tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35594660.post8920695170212099894..comments2023-12-24T20:48:11.634+00:00Comments on Opinionated Vicar: Indiana Owen-Jones is back: 'How to Live a Simple Life'David Keenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11872644403415655350noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35594660.post-69736831736164298672010-05-07T22:17:49.970+01:002010-05-07T22:17:49.970+01:00I was looking forward to watching this programme b...I was looking forward to watching this programme by Peter Owen Jones. I hadn't encountered him before and whilst the sentiment is admirable it all seemed very self-indulgent. It just seemed like an enjoyable programme for him to make and the only people to be shortchanged were definitely the parishioners. A bucket of veg in the summer certainly wasn't a good exchange for four organic Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35594660.post-26999517955255851452010-01-25T14:43:42.161+00:002010-01-25T14:43:42.161+00:00Any idea whether POJ's family (isn't he ma...Any idea whether POJ's family (isn't he married/separated(?) with 4 kids?) had to go along with his "simple life"? If so, it will be interesting to see how teenagers cope with the idea of living with less - their addictions to money and all that it now provides in their lives in really quite scary compared with my own childhood in the 1970s.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35594660.post-43127649863939786422010-01-23T09:07:38.076+00:002010-01-23T09:07:38.076+00:00While I would agree with living as simple a life a...While I would agree with living as simple a life as you can, I'm not too sure about the 2 Earths idea. If you go back into history the world's population consumed much less but the earth produced much less so the 2 Earths issue probably applied there too.<br /><br />So one solution is for us to consume less, the other solution is for us to produce more. There's enough energy and Andy DMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03762009221456303236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35594660.post-12661486334115079272010-01-22T18:06:37.921+00:002010-01-22T18:06:37.921+00:00This will be watched in my household for certain!!...This will be watched in my household for certain!!!!I'll keep my eyes open as this is something I had decided to practice more in 2010. Lentils are being cooked in my kitche by a good friend, as I type, a meat free meal tonight!Julie'smusingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10790403340488378333noreply@blogger.com