Radical Simplicity: Small Footprints on a Finite Earth

Merkel, Jim

ISBN 10: 0865714738 / ISBN 13: 9780865714731

Published by New Society Publishers, 2003

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ABout new book in glossy card covers; unmarked but for "Sustainably yours, Jim" to top of title page. ; 0.63 x 8.82 x 5.98 Inches; 288 pages; Signed by Author.

Seller Inventory # 32263

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Radical Simplicity: Small Footprints on a Finite Earth
• Publisher: New Society Publishers
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0865714738
• ISBN 13: 9780865714731
• Binding: Softcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Culture

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Synopsis

Imagine you are first in line at a potluck buffet. The spread includes not just food and water, but all the materials needed for shelter, clothing, healthcare, and education. How do you know how much to take? How much is enough to leave for your neighbors behind you—not just the six billion people, but the wildlife, and the as-yet-unborn?

In the face of looming ecological disaster, many people feel the need to change their own lifestyles as a tangible way of transforming our unsustainable culture. Radical Simplicity is the first book that guides the reader to a personal sustainability goal, then offers a process to monitor progress to a lifestyle that is equitable amongst all people, species, and generations. It employs three tools to help readers begin their customized journey to simplicity:

>It builds on steps from Your Money or Your Life so readers can design their own personal economics to save money, get free of debt, and align their work with their values.
It uses refined tools from Our Ecological Footprint so readers can measure how much nature is needed to supply all they consume and absorb their waste.
Combining lyrical narrative, compassionate advocacy, and absorbing science, Radical Simplicity is a practical, personal answer to twenty-first century challenges that will appeal as much to Cultural Creatives and students as to spiritual seekers, policy makers, and sustainability professionals.

Jim Merkel quit his job as a military engineer following the Exxon Valdez disaster and has since worked to develop tools for personal and societal sustainability. He founded the Global Living Project to further this work and conducts workshops around North America on this topic.

About the Author

Jim Merkel quit his job as a military engineer following the Exxon Valdez disaster, and has since worked to develop tools for personal and societal sustainability. He founded the Global Living Project to further this work, and conducts workshops around North America on this topic.