Uploaded November 2015 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Ted Trainer is a writer and academic who advocates living simply and economic degrowth. This is the full interview we shot with him for our film "A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity". We can only ever fit in a few minutes' worth of the amazing interviews we get to shoot, so here's the whole thing for people who want to get into the nitty-gritty!

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Watch the full film "A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity" at: youtube.com/watch?v=XUwLAvfBCzw
Ted Trainer's website: thesimplerway.info
Simplicity Institute: simplicityinstitute.org

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