In 2007, three expatriates based in Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, shared some concerns: how can we ‘live simply’ when we lead such privileged lives? We, a Quaker, a Baha’i and a Hindu, were painfully aware of the contradictions and compromises within our own lives in terms of care of the environment and sustainability. We also struggled with issues around equality and justice, and wanted to explore these concerns with others in a constructive, non-judgmental way.

We hoped to learn how others were able to live more simply; from those fortunate in having such a choice and from those for whom ‘simple living’ in a material sense was imposed. To us simplicity had a spiritual dimension too. And so a discussion group, ‘Living Simply’, was born.

We were all seekers, and also shared a concern about the negative effects of affluence and pollution on people and the environment.

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