The New Normal An Agenda for Responsible Living

by Wann, David

• ISBN13: 9780312575434
• ISBN10: 0312575432
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-01-04
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Summary

InSimple Prosperity, Dave Wann showed readers how to have an abundant, sustainable life. InThe New Normal, he challenges us to do some heavy lifting and transform our non-sustainable culture by transforming ourselves. For Wann, our current "old normal" lifestyle - buying water in disposable bottles, allowing the government to ignore global warming - will not preserve the planet. To nurture our world, he challenges us to rethink our lives, stand up for a healthy planet and move towards a "new normal" lifestyle in an agenda that includes: - Initiating local business alliances that actively lobby for local buying. - Creating an investment strategy that values the balance of nature. - Supporting the design, manufacture, and use of products made with natural chemicals. - Publicly advocating a more efficient use of water by placing a higher cultural value on wetlands, streams, rivers, and lakes. The New Normal is Dave Wann's way forward, a blueprint for a better life that preserves our world.

Author Biography

DAVID WANN is the author of many books including "Simple Prosperity: Finding Real Wealth in a Sustainable Lifestyle" and the bestselling "Affluenza", which he co-authored. He lives in Golden, Colorado.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Introduction: Once Upon a Paradigm, When Growth Was King	p. 1
The Software of Civilization	p. 17
Why Not a Nonprofit Economy?	p. 36
Overfed but Undernourished	p. 86
Getting Carbon Out of Our Systems	p. 121
Living Wealth: Restoring the Economies of Nature	p. 149
Where We Live to Consume, or Where We Come to Life?	p. 188
Revolt of the Munchkins: Value, Not Volume, in the Market	p. 216
Social Alchemy: Creating a New Normal	p. 239
Notes	p. 251
Recommended Readings	p. 261
Index	p. 263
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