Epicurean Simplicity
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| Rating | : | 4.55 (651 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1559636890 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 190 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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An alternative way to live Ron Parry The enlightenment project, dualistic thinking, and industrial science are destroying the planet and seem likely to destroy the human species unless we change direction. This beautifully written book provides a viable alternative. Highly recommended.. Cathy Harkins said First book I have ever thrown away. Not only. First book I have ever thrown away. Not only did the pages fall out of the book while trying to turn a page, the author's self serving tripe dripped all over my brain. It would have been simpler to have never bought this book.. The Luxury of Enough I'm rereading this book as I just bought the hard cover edition, because I think every day about the simpler life inspired so beautifully in this book, and, since 2002, I've made progress in adapting simplicity, through my own efforts and serendipitous circumstance. Stephanie Mills is a gifted writer, and a stalwart supporter of the Great Lakes bioregion, and one of the women I admire
It celebrates the pleasures, beauty, and fulfillment of a simple life, a goal being sought by Americans from all walks of life, from harried single parents to corporate CEOs. An overarching theme is the destructiveness of consumerism, and how even a simple life affects a wide range of organisms and adds strain to the earth's systems. Her musings about the life she desires -- and the life she has created -- ultimately led her to the third century Greek philosopher Epicurus, whose philosophy was premised on the trustworthiness of the senses, a philosophy that Mills wholeheartedly embraces. The author uses her own experience as an entry point to the discussionwith a self-effacing humor and lyrical prose that bring big topics to a personal level."Epicurean Simplicity" is beautifully crafted, fluid, inspiring, and enlightening, examining topics of critical importance that affect us all. Mills touches on broad range of topics relating to that issue -- social justice, biological extinctions, the global economy, and also more personal aspect
Her books include Whatever Happened to Ecology? (Sierra Club Books, 1989), In Service of the Wild (Beacon Press, 1995), and Turning Away from Technology (Sierra Club Books, 1997). A prolific writer and speaker on issues of ecology and social change, Mills lives in the Great Lakes Bioregion in the Upper Midwest.. Stephanie Mills has been engaged in the ecology movement for more than thirty years, and in 1996 was named by Utne Reader as on
Mills' scrupulous, frank, and witty essays about the unintended consequences of rampant consumerism are grounded in deep ecological understanding and sensitivity to the demanding realities of people's lives and therefore praise simplicity without undue simplification. Rather than exhort, Mills tells provocative stories about gardening, bicycling, threatened amphibians and butterflies, invasive species, what happens to wildlife when lakefronts are developed, and why she doesn't own a television or computer. Donna SeamanCopyright © American Library Association. She describes the admittedly imperfect version of "epicurean simplicity" she follows in her small house on 35 wooded Michigan ac