Duane Elgin. Author
of Voluntary
Simplicity, he has anticipated some of the
most important trends of our time. According to the Trends Research
Institute, "voluntary simplicity
is now spreading throughout
the industrialized world
Never before
has a societal
trend grown so quickly, spread so broadly, and been embraced so
eagerly"
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Linda Breen Pierce.
Author of Choosing Simplicity: Real People Finding Peace and Fulfillment in a Complex World . Her book recounts a three-year
evaluation of more than 200 people -- from 40 states and eight
countries -- who have experimented with simplifying their lives.
She also developed and maintains The Simplicity Resource Guide
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Dave Wann. Co-author
of the book Affluenza , based on the popular PBS program.
The book documents how "the quantity and quality of stuff
we use, and the technologies that produce all that stuff, are
rapidly ripping apart the tapestry of life on Earth. We're liquidating
real wealth in trade for trinkets - short-term, artificial wealth"
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Rae Sikora. Her innovative
programs change people's vision of what is possible - in the world
and in their own lives. She has worked internationally with participants
ranging from teachers and students to prisoners. As founder of
Simply Enough, she is widely respected for her work to create
a global community that respects all life
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Katie Alvord. Author
of Divorce Your Car!: Ending the Love Affair with the Automobile ,
she writes about green living and related subjects. She has written
for E Magazine, Urban Ecologist, Utne Reader, and others.
Her presentations focus on the contributions that greener lifestyles
can make to solving broader environmental problems
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Lisa Kivirist. She
and her husband are innkeepers, organic growers, and partners
in a contemporary approach to sustainable living. She tells an
engaging story of their family's journey from the concrete urban
jungle to an organic farm and bed & breakfast that incorporates
a lifestyle focusing on simplicity and frugality
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