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NATIONAL CONFERENCE LAUNCHES SIMPLE LIVING AMERICA AND THIRD SEASON OF SIMPLE LIVING WITH WANDA URBANSKA

LEAVENWORTH, WA, September 19, 2006 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Legendary Sleeping Lady Mountain Retreat in Leavenworth, WA is hosting a national conference on Nov. 3-5, 2006 titled "Simple Living and the Rekindling of Public Life: Sustainable Business, Local Community and the Common Good."

According to Global Consumer Trends 2006 report, the quest for simplicity and authenticity is a megatrend with significant impact. The conference will explore how we can work for the well-being of people and the planet, limit our use of oil, and address global warming by reducing our consumerism, slowing down, limiting our work hours, supporting local and sustainable businesses, and rekindling local community activism.

The conference launches Simple Living America as the first nationwide nonprofit membership organization for the public centered on simplicity. It also initiates the third season of the popular Simple Living with Wanda Urbanska national public television series. In its second season, the series appeared on 64 PBS stations reaching 67% of USTV households, including a special with Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter.

Conference keynoters include actor Ed Begley, Jr. and television host Wanda Urbanska.

Other speakers include:
  • John de Graaf, Affluenza and Take Back Your Time Handbook
  • Cecile Andrews, The Circle of Simplicity and Slow is Beautiful
  • Frank Levering, director/co-producer Simple Living with Wanda Urbanska
  • Al Runte, Public Lands, Public Heritage: The National Forest Idea
  • Carol Holst, Simple Living America
  • Harriet Bullitt, Sleeping Lady Mountain Retreat
  • Wenda O'Reilly, Birdcage Press
  • Dave Wampler, The Simple Living Network
  • Paul Andrews, Green for Good
  • Myra Strober, Stanford University economist
  • Stan King, The Simplicity Forum
  • Brett Olson and Jan Joannides, Renewing the Countryside
  • John Wear, Jr., Catawba College Center for the Environment
  • Sam Ruark, Sustainable Communities Consulting
  • Gina Ciganik, Central Community Housing Trust
The conference will also be just in time for the release of Cecile Andrews' new book, Slow is Beautiful: New Visions of Community, Leisure, and Joie de Vivre this fall from New Society Publishers. Interviews with any of the conference speakers can be arranged.

CONTACT:
Carol Holst, Co-Director
Simple Living America
1-877-UNSTUFF
carol@simplelivingamerica.org
www.simplelivingamerica.org

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