Living Sustainably
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Living Sustainably

What Intentional Communities Can Teach Us about Democracy, Simplicity, and Nonviolence

  1. 302 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

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

  1. Cover
  2. Half title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. List of Illustrations
  8. Introduction
  9. 1. Examining Change
  10. 2. Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
  11. 3. Choosing a Life
  12. 4. Creating Cultures
  13. 5. Asking What’s for Dinner
  14. 6. Sustainability in Community
  15. 7. Rethinking Abundance
  16. 8. Extreme DIY for Interdependence
  17. 9. Bringing It Home
  18. Acknowledgments
  19. Appendix A: Communities Discussed in This Book
  20. Appendix B: Resources
  21. Appendix C: How to …
  22. Notes
  23. Bibliography
  24. Index