transformation | Generous Frugality

sprouting hope

Sowing seeds gives me so much hope. I love knowing the family plants are from by the similarity of their seeds. I get excited carefully...

It's funny how the biggest trees or plants aren't usually the most fruitful. My unscientific understanding is that so much energy gets...

I had the classic garden issue this year of forgetting to pay closer attention to my tomatoes. That, plus being away at times, meant that...

I love tramping (hiking). You put everything you need in a backpack, turn off your phone and walk. In New Zealand, after several hours,...

A poorly equipped camping trip recently found us with damp firewood, no kindling, no axe or hatchet to make kindling, no newspaper and...

It's amazing how natural processes of the earth give us metaphors for life. I was in a redwoods forest and learned about how a large tree...

"What the heck am I doing?!" I thought to myself. I was a few hours into a very challenging hike - alone, in the clouds and climbing...

This year and this journey are something of a sabbatical for me - time to rest, disengage (to an extent) from my previous life and to...

brenda wang

Kia ora, I'm brenda, a Canadian transplant living in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Among other things, I've written a book, Generous Frugality: an alternative approach to money, which is based on two questions:

1) What if we measured wealth by how much we give away?

2) What if we're frugal so that we can be generous?

Join me on the journey toward a more just, more generous and more simple life.