VSC closes after 6 years

The NYC VS circle that met on the 2d Thursday of the month (at Community Church) has discontinued meeting as of April 9, 2009.

Beginning in 2003, the voluntary simplicity circle that spawned this blog has been a reservoir of resources provided by all who joined in. My deepest thanks to all who made it possible. It was a place for personal transformation to begin again in matters that related to simplicity. There are many people in New York City that are interested and occasionally a circle opens up or seminars are held. If you hear of one, feel free to post info on it. We will keep this blog open. It has great resources for everyone.

We simplify our lives so that we can live more of the lives we want to live, deep down. That doesn’t end here; it is in constant renewal. We'll soon open a item on where we all go to continue to explore this vast topic. Please participate online.

Voluntary Simplicity Circle Thursday – Apr. 9, 2009 – Ecological Simplicity

When: April 9th, 2009 - 7 pm to 9 pm
Where: 28 East 35th Street (between Park and Madison Ave. - red door, ring the bell for the gallery) in Manhattan
Cost: Free
Who: open to all interested persons.

What is a voluntary simplicity circle? In our voluntary simplicity circle, we help each other work toward personal transformation and make better connections to community resources through this interactive dialog. The objective is to provide a supportive environment for individuals who are actively making changes in their lives, within the framework of voluntary simplicity.

This year, we are going to be going through Duane Elgin’s list of different types of simplicity.

On April 9th, we are going to talk about Ecological Simplicity:

Ecological Simplicity: Simplicity means to choose ways of living that touch the Earth more lightly and that reduce our ecological impact. This life-path remembers our deep roots in the natural world. It encourages us to connect with nature, the seasons, and the cosmos. A natural simplicity feels a deep reverence for the community of life on Earth and accepts that the non-human realms of plants and animals have their dignity and rights as well the human.