The term simple living is generally used to refer to a voluntarily chosen way of life that is significantly less frenetic, and significantly less focused on "getting and spending," than life in the mainstream. Simple living traditions...

Simple living (or voluntary simplicity) is a lifestyle in which individuals consciously choose to minimize the 'more-is-better' pursuit of wealth and consumption. Adherents choose simple living for a variety of reasons, including spirituality, health,...

SANDY COHEN, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 04-16-2007 Simple lives? These two? By SANDY COHEN, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Date: 04-16-2007, Monday Section: THE MIX Edtion: All Editions Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie are famous for having fun. The...

It is early morning, but the clock that this woman watches so dutifully all year is unimportant here. The tide is what matters. And mussel beds do not stay open 24 hours a day. So she is up and dressed for success in...

When it comes to "living green," I suspect that I'm a lot like most Americans -- a walking bundle of contradictions. I do a pretty good job in some areas and fall down badly in others. My environmental report card would contain mostly B's and...

Henry David Thoreau made his third and final trip to Maine's North Woods 150 years ago, traveling waterways and forests that shaped so many of his ideas about nature.A nonprofit group on Monday unveiled what it calls the Thoreau-Wabanaki Trail to pay tribute to Thoreau...