To consciously evolve, we require clear vision of a compassionate future that draws out our enthusiastic participation in life.

The essence of voluntary simplicity is living in a way what is outwardly simple and inwardly rich.

An elegant simplicity is an understated, organic aesthetic that contrasts with the excess of consumerist lifestyles. Drawing from influences ranging from Zen to the Quakers, it celebrates natural materials and clean, functional expressions, such as are found in many of the hand-made arts and crafts from this community.

We live almost completely immersed in a socially constructed reality that so fully absorbs our energy and attention that virtually none remains to experience the wonder of our existence.

The character of a whole society is the cumulative result of the countless small actions, day in and day out, of millions of persons. Who we are as a society, is the synergistic accumulation of who we are as individuals... Small changes that seem insignificant in isolation can be great contributions when they are simultaneously undertaken by many others.

It seems to me that inner growth is the whole moving force behind voluntary simplicity.

We are the leaders that we have been waiting for. We are the social innovators and entrepreneurs that we have been seeking.