About
A family experiment addressing global challenges and personal wellbeing with robust research, real people and practical solutions.
More to a “Good Life” Than Having it All
We’ve created a social experiment, uncovering what it takes to live within planetary boundaries while remaining part of mainstream society. We’re exploring how people are living more fully by consuming less, connecting more deeply, and realigning with purpose. We learning from experts and from lived experiences, how to bring the future we want to live into the present. This means rethinking what we value and creating space for connections, contribution, and change. Check out our blog to follow along.
We are Living More
- Positive Emotion: Practicing deep gratitude and finding awe in our daily lives and beyond
- Engagement: Immersion in the present and making deliberate, considered choices
- Relationships: Making time to care for each other, our friends, family and strangers
- Meaning: Living aligned with our values and giving generously to greater causes
- Accomplishment: Learning and practising skills to build resilience and reduce our impact
- Health: Good food, ample movement, sleep, and time in nature
…With Less
- Stress, speed and screens
- Constant busyness and productivity pressure
- Debt and financial pressure
- Consumption and waste
- Isolation and loneliness
- Assumptions about how we measure success, progress, and happiness
Our Core Messages
We can make a substantial positive difference: Effective giving meaningfully improves the lives of both the giver and receiver. Our family has been giving generously for many years (25% of our income last year). We encourage others to also give what they can, not just as a one off, but as a way of life.
We need to scale back our lives to have a liveable future and doing so brings deeper happiness, peace, resilience, and freedom. We need to be deliberate in our actions to make space for what matters: connection, creativity, contribution, and community. This is not just a nice sentiment, but well documented by research.
Discovering a Different Way
All over the world, individuals, families, and communities are finding new rhythms or rediscovering old. They are growing food together, finding ways of living frugally, repairing and sharing, rethinking education, and building resilience through local knowledge and mutual aid.
We’re seeking out these stories. We’re documenting people and places that reflect the values of Living More With Less: from local volunteers to regenerative farms to urban repair cafés. From world-schooling families to zero-waste communities. We’ll share what we learn through our blog, videos, interviews, and real conversations – amplifying the good that’s already happening.
We believe the best ideas already exist, many very close to home. So before we leave, we’re diving into conversations with those in our own community who are already making change. If you are already part of a family or community focused on living more with less or you relate to the message and have noone close to share it with, we’d love to hear from you. Please get in touch to share your story or collaborate.
