Ebook: New slow city: living simply in the world's fastest city
Author: Powers William
- Tags: Alternative lifestyles, Alternative lifestyles--New York (State)--New York, Environmentalism, Environmentalism--New York (State)--New York, Green movement, Green movement--New York (State)--New York, Human ecology, Human ecology--New York (State)--New York, Sustainable living, Sustainable living--New York (State)--New York, Urban ecology (Sociology), Urban ecology (Sociology)--New York (State)--New York, Human ecology -- New York (State) -- New York, Urban ecology (Sociology) -- New York (State) -- New York
- Year: 2014
- Publisher: New World Library
- City: New York (State);New York
- Language: English
- epub
"Burnt out after years of doing development and conservation work around the world, William Powers spent a season in a 12-foot by 12-foot cabin off the grid in North Carolina. Could he live a similarly minimalist way in the belly of the go-go beast - New York City? To find out, Powers and his wife jettisoned 80 percent of their stuff, left their 2,000-square-foot Queens townhouse, and moved into a 350-square-foot micro apartment in Greenwich Village. Downshifting to a 20-hour work week, Powers explores the viability of Slow Food and Slow Money, technology fasts and urban sanctuaries, rooftop gardening and beekeeping, and Glassphemy! recycling. Discovering a colorful cast of New Yorkers attempting to resist the culture of Total Work, Powers offers practical inspiration to anyone trying to make urban life more people- and planet-friendly"--;""Memoir of a lifestyle of voluntary simplicity in New York City, exploring micro-apartments, rooftop gardens, and the slow food movement, and seeking an alternative to overwork and consumerism, by an environmental writer, professor, and fellow of the World Policy Institute"--Provided by publisher"--
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