How to enjoy life more while spending less. Includes a 23-page resource list. 100 Ways to Make Family Life Easier and More Fun , by Elaine St. James. Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television , by Jerry Mander. One way you can simplify your life is to cut back or stop watching TV, which is exactly what former adman Jerry Mander advocates in his 1978 book.
TV is popular, powerful, and here to stay.
But it does have some drawbacks, which this book should fill you in on. Alternatives for Simple Living , a Christian organization advocating voluntary simplicity, offers some good books on voluntary simplicity. Affluenza and Escape from Affluenza , based on the 2 PBS specials on voluntary simplicity, provide additional information and resources on voluntary simplicity, as does Earth Friendly Living . Ecological Living Out of print. A Guide to Self-Reliant Living in the 80's , by John Lobell, published in 1981 by Shambhala, is an excellent book.