Books
- Andrews, Cecile. The Circle of Simplicity: Return to the Good Life. HarperCollins, 1997
- Berry, Wendell. What Are People For? North Point, San Francisco, 1990
- Blix, Jacqueline, and David Heitmiller. Getting a Life: Real Lives Transformed by Your Money or Your Life. Viking Penguin, 1999
- Burch, Mark. Simplicity: Notes, Stories, and Exercises for Developing Unimaginable Wealth. New Society, 1995
- Callenbach, Ernest. Living Cheaply with Style: Smart Ways to Live Better and Spend Less. Ronin Publishers, 1993
- Coleman, Eliot. The New Organic Grower. Chelsea Green, White River Junction, VT, 1995
- Co-op America’s National Green Pages: A Directory of Products and Services for People and the Planet. Co-op America, 1999. Web: www.greenpages.org
- Dominguez, Joe and Vicki Robin. Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence. Viking,New York, 1992
- Durning, Alan Thein. How Much is Enough? The Consumer Society and the Future of the Earth. WW Norton and Co, 1992
- Elgin, Duane. Voluntary Simplicity: Toward a Way of Life That is Outwardly Simple, Inwardly Rich. William Morrow, New York, 1993
- Fritsch, Albert. Ways to a Simple Lifestyle. Alternatives
- Goldbeck, Nikki & David. Choose to Reuse: An Encyclopedia of Services, Products, Programs and Charitable Organizations That Foster Reuse. Ceres Press, 1995
- Gray, Charles. Toward a Nonviolent Economics
- Hubbard, Harlan. Payne Hollow: Life on the Fringe of Society. Gnomon Press, Frankfort, KY, 1974
- Kennedy, Margrit. Interest and Inflation Free Money. Seva International, 1995
- Levering, Frank and Wanda Urbanska. Simple Living: One Couple’s Search for a Better Life. Viking Penguin, 1993
- Longacre, Doris Janzen. Living More With Less
- Luhrs, Janet. The Simple Living Guide: A Sourcebook for Less Stressful, More Joyful Living. Broadway Books, 1997
- Mander, Jerry, and Edward Goldsmith, eds. The Case Against the Global Economy and for a Turn to the Local
- Mate, Ferenc. A Reasonable Life: Toward a Simpler, Secure, More Humane Existence. Norton, 1993
- Peace Pilgrim. Peace Pilgrim. Ocean Tree, 1982
- St. James, Elaine. Living the Simple Life. Hyperion, 1996
- St. James, Elaine. Simplify Your Life with Kids: 100 Ways to Make Family Life Easier and More Fun. Andrews & McMeel, 1997
- Savage, Scott, ed. The Plain Reader: Essays on Making a Simple Life. Ballantine Publishing Group, 1998
- Schor, Juliet. The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline of Leisure. HarperCollins, 1993
- Schumacher, E.F. Small is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered. Hartley and Marx, 1999
- Shi, David. The Simple Life: Plain Living and High Thinking in American Culture. Oxford University, 1986
- Simple Living Collective of AFSC. Taking Charge: Personal and Political Change Through Simple Living. Bantam Books, 1978
- Tatelbaum, Linda. Carrying Water as a Way of Life: A Homesteader’s History. About Time Press, 1997. ISBN 0965442802
- Taylor, John. Enough Is Enough. Augsburg, 1977
- Thoreau, Henry David. Walden and Other Writings. Bantam Books, 1989
Videos
- “Affluenza” and “Escape from Affluenza.” Bullfrog Films, 1-800-543-FROG, www.bullfrogfilms.com
- “Diet for a New America, Your Health, Your Planet.” By John Robbins
- “The Man Who Planted Trees.” By Jean Giono
- “How to Create Life Balance.” By Bee Epstein
- “Ecotopia.” By Ernest Callenbach
- “Introduction to Study Guide for Groups: Your Money or Your Life.” New Road Map Foundation
Green Catalogs
- Seventh Generation Catalog, (800) 456-1177
- Real Goods Trading Company, (800) 762-7325
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