From 1995 through 2002 we were spokespersons and advocates for simpler and more sustainable ways of living in a wide variety of venues. From bookstores, university campuses, churches, hospitals, libraries, community centers, special conferences and workshops we “stumped” for simplicity.

In addition, we were interviewed about simplicity and Getting a Life scores of times by print, radio and television media including CNN and The New York Times.

After a good long run, at the end of 2002 we “retired” from live speaking engagements. We decided that it was time for a new generation to “pick up the torch” of simplicity promotion. We believe in Simple Living and the Your Money or Your Life program as strongly as ever and still practice the concepts in our own lives. And we still talk informally about them almost every day with people we meet, in groups we belong to and on the Web. We’re just not “going public” anymore.

This website is the new platform for our work.

For those of you interested in our “stump speech” for simplicity and sustainability, here’s a link to the text of one of our last gigs in 2002 at the Northlake Unitarian Church in Kirkland, WA. Northlake Unitarian Sermon

David's May 2005 talk at the Interfaith Community Church: Seeing What We Don't Want to See