Harvest Series Elegant Simplicity: Time, True Wealth, and Living as Nature with Satish Kumar
This episode marks Rose Claverie’s second conversation with Satish Kumar for the Harvest series.
Following their first interview on courage, they reunite to explore a question that feels especially meaningful at the beginning of a new year: how can we live a simpler life?
In this gentle and deeply inspiring dialogue, Satish Kumar shares his timeless wisdom on simplicity, inner clarity, and living in alignment with what truly matters, a beautiful way to open the year with intention and perspective.
The official website for the Satish Kumar Foundation, the charity set up to continue Satish Kumar’s legacy and support initiatives like Schumacher College.
Chapters
00:00 – Welcome to Harvest
00:29 – Why simplicity matters today
01:50 – Living in a world of inequality
02:30 – Time, possessions, and lost joy
03:40 – Cities, speed, and the coffee example
05:00 – “I am the CEO of my life”
06:35 – Elegant Simplicity and real wealth
07:35 – Sustainability and nature’s economy
09:25 – Abundance vs greed
10:50 – The BUD principle: Beautiful, Useful, Durable
12:00 – Contentment and sufficiency
13:55 – Climate change and root causes
15:50 – Why change must come from citizens
17:50 – Education of head, heart, and hands
21:55 – We are nature, not separate from it
23:15 – Closing reflections
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Credits:
- Sound editing by: @lesbellesfrequences
- Technician in Kaplankaya: Joel Moriasi
- Music by: Chambord
- Artwork by: Davide d'Antonio
Harvest Series is produced in partnership with Athena Advisers and Capital Partners
Harvest Series Founders: Burak Öymen and Roman Carel