Week of March 30th
Welcome to the first Simple Living News Update! Every Monday, the news update will include links to stories about small living, money management, travel and more.
If you are interested in submitting a link to the news update please contact me.
Small Living
- Second Issue of the Small Living Journal: Downsizing
- Amazing house on wheels for sale
- 5×8 Tiny Market House – Free Plans – Perfect for a traveling artisan!
- Guest Post: Simpler Living – Less really is more
- Steph over at Coming Unmoored has an awesome Friday round-up of tiny home in the news. Click here to learn more.
Travel
- Want to travel across the country and live in a van or RV? Check out Lives in a Van for tips.
- R.E.A.C.H. Earthship Community, a pictorial
- Three Years Nomadic
- Read about how to green your travel from Tim Leffel, travel writer
Food
- No-work bread recipe
- Vegetarian Diets Healthy Choice for Young People, Doctors Say
- Simple and Tasty Recipes You Can Make Using Your Homegrown Sprouts
Money Management
- Getting down with the Joneses
- Give me a break! We’re not shopping enough?
- Buying ethically vs frugality?
- How Do You Earn Extra Money?
Work
Books
- I blogged about Fresh Food from Small Spaces a few months ago. I still need to read the book, but it looks like peeps are doing really interesting things in small spaces. Check this post from Homegrown: Book excerpt: Fresh Food From Small Spaces – Chapter 6: Growing Fruits and Berries in Your Spare Space
- Radical Simplicity: Small Footprints On A Finite Earth by Jim Merkel
For Fun
- I’m really excited about This Tiny House’s Etsy shop. Check it out!





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Hey, this is great stuff! Thanks for putting together such an excellent list. Lives In A Van… cool link.
And thank you for the shout out
Hey Jessica – thanks for reading the blog. I love your blog! It rocks. Lives in a Van is such a cool site. It made me want to live in a van! LOL. But L, says no.