The quest for the simple life is one that has been undertaken by many throughout America’s history. However, in the age of consumption and global warming, we can see that the traditional ways that ...

Remember when “making it” meant a six-bedroom colonial with a three-car garage and a lawn you needed a riding mower for? Yeah… that version of the American Dream is getting a serious makeover. From ...

If the simple living idea remains largely individualistic, it will not only be irrelevant to most Americans — in the end it will disappear under the influence of the dominant forces in American life.

Forget the twinkle of big city lights — Gen Zers are moving to a home on the range. The youngest generation of adults is moving to the Great Plains and mountain West to seek out lower costs and ...

Walking through the courtyard near the carousel at Dan Nicholas Park on Saturday could have made you feel like you were traveling back in time. Alongside the modern displays were some old-timey ...

Readers of the lifestyle blog Simpler Living regularly get a new question to answer. A selection of their comments appears here on Sundays, and one reader (chosen at random) wins a new book. • The ...

Downsizing is supposed to make life easier. Less space, fewer bills, simpler living-that's the dream. But what a lot of people don't realize is that moving into a smaller house doesn't automatically ...

Each Monday, readers of the lifestyle blog Simpler Living get a new question to answer. A selection of their comments appears here on Sundays, and one reader (chosen at random) wins a new book. The ...

Many times, simple is hard. That’s especially true when we talk about overspending on stuff, which can lead to debt and stress. It’s easy to say you’d like to simplify your life and buy less. But how ...

One cornerstone of Lifeonaire founder and author Steve Cook’s path to prosperity is cutting life down to the basics. By cutting out the things we don’t need — the giant mortgage, the shiny new cars, ...

A desire to inform people about simple living drove Sturgis residents Michelle Grosek and Scottie Bruch to start the magazine idea. A goal of being green and not wasting paper drove them to the ...