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		<title>Recession is a healer</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 10:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The implosion of the global financial system was as unexpected and rapid as the collapse of the Soviet Union. The good news is that we may be about to feel as liberated from oppression as the swarming crowds who celebrated in the eastern bloc in 1989.]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond peace and quiet</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 12:24:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Perpetual Tourist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When her marriage ended, Sara Maitland found herself enjoying the lack of noise. But gradually an addiction to silence turned into a craving for the hermit's life...]]></description>
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		<title>Q&amp;A: Why I Burned My Harvard Diploma</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:36:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Perpetual Tourist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, we learned about "Jack," a self-described, but otherwise anonymous, 30s-something lawyer in D.C., who is blogging about giving up material excess for a simpler life. Jack agreed to reveal more about his motivations, but not any more about his identity.]]></description>
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		<title>How to Live the Simple Life</title>
		<link>http://voluntarysimplicity.org.uk/articles/how-to-live-the-simple-life</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Perpetual Tourist</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tim Kasser]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Kimberly Palmer
Originally published by US News and World Report
During a recent interview with Tim Kasser, associate professor of psychology at Knox College and author of The High Price of Materialism, I found myself wanting to ask him questions beyond the scope of our discussion on the connection between materialism and happiness. Specifically, I wanted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Voluntary simplicity movement re-emerges</title>
		<link>http://voluntarysimplicity.org.uk/articles/voluntary-simplicity-movement-re-emerges</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 19:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Perpetual Tourist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By By Ralph Blumenthal and Rachel Mosteller
Originally published by The International Herald Tribune, May 18, 2008
Like many other young couples, Aimee and Jeff Harris spent the first years of their marriage eagerly accumulating stuff: cars, furniture, clothes, appliances and, after a son and a daughter came along, toys, toys, toys.
Now they are trying to get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Author Urges &#8216;Simplicity&#8217; to Help Combat Global Warming</title>
		<link>http://voluntarysimplicity.org.uk/articles/author-urges-simplicity-to-help-combat-global-warming</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Perpetual Tourist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author unknown
Published by Energy Resource, February 5, 2008
There&#8217;s urgency in Duane Elgin&#8217;s words as the well-known author of books on spiritual growth and environmental consciousness balances his innate optimism with the cold, hard facts of climate change.
Double-parked on the horizon, Elgin advises, is &#8220;the perfect storm of a world systems crisis.&#8221; He&#8217;s not talking about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A simpler, happier life</title>
		<link>http://voluntarysimplicity.org.uk/articles/a-simpler-happier-life</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2007 16:31:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Perpetual Tourist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Niki Sullivan
Originally published by News Tribune (Tacoma, WA), July 29, 2007
Lauree and Logan Dillard exchanged vows last summer on a cliff overlooking the Wisconsin River.
Her white strapless dress was elegant, and her ring was exactly what she wanted. Their pictures show a couple glowing with happiness.
But when the Dillards, who have lived in Tacoma [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It Might Pay to Follow Your Bliss</title>
		<link>http://voluntarysimplicity.org.uk/articles/it-might-pay-to-follow-your-bliss</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2007 16:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Perpetual Tourist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[M.P. Dunleavey
Originally published by The New York Times, June 16, 2007
Remember the fable about the ant and the grasshopper? The ant works hard all summer, socking away provisions for the winter; the grasshopper frolics away each day. The ant warns the grasshopper that he’s being hedonistic and short-sighted. The grasshopper ignores the ant, and continues [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to spot retirement hogwash</title>
		<link>http://voluntarysimplicity.org.uk/articles/how-to-spot-retirement-hogwash</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:13:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Perpetual Tourist</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Retirement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Or, what the retirement industry doesn&#8217;t want you to know
By Robert Powell
Originally published by MarketWatch, June 13, 2007
Some call it hogwash. Others call it B.S. No matter what it&#8217;s called, those on the verge or already in retirement need to be on the lookout for it. Older Americans must have their &#8220;detector&#8221; up when it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Simpler lifestyle involves striving for self-sufficiency</title>
		<link>http://voluntarysimplicity.org.uk/articles/simpler-lifestyle-involves-striving-for-self-sufficiency</link>
		<comments>http://voluntarysimplicity.org.uk/articles/simpler-lifestyle-involves-striving-for-self-sufficiency#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Sep 2006 17:18:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Perpetual Tourist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jim McGuinness
Originally posted by Times News Kingport, September 24, 2006
In 2000, Sam Jones was the epitome of corporate success. A computer programmer and helpdesk manager in Columbus, Ohio, the mother of four daughters had nearly everything she could want in her professional career. The only thing lacking was a sense of fulfillment.
&#8220;It wasn&#8217;t a midlife [...]]]></description>
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