. "ur means (do not buy a big house to compete with your neighbor)4- Stay out of debt (anti-consumerism)5- Save your money (a simple living principle)6- He speaks positively about Thoreau and Walden pond (who spent his time building his own home from recycled scraps, growing a garden, writing and studying the beauties and wonder of nature that surrounded him, including local plants, birds, and animals" . . .