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Samuel Alexander

Dr Samuel Alexander is co-director of the Simplicity Institute and a lecturer in ‘’Consumerism and Sustainability’’ at the Office for En- vironmental Programs, University of Melbourne. The Simplicity Institute has recently conducted the largest ever multi-national study of the ‘voluntary simplicity’ movement, and the results are freely available at the website. simplicityinstitute.org
food for thought in Issue #03: Less Is More
Samuel Alexander

The Simple Life Has Benefits For Us All

In recent decades a large body of sociological and psychological research has emerged, which suggests that people living high consumption lifestyles might actually find that it is in their own, immediate self-interest to consume less, irrespective of the moral arguments for reduced consumption. Read more...
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