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All 71 Technical Papers on  different DIY simple living topics are now available as free PDF downloads from ASPI Publications!

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Simple Living Blog

ASPI updates, meditations, and resources for mindfulness & simple living
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Read our latest blog posts:
  • Thankful Ever & Always 12/4/2024
  • Happy, Thankful, & Giving 11/23/23
  • Grateful for 45 Years of Service & Support 11/30/2022
  • Thanks for Giving Again 12/2/2021
  • Continued Gratitude (Even in 2020) 11/11/20
  • Fall Reflections & Gratitude 11/6/2019
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2024 Simple Lifestyle Calendars

Thank you to our supporters who make the annual Simple Lifestyles Calendar a possibility!

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Service Learning

Appalachian Immersion Studies and Service Learning programs for high school and college students
Gannon University Service Learning students sitting on the wooden footbridge they helped build in the Berea College forest
Gannon University Service Learning group after completing a footbridge in the Berea College Forest at Indian Fort Theatre (May 12, 2021)
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Rockcastle River
Wilderness Site

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Ginseng & Wild Edibles Workshops, Sustainable Living Demonstrations, Hiking, Camping, Field Trips & More!
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Preserving Appalachian
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Folkways demonstration, documentation, & preservation, including oral history interviews, ethical & technical field training; & regional networking
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2025 Simple Living Calendar is HERE!
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2022 Simple Living Calendar cover image of hibernating frog

DONATIONS IN MEMORY OF ASPI's FOUNDER FATHER AL FRITSCH
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DONATIONS IN MEMORY OF SYLVESTER "SYL" YUNKER

Gratitude for Support From:
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Kentucky Arts Council Creative Aging Grant & Kentucky Peer Advisory Network (KPAN) Accessibility Consultancy

Mountain Association Strategic Planning Consultancy

SPARK (Small nonprofit Peers Accelerating Rural (Eastern) Kentucky)

10 Percent Commitment Fund Grant from Epiphany Catholic Church

2022 Appalachian Community Fund Technical Assistance Grant

2022 Good Foods Charitable Foundation Grant

Ralph Nader's List of "Worthy Organizations" for Year-End Giving

2021 Neighborhood Grant from the Starbucks Foundation


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ASPI is officially certified by the Kentucky Proud Program and Appalachia Proud Program (Member #6887) sponsored by the Kentucky Department of Agriculture.
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