With shared meals which we take turns preparing, bulk food buying, and onsite organic gardens, we have lowered our food cost, we eat out less often, and we eat a more healthy diet. We frequently share rides with our neighbors at Songaia, enabling us to use the car pool lanes and decrease the impact of automobile use.

Although each household at Songaia makes their own lifestyle choices, we feel little pressure to consume beyond our basic needs. We are supported in our choice of a life centered on gratitude and human connection rather than on possessions and achievement.