Timeless Simplicity
Creative Living in a Consumer Society
$27.04
- Paperback
112 pages
- Release Date
31 December 2000
Summary
A delightful book, celebrating the wonders of simplicity and minimalism in a noisy, overwhelming world.
Our planet was once teeming with all kinds of life, but our grandchildren will inherit one with less than 20 per cent of its early forests still in tact, and thousands of plant and animal species extinct. Sooner or later, a more frugal lifestyle is not only desirable, but will soon be imperative. Life at the moment isn’t what it should be – technological and economi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781903998007 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 190399800X |
| Author: | John Lane |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Green Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 112 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 31 December 2000 |
| Weight: | 254g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm x 9mm |
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In keeping with its title, this is a straightforward book, beautifully illustrated, well ordered, with clear directions and useful references. What is more, it is written without cant, and, most importantly, not by a zealot but by a practitioner. Only someone who has sought to practise the simple life would know its detail, the small matters that make it so. * David Cadman, Resurgence *
About The Author
John Lane
John Lane (1930–2012) was a painter, writer and educator. He was Chairman of the Dartington Hall Trust, founding director of the Beaford Centre and instrumental in the creation of Schumacher College. His other books include Timeless Beauty, The Living Tree: Art and the Sacred, A Snake’s Tail Full of Ants: Art, Ecology and Consciousness and Devon’s Churches.
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