Subject: Summer FJV Resource Letter
From: "JVC Northwest" <[email-masked]>
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Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:41:32 -0400 (EDT)

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The value of Simple Living
JVC Northwest

In This Issue

FJV Reflection questions
An FJV shares his reflection

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Note-worthy resources

simple living logo [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=hnfexkcab&et=1105772499117&s=2154&e=001HGRIc2aVjb9Fg3ogs4cBk8M58tCzdSA_PqJGNCOvDwKI2ENycGWErsYP0Va70V1upn7cCpgsegVktykgobks7O-Gk5W3jPhwVqbzY4uwNhGsm9QZqd8ZRYtgW8a8GKYLb-JciZuNJuGbvuCq5TJ84hEWQiaTdcOphug1d5Pu_yhIzJhq5SBqYJcioApFKWIX]

The Art of Simple Living [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=hnfexkcab&et=1105772499117&s=2154&e=001HGRIc2aVjb_brGpD0aC4jfFOT5q7vOfqDVXDDgDv3uIJ2o1Yc58VnyLxcj_TexUDOW0EChwdNdDHo84aXPsLH-885GCQ9raBK_A8_ejdbbwiC1AbkKk-RRbKmv3LZEPY2Ilf7bmFEh2jJVKSoxVLkR4SouDP03FhiDKSXi-PaB2VXwHf1ccnvbyZmJTUGYwIqnX9f_hvwdEFb2QE3RIZug==]
a summary of voluntary simplicity

zenhabits.net [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=hnfexkcab&et=1105772499117&s=2154&e=001HGRIc2aVjb9Fg3ogs4cBk8M58tCzdSA_PqJGNCOvDwKI2ENycGWErsYP0Va70V1upn7cCpgsegVktykgobks7O-Gk5W3jPhwVqbzY4uwNhGsm9QZqd8ZRYtgW8a8GKYLb-JciZuNJuGbvuCq5TJ84hEWQiaTdcOphug1d5Pu_yhIzJhq5SBqYJcioApFKWIX]
72 ways to simplify your life

happysimpleliving.com [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=hnfexkcab&et=1105772499117&s=2154&e=001HGRIc2aVjb-N-KXEDM9CJ5mmXirEf3rj7_KwEyzpV24DcXtRunl-FR95eWcxIs7TBaeio-hvLsn3WFLt590FnAAwfUB02lU9DTJhdPT59yxFB4XZUDaPk242t1cWkkBA]
A blog on simple living with food, financial and other practical advice.
notbuyinganything.blogspot.com [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=hnfexkcab&et=1105772499117&s=2154&e=001HGRIc2aVjb9b0xXCrGlh-tXXRZVhjikEI8pJcAbOYw6BbtSxiL4FPBMqNZvBMPoe86cKH2eYaGTW6tNfkUfs_SUagwEUvnC6GOd-bg9ysx_-4zS7zUh1cZOlZ0igVWurlvMQNeZGCmCcRjvD22ijhalbZq6efavvdtwnPmPGXZcsbLKZnsKaZmwisgB7mMwN]
Reuse resources:
recycling-revolution.com [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=hnfexkcab&et=1105772499117&s=2154&e=001HGRIc2aVjb9awgL_CHSflf_nj28jU1a0d7Tf34JwhQyi1EiznRCUzEt2_5GMGYM8-sYYdpCM8kaoABP4UD_wBvL4rcmtvxKttBhB_kbx_aWlV-3rGW2-AbEGYtp5zuP_lseT9Lobz2gKRCr2CtAXUcMc0Yl83KWI]
re.nest.com [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=hnfexkcab&et=1105772499117&s=2154&e=001HGRIc2aVjb-SKne25q10GWuxi_IJ_spHe1f6kHbPrgQoKPGJlqA5lhIrik1zs_iM9E90fkgFKAKne4SsX5qhAhXGmFZwLD1TKiF9gBjjQrUc6eDCiQtlHzpQL980S7SqcWeN_Q7gJLuvFOmLqhBJWs-g7NSVggJl97JmPcb233OpYONgFhjtgD8JMSrfdDbnCtf00bWXzdnwK05TmTKww9B3IPAuzbeqxO1ONkpugLI=]
Resources for further reading [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=hnfexkcab&et=1105772499117&s=2154&e=001HGRIc2aVjb8D5cvyrbjMRc3JEJevst6M9UwJ6IK1GTupRIvhZObzODlvPP3LN7ZmYdBaqeGjuUok-yHJonPeh0xTpYQ7FNaAEqVAj5peNoy60E1DXhicyxkxSQq7Efu311UeR6jG85A=]
newdream.org [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=hnfexkcab&et=1105772499117&s=2154&e=001HGRIc2aVjb8WBiuQd5k8HzeOU6Lxe0KaSntfZmR6DLMfkXgWRC9ASuNPXT-RsqEggYj1pNwWsl3TtZWo7gOnOVAeGa0qnAycy1yMs-gjAgEaNuqIRGAKsg==]
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Simple Recipes

Favorite recipes of the FJV community:

