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Less is more : embracing simplicity for a healthy planet, a caring economy and lasting happiness / Cecile Andrews, Wanda Urbanska.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Andrews, Cecile.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Simplicity.
- Conduct of life.
- Sustainable living.
- Social values.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Gabriola Island, B.C. : New Society Publishers, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Less stuff, less stress - more freedom, more joy.
- Contents:
- Front Cover; Advance Praise; Title Page; Rights Page; Dedication Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Part One: Simplicity Defined; Introduction; Simple Living: Lessons from the World of Television; Voluntary Simplicity: Cool Lifestyle for a Hot Planet; Graceful Living; A Scientific Approach to Voluntary Simplicity; Finding Real Wealth: Twice the Value for Half the Resources; Religion and the Earth; The Circle of Simplicity; Like Corn in the Night: Reclaiming a Sense of Time; Simplicity, Simply Put; Enroute to Eldertown: Where Fast Lanes Turn into Pastures and Meadows
- Part Two: SolutionsIntroduction; Simplicity Isn't "Voluntary" Any More; The Lagom Solution; Creating a Life You Love; Taking Back Family Life from Overscheduling; Why I Farm; Why People of Faith Must Care for the Planet; Nearing Enough; Culture as a Guidepost for a Balanced Life; "...and All the Trees of the Field Will Clap Their Hands"; Decluttering; Wabi-Sabi Time; Changing the World One Block at a Time; The Real Wealth of Neighborhoods; The Speed Trap; Creating the Educational Foundations for Change; Part Three: Policies; Introduction; A Mature Economy; Why Isn't This Empire Sustainable?
- Radical SustainabilityDownshifting to a Carbon-friendly Economy; What's the Economy for, Anyway?; We Are Hard-wired to Care and Connect; Afterword; Notes; Index; About the Editors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-260) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-74661-8
- 9786612746611
- 1-55092-431-1
- OCLC:
- 607912145
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