TIMELESS SIMPLICITY by Lane, John : Lifestyle & Food

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Creative Living in a Consumer Society

This is a book about simplicity not destitution, not parsimoniousness, not self denial but the restoration of wealth in the midst of an afflence in which we are starving the spirit. It is a book about the advantages of living a less cluttered, stressful life than that which has become the norm in the overcrowded and manic paced consuming nations. It is a book that has nothing to do with subsistence living on the Lake Isle of Innisfree, but everything to do with having less and enjoying more enjoying time to do the work you love, enjoying time to spend with your family, enjoying time to pursue creative projects, enjoying time for good eating, enjoying time just to be.

Another theme of the book concerns the future of our home, the Earth. Our grandchildren will inherit an Earth with less than 20 per cent of its original forests still intact, with most of the readily available freshwater already spoken for, with most of the wetlands and reef systems either destroyed or degraded. Sooner or later a more frugal lifestyle will not only be desirable it will become an imperative.

John Lane is 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 five previous books include The Living Tree: Art and the Sacred, A Snake s Tail Full of Ants and In Praise of Devon.

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