eat, drink and breathe. Its time to think. Earlier, Henry David Thoreau advocated the practice of voluntary poverty in nature through Walden, and the Nearing couple through Harmonious Life. Many people sympathize with their voices, but in reality it

First published in 1981, VOLUNTARY SIMPLICITY was quickly recognized as a powerful and visionary work in the emerging dialogue over sustainable living. Now-more than twenty years later and with many of the planet′s environmental stresses more urgent than ever-Duane Elgin has once again revised and updated his revolutionary book. VOLUNTARY SIMPLICITY is not a book about living in poverty; it is a b

An inquiry to discover whether global culture and consciousness are significantly changing in such a way that new patterns of values and approaches to living are emerging; based on global and US surveys Is the global communications revolution fostering a new global What is the extent of humanity's global ecological awareness and concern? Is there a shift underway toward postmodern social values? I

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