You can declutter; you can own less then 100 things; you can do less during your day.

All of this can contribute to a minimalist lifestyle, but it does not necessarily reflect a minimalistic worldview.

I think that many of the minimalism micro-movements that can be read about on various blogs and magazines are stopping short; it needs to go beyond lifestyle because indeed mother nature herself is a minimalist!

The message I read is that a minimalist lifestyle is for us, the souls that have been lost to the factory era and its super-consumerism long tail, when indeed it is ultimately the world that needs minimalism.

This is relevant and important, for me-focused minimalism shares that same quality with me-focused consumerism. I think minimalism is a great idea, will be a great lifestyle and needs to be an important worldview.

Update: in the minimalism of veganism, Leo Babauta does a good job of outlining how it fits in his world-view, not just his lifestyle.