Simple living

Simple living (or voluntary simplicity) is a lifestyle considered by its adherents to be an ecologically or spiritually motivated alternative to Western consumerism. The term "downshifting" is often used to describe the act of moving toward a lifestyle based on voluntary simplicity.

Ecology

The Green Parties have been much influenced by the above groups and often advocate voluntary simplicity as a consequence of their four pillars or Ten Key Values. This includes in policy terms rejection of genetic modification and nuclear weapons and other potentially hazardous technologies beyond human control. The Greens support for simplicity is due particularly to the positive environmental benefits of the tendency of simplifiers to consume significantly fewer resources due to their less materialist lifestyles.

Related Topics:
Green Parties - Four pillars - Ten Key Values - Genetic modification - Nuclear weapon - Greens

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Many with similar views avoid involvement even with green politics as compromising simplicity, however, and advocate forms of green anarchism that attempt to implement these principles at smaller scale than modern nations, e.g. the ecovillage.

Related Topics:
Green politics - Green anarchism - Ecovillage

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