
Living Sustainably
What Intentional Communities Can Teach Us about Democracy, Simplicity, and Nonviolence
- 302 pages
- English
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Living Sustainably
What Intentional Communities Can Teach Us about Democracy, Simplicity, and Nonviolence
About this book
In light of concerns about food and human health, fraying social ties, economic uncertainty, and rampant consumerism, some people are foregoing a hurried, distracted existence and embracing a mindful way of living. Intentional residential communities across the United States are seeking the freedom to craft their own societies and live based on the values of nonviolence, self-sufficiency, equality, and voluntary simplicity.
In Living Sustainably, A. Whitney Sanford reveals the solutions that such communities have devised for sustainable living while highlighting the specific choices and adaptations that they have made to accommodate local context and geography. She examines their methods of reviving and adapting traditional agrarian skills, testing alternate building materials for their homes, and developing local governments that balance group needs and individual autonomy. Living Sustainably is a teachable testament to the idea that new cultures based on justice and sustainability are attainable in many ways. Sanford's engaging work demonstrates that citizens can make a conscious effort to subsist in a more balanced, harmonious world.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Introduction
- 1. Examining Change
- 2. Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
- 3. Choosing a Life
- 4. Creating Cultures
- 5. Asking What’s for Dinner
- 6. Sustainability in Community
- 7. Rethinking Abundance
- 8. Extreme DIY for Interdependence
- 9. Bringing It Home
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix A: Communities Discussed in This Book
- Appendix B: Resources
- Appendix C: How to …
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index