True Wealth: How and Why Millions of Americans Are Creating a Time-Rich,Ecologically Light,Sm all-Scale, High-Satisfaction Economy
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| Rating | : | 4.57 (666 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0143119427 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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(May)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. It might be utopian, but it's also fresh, persuasive, and passionately argued, speaking to the individual and the collective. . Schor pleads for avoiding planetary ecocide: even though the polar ice caps are shrinking and 38% of the 45,000 species studied by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature are under threat of extinction, the West—particularly Americans—continue to create waste and gobble up resources at unsustainable rates (in 2006, the U.S. Fortunately, the interest in alternative energy, recycling, and clean nanotechn
Schor rejects the sacrifice message, with the insight that social innovations and new technology can simultaneously enhance our lives and protect the planet. A groundbreaking statement about ecological decline, suggesting a radical change in how we think about consumer goods, value, and ways to live. Schor shares examples of urban farmers, DIY renovators, and others working outside the conventional market to illuminate the path away from the work-and-spend cycle and toward a new world rich in time, creativity, information, and community.. In True Wealth , economist Juliet B
A. J. Sutter said "Plenitude" is lacking something. This is another in a welcome string of recent American books questioning whether economic growth is as beneficial as it's claimed to be. It makes many good points, so my "Plenitude" is lacking something A. J. Sutter This is another in a welcome string of recent American books questioning whether economic growth is as beneficial as it's claimed to be. It makes many good points, so my 4 stars are intended to convey its value to a reader who's new to this theme. But it suffers from the usual . stars are intended to convey its value to a reader who's new to this theme. But it suffers from the usual . A life we can savor In Plenitude, Juliet Schor, co-founder of the Center for a New American Dream, offers an inspiring vision of a new way of living in which we work and buy less--thereby harming the planet less-- and connect more with each other.All too often we hear about the need to make sacrif. ewomack said A theory begging for implementers. Many humans enjoy theorizing and "what-iifing" until either the beer runs out or bedtime necessitates brain shutdown. But when the sun rises the prognostications of the previous evening often seem too overwhelming to act upon. Our "creature of habit" property then urges us on t