True Wealth: How and Why Millions of Americans Are Creating a Time-Rich,Ecologically Light,Small-Scale, High-Satisfaction Economy

Concretely, what this means is a moderation

2004 what many had hoped would be a breakthrough paper was published by The Journal of Economic Perspectives. A collaboration of some of the world’s most distinguished environmental economists and ecologists, such as Kenneth Arrow, Partha Dasgupta, Lawrence Goulder, Paul Ehrlich, Stephen Schneider, and Gretchen Daily, asked a question that had been

When installed at scale on buildings, they reduce energy consumption by absorbing heat in the summer and insulating in the winter. They also purify the air as the plants take in and process toxins.

Eco-footprint analysis is the basis of the widely reported statistic that if everyone on the globe lived as Americans do, we’d need five planets to support the human population.

The size of the economy is, roughly, that measure times the total number of hours worked. Getting bigger doesn’t necessarily yield wealth; improving productivity does.

Each