{"product_id":"radical-simplicity-small-footprints-on-a-finite-earth","title":"Radical Simplicity: Small Footprints on a Finite Earth","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eRadical Simplicity: Small Footprints on a Finite Earth\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJim Merkel\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780865714731\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eNew Society Publishers\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2003\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e288\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eImagine 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 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. \u003ci\u003eRadical Simplicity \u003c\/i\u003eis 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: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026gt;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.\u003cbr\u003eIt 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.\u003cbr\u003eCombining lyrical narrative, compassionate advocacy, and absorbing science, \u003ci\u003eRadical Simplicity\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJim Merkel\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"New Society Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Radical Simplicity: Small Footprints on a Finite Earth | Jim Merkel | Paperback | 9780865714731 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks A 1775792","offer_id":49724993568920,"sku":"1775792","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/61O5ouPLl9L.jpg?v=1787321818","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/radical-simplicity-small-footprints-on-a-finite-earth","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}