Downshifting

Hugh Sawyer is an Oxford law graduate. He wears a Gieves & Hawkes suit and works at Sotheby's, London. He also lives in a ditch. He plans to live in his ditch in the woods for a year to prove that we don't need all of the expensive daily comforts we've come to depend on. Here's his blog.

It's a new movement called downshifting. Wanna jump on board? Here's a few starting tips they recommend: cut up a credit card, eliminate three non-essential purchases this week, plant something in the garden you can eat.