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You are, of course, welcome to buy books if you want - here's what I do.

1. Check to see if my library has it. Even if your library doesn't have the book, they are very likely networked with other libraries and can get it for you.
2. If a friend reccommended the book, I ask if I can borrow it.
3. Try to find it cheap used. I check Half.com and Amazon's Marketplace. (These sites have loads of cheap new copies too.)
4. If none of the above, I buy the thing. The books are linked to Amazon.com

Yep, not an the instant gratification method of going to the bookstore and buying the thing. But it is cheap, uses fewer resources, and won't collect dust later. And I'm not a book collector. Some folks really like to build their libraries. I defer to the public ones.

Happy browsing, reading and learning!

The Complete Tightwad Gazette by Amy Dacyczyn "Promoting Thrift as a Viable Alternative Lifestyle" Mrs. Dacyczyn pinches her pennies until they bruise. This is the compendium of her three volumes in one, with hundreds of tips on how her and her husband bought a house and raised six children on one income.

Everyday Sacred : A Woman's Journey Home by Sue Bender This book was one of the inspirations for this project. Bender wrote Plain and Simple : A Journey to the Amish. This book followed it, when she saw that she had a lot more to learn about simplifying. Bowls are a focus in the book, from a Buddhist begging bowl to one artist's enamel bowl that became her model. A very anecdotal book, it's easy to read in snippets.

In Context edited by Robert Gilman "A Quarterly of Humane Sustainable Culture" I haven't had a chance to read much more than the introduction of this site, but it has loads of archived articles on a variety of subjects.

One Bowl: A Guide to Eating for Body and Spirit by Don Gerrard This book is not really a diet, more of a methodology to help you get more in touch with eating and your body. I'm trying it myself, since I hardly take time to eat and eat right. It involves eating out of a single bowl, as the title says, but the details around that simple premise should help the reader be more thoughtful about their relationship to food.

The Simple Living Network "Tools, Examples & Contacts For Conscious, Simple, Healthy & Restorative Living" A great place to start if you're keen on trying something like this. I've just started dabbling in the forums and I like what I see. Plus, I dig that the homepage boasts. "Celebrating Nine Paperless Years"

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