Less is More (eBook)

Embracing Simplicity for a Healthy Planet, a Caring Economy and Lasting Happiness

Cecile Andrews, Wanda Urbanska (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2009
288 Seiten
New Society Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-55092-431-2 (ISBN)

Infos

A life of simplicity that is filled with less stuff, less clutter, less debt, less work brings us more. More time for family, friends, community, spirit, creativity, and civic involvement and a chance for a joyful, satisfying life.

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Less stuff, less stress - more freedom, more joy.

Our obsessive pursuit of wealth isn't working-people are afraid and anxious; we're destroying the planet, undermining happiness, and clinging to an unsustainable economy.

But there's another way. Less can be More. Throughout history wise people have argued that we need to live more simply-that only by limiting outer wealth can we have inner wealth. Less is More is a compelling collection of essays by people who have been writing about Simplicity for decades -including Jim Merkel, Bill McKibben, Duane Elgin, Juliet Schor, Ernest Callenbach, John de Graaf, and more. They bring us a new vision of Less: less stuff, less work, less stress, less debt. A life with Less becomes a life of More: more time, more satisfaction, more balance, more security.

When we have too much, we savor nothing. When we choose less, we regain our life and can think and feel deeply. Ultimately, a life of less connects us with one true source of happiness: being part of a caring community. Less is More shows how to turn individual change into a movement that leads to policy changes in government and corporate behavior, work hours, the wealth gap and sustainability. It will appeal to those who want to take back their lives, their planet and their well-being.

Autor

Cecile Andrews is a community educator, author of Circle of Simplicity, and contributor to several books on living more simply and taking back our time. She has a doctorate from Stanford and teaches at Seattle University. She and her husband are founders of Seattle's Phinney Ecovillage, a neighborhood-based sustainable community. Wanda Urbanska is a Harvard graduate whose life's work has involved living simply. She is the President of Simple Living Company, www.simplelivingtv.net , the producer/host of Simple Living with Wanda Urbanska, and the author of three books on the subject. She lives in Mount Airy, North Carolina.

Inhalt

Acknowledgments
Preface

Part One: Simplicity Defined
Introduction
Cecile Andrews
Simple Living: Lessons from the World of Television
Wanda Urbanska
Voluntary Simplicity: Cool Lifestyle for a Hot Planet
Duane Elgin
Graceful Living
Jerome Segal
A Scientific Approach to Voluntary Simplicity
Tim Kasser and Kirk Warren Brown
Finding Real Wealth: Twice the Value for Half the Resources
Dave Wann
Religion and the Earth
Rev. Canon Sally Bingham
The Circle of Simplicity
Cecile Andrews
Like Corn in the Night: Reclaiming a Sense of Time
Rebecca Kneale Gould
Simplicity, Simply Put
Tom Turnipseed
Enroute to Eldertown: Where Fast Lanes Turn into Pastures and Meadows
Theodore Roszak

Part Two: Solutions
Introduction
Cecile Andrews
Simplicity Isn't "Voluntary" Any More
Ernest Callenbach
The Lagom Solution
Alan AtKisson
Creating a Life You Love
Wanda Muszynski
Taking Back Family Life from Overscheduling
William J. Doherty
Why I Farm
Bryan Welch
Why People of Faith Must Care for the Planet
Matthew Sleeth
Nearing Enough
Linnea Johnson
Culture as a Guidepost for a Balanced Life
Cathy O'Keefe
"...and All the Trees of the Field Will Clap Their Hands"
Michael Schut
Decluttering
Sarah Susanka
Wabi-Sabi Time
Robyn Griggs Lawrence
Changing the World One Block at a Time
Jay Walljasper
The Real Wealth of Neighborhoods
Dave Wann
The Speed Trap
Jay Walljasper
Creating the Educational Foundations for Change
John E. Wear, Jr.

Part Three: Policies
Introduction
Cecile Andrews
A Mature Economy
Bill McKibben
Why Isn't This Empire Sustainable
Dave Wann
Radical Sustainability
Jim Merkel
Downshifting to a Carbon-friendly Economy
Juliet Schor
What's the Economy for, Anyway?
John de Graaf
We Are Hard-wired to Care and Connect
David Korten

Afterword
Time to Talk! Creating Simplicity Conversation Circles
Cecile Andrews

Notes
Index
About the Editors

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.9.2009
• Verlagsort: Gabriola Island
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Heimwerken / Do it yourself
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
• Schlagworte: being part of caring community • climate change • collection of essays about simplicity • economic metrics • Happiness • less debt • less stress • less stuff • less work • more balance • more satisfaction • more security • more time • series of hard hitting essays • Simplicity
• ISBN-10: 1-55092-431-1 / 1550924311
• ISBN-13: 978-1-55092-431-2 / 9781550924312