Samuel Alexander
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In our age of overconsumption, Henry Thoreau's fiery criticisms of consumer culture and his poetic defense of simpler living have never been more relevant or necessary. But Thoreau is not an easy writer to read. His sentences are often very dense and his ideas are often challenging and provocatively expressed. For these reasons the casual reader can be easily put off. But his perspectives are too important to miss. This concise introduction provides...
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What role might art need to play in the transition beyond consumer capitalism? Can 'culture jamming' contribute to the necessary revolution in consciousness? And, might art be able to provoke social change in ways that rational argument and scientific evidence cannot? In this stimulating new book, "Art Against Empire: Toward an Aesthetics of Degrowth", de-growth scholar Samuel Alexander explores these questions, both in theory and practice. He begins...
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This book addresses a central dilemma of the urban age: how to make the vast suburban landscapes that ring the globe safe and sustainable in the face of planetary ecological crisis. The authors argue that degrowth, a planned contraction of economic overshoot, is the only feasible principle for suburban renewal. They depart from the anti-suburban sentiment of much environmentalism to show that existing suburbia can be the centre-ground of transition...
4) Louis
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Having been raised in the system, Louis never envisioned he'd have the life he had: A loving partner, his dream job bringing music into the world and three children, four if you counted Dario; a shy, anxious and extremely talented student who didn't recognise his worth. Louis stepped in to be his father when Dario's own had failed him.
Still, as the years went on and Dario sunk deeper into depression, Louis began to question if his efforts were working....
5) Dario
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Dario suffers from anxiety and depression mixed with a toxic desire to please his parents. Although an overachiever in all things, he can't get the approval he craves; never believing he could be good enough for them. His friends try to help him realise he's okay as is, but nothing they do works. Eventually, something beyond his control forces Dario to the conclusion that all he'd worked for no longer mattered. Will the damage of Dario's past stop...
6) Gavin
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Gavin is helping one of his best friends, Dario, navigate through depression with the help of another friend, Rayland. The three did everything together until high school ruined the bond. Something happened to Gavin that puts his friendship with Dario at risk. When it came down to the choice between their friendship and his own feelings, Gavin chose himself. Was it the best choice? Can the damage he did to Dario be undone? Will he ever get a chance...
7) Rayland
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Rayland has big dreams of Broadway superstardom and the spunky determination to get her there. Sometimes feisty and aggressive but that's part of her charm. Her two best friends, Dario and Gavin, have their own opinions about this charm. Chasing her dreams comes naturally. The harder task is dealing with Dario's depression and helping him realise his worth. But when his friendship with Gavin breaks up for the second time and Dario starts to spiral...
8) Kevin
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Kevin's life was fairly standard and hectic. The fifth out of nine children there was never a shortage of excitement in the house. But his real joy came in building things. If he could describe heaven, it would be a place with unlimited access to power tools filled with the smell of sawdust and metal. Confident in his sexuality and sometimes a bit aggressive his journey into adulthood was running as smoothly as it could. That is until highschool.
His...
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Simplicity Institute
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2018.
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English
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Carbon civilisation is powered predominately by finite fossil fuels and with each passing day it becomes harder to increase or even maintain current supply. Our one-off fossil energy inheritance is but a brief anomaly in the evolution of the human story, a momentary energy spike from the perspective of deep time. Today humanity faces the dual crises of fossil fuel depletion and climate change, both of which are consequences of the modern world's fundamental...
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Die industrielle Zivilisation hat keine Zukunft. Sie basiert grundsätzlich auf unbegrenztem Wachstum – auf einem begrenzten Planeten. Die unverminderte, rücksichtslose Verbrennung von fossilen Rohstoffen heizt das Klima weiter an. Durch kleinteilige Reformen und technologische Innovationen, wie sie gegenwärtig auf der politischen Agenda stehen, wird sich das Problem aber nicht in den Griff bekommen lassen. Eher früher als später wird – so...