First published in 1981, VOLUNTARY SIMPLICITY was quickly recognized as a powerful an …… [ 展开全部 ]
d visionary work in the emerging dialogue over sustainable living. Now-more than twenty years later and with many of the planet′s environmental stresses more urgent than ever-Duane Elgin has once again revised and updated his revolutionary book. VOLUNTARY SIMPLICITY is not a book about living in poverty; it is a book about living with balance. Elgin illuminates the changes that an increasing number of Americans are making in their everyday lives-adjustments in day-to-day living that are an active, positive response to the complex dilemmas of our time. By embracing the tenets of voluntary simplicity-frugal consumption, ecological awareness, and personal growth-people can change their lives and, in the process, save our planet. [ 收起 ]
Edgar Mitchell, Foreword to 2010 edition
Ram Dass, Foreword to 1981 edition
Duane Elgin, Introduction to new edition.
Chapter One: Cool Lifestyle for a Hot Planet
Chapter Two: Pioneers of Green Living
Chapter Three: Living Voluntarily
Chapter Four: Living Simply
Chapter Five: The World at the Tipping Point
Chapter Six: Deep Simplicity and the Human Journey
Chapter Seven: Living in a Green World
Simplicity Resources
Notes
Index