Yum Sauce [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=hnfexkcab&et=1105772499117&s=2154&e=001HGRIc2aVjb_dCldgvRPGAjvAXs3IdXzbUttOoanom_Xs62gqSqD-bzp5-T-X0nF5cPaXb7W49dwlK6U9YHNqUwo-PAT66xbODnvVQCBD2JgKO4968RdHpiC04J1Cm0BWvK4YwCkDJA6llbvpoLoo42h_GfoBohExbFvas2PIECmT1rkk99HHrVnHG_Ql913WfB8u2GMKKE0=]

recipe from Liz Coz (Seattle, WA '08-10)

Check out this page [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=hnfexkcab&et=1105772499117&s=2154&e=001HGRIc2aVjb9BZerpJssSQfzbCtqKhRPrtBhbJGPF6VUR6OmXCXfPUF79IRjIUHLxeM4QWcXUC-y6x1B5sO8chu0IfF5b-q9vWJUuj_g4UA2uqVTkmguUMZ5XLml4DKK8jEgWG0Me_drRv9toD6EOrnJPY-iy10RQ3GDdKEC57Un_mNcNMYo29enql6jAOyeFQ40e_HmocjA=]
for other recipe ideas from these FJVs:

Anthony Bonazzo (Sitka, AK '00-01) Greg Vukelic (Sitka, AK '09-10) Kevin Thomsen
 (Hays, MT '84-85) Marsha Smith (Omak, WA '71-73) Sandi Suilmann (Omak, WA '75-77)
Jackie Devereaux Semmens (Spokane, WA '08-09, Missoula, MT '09-10)
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Share your favorites

Do you have a favorite resource for living simply?  Share it with us at [email-masked]
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Thanks!

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It
 takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction."

- E.F. Schumacher
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Brought to you by the Portland FJV advisory committee
Summer 2011
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The JVC Northwest covenant reads: Honoring simplicity enables us to value relationships
over objects, and self reflection over status.  Simplicity is an emptying of the
 self for the sake of personal, communal, and environmental transformation.  When
our lives are free of an excess of activity and material possessions, our view of
the world and of ourselves is clarified.  We are better able to attend to our deepest
self, our community, and people who are marginalized.
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An invitation to reflect

* How did you and your community live out this value during your JV year?  Are there
practices you have continued beyond your JV year?  Anything you would like to recommit
to?

* Can you relate your lifestyle choices to social or ecological justice issues? 
 Spirituality?  Community?

* Listen to a podcast [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=hnfexkcab&et=1105772499117&s=2154&e=001HGRIc2aVjb9khXhi1Jo3h0CBW7CxCTyRlfQuSay2ltg5Ek51vWy9Y8vGjiwyPQdATtgNmWva6pwdg_pZKIRKNW9G600TVD8G80CncFVPvI3LfhycrdpJaEEUXkT_lkeMjuXgAQlEYt9not_FC0rblCJRh8tEiI_c0MeE2FtLGzU=]
on the idea of leading an examined life in our use of technology like cell phones
and Facebook.  How does your use of technology add meaning to your life?  How does
is distract you?
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Former JV reflections

Pat Minick (Juneau, AK '93-94) shares his reflection on simplicity:

I was a JV in Juneau in 1993-94. We were the last community in Juneau not to have
a CD player in the house. The next year somebody brought a CD player and I found
 myself saying something like, "Well, I guess they've given up any idea of trying
to live simply." read more [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=hnfexkcab&et=1105772499117&s=2154&e=001HGRIc2aVjb82F-FhP4iozFXZXeIfyZ72cs2i-xgna7yGyl7mX7Rg7MfI93799rGUcMeC6F5DE1cmuYBFhceF2guJDC4WBJisOdeD2iFKTvB9IZV9W5cu7yCBWDcTIL2fsikV3vWvrxSnY2VB31gYq72XscSc8Z0Mnt7jF498_O-2WOteUBuXLqwmv7J2Q0Q4kqSrMfXZt7Q=]
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Simple living challenges

The following is a list of simple living challenges done by JVs this year! All of
these challenges were followed by reflection and discussion about each person's 
experience of the challenge.  Maybe you can challenge yourself to try a few:

* three days of silence
* TV-free month
* cell phone-free week
* weekly energy fast night
* sleep on the floor week
* Northwest Earth Institute [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=hnfexkcab&et=1105772499117&s=2154&e=001HGRIc2aVjb8Tl5HzPNV2ENO4rCtARrVFOduBu5EsfHMgkpYLIIWxjexHhsrUkEICMIWzT_LRwVCQugJSzS6rpQUTNrQGWTQTnRMdcESVNLk=]
discussion course
* rice and beans week
* eat out of your cupboards week
* no spending week
* no technology/no TV Thursdays
* while you are waiting for the water to heat for your shower, let the cold water
run into a 5-gallon bucket; then water the plants with the water collected in the
bucket
* use a shower timer to take a 5-minute shower
* use public transportation
* create intentional 1:1 time with each person who lives in your house
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