Comments on: Tim Kasser on ‘The Real Cost of Consumerism’, a talk in Totnes http://transitionculture.org/2010/02/24/tim-kasser-on-the-real-cost-of-consumerism-a-talk-in-totnes/ An Evolving Exploration into the Head, Heart and Hands of Energy Descent Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:42:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Paula Kovacs http://transitionculture.org/2010/02/24/tim-kasser-on-the-real-cost-of-consumerism-a-talk-in-totnes/comment-page-1/#comment-66760 Paula Kovacs Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:12:26 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/?p=3344#comment-66760 I like the idea of simplicity circles - a kind of mutual peer support group for those wanting to downsize. I see overlaps with the Heart and Soul groups. Maybe it could be incorporated ( poor choice of words in this context -'embraced' might be more appropriate)– ‘Heart, Soul and Simplicity’? I like the idea of simplicity circles – a kind of mutual peer support group for those wanting to downsize. I see overlaps with the Heart and Soul groups. Maybe it could be incorporated ( poor choice of words in this context -’embraced’ might be more appropriate)– ‘Heart, Soul and Simplicity’?

]]> By: glenn http://transitionculture.org/2010/02/24/tim-kasser-on-the-real-cost-of-consumerism-a-talk-in-totnes/comment-page-1/#comment-66759 glenn Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:23:49 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/?p=3344#comment-66759 "Now I will tell you a parable," Buddha said. "Once there lived a wealthy man whose house caught on fire. The man was away from home and when he came back, he found that his children were so absorbed in play, had not noticed the fire and were still inside the house. The father screamed, 'Get out, children! Come out of the house! Hurry!' But the children did not heed him. "The anxious father shouted again. 'Children, I have some wonderful toys here; come out of the house and get them!' Heeding his cry this time, the children ran out of the burning house." The world is the burning house.Sustainability is the wonderful toy “Now I will tell you a parable,” Buddha said. “Once there lived a wealthy man whose house caught on fire. The man was away from home and when he came back, he found that his children were so absorbed in play, had not noticed the fire and were still inside the house. The father screamed, ‘Get out, children! Come out of the house! Hurry!’ But the children did not heed him.

“The anxious father shouted again. ‘Children, I have some wonderful toys here; come out of the house and get them!’ Heeding his cry this time, the children ran out of the burning house.”

The world is the burning house.Sustainability is the wonderful toy

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