Living sustainably : what intentional communities can teach us about democracy, simplicity, and nonviolence / A. Whitney Sanford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sanford, A. Whitney, author.

Series:

Culture of the land.

Culture of the Land

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Collective settlements--United States.

Collective settlements.

Therapeutic communities.

Environmental ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 pages) : illustrations, photographs.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2017.

Summary:

Intentional residential communities across the US are seeking the freedom to craft their own societies. A. Whitney Sanford has visited ecovillages, cohousing communities, and Catholic worker houses and farms where individuals are striving to 'be the change they wish to see in the world'. In this book, she reveals the solutions that these communities have devised for sustainable living.

Contents:

Front Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

List of Illustrations

Introduction

Chapter 1. Examining Change

Chapter 2. Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

Chapter 3. Choosing a Life

Chapter 4. Creating Cultures

Chapter 5. Asking What's for Dinner

Chapter 6. Sustainability in Community

Chapter 7. Rethinking Abundance

Chapter 8. Extreme DIY for Interdependence

Chapter 9. Bringing It Home

Acknowledgments

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Series Page.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 5, 2017).

ISBN:

0-8131-6865-1

0-8131-6895-3

0-8131-6864-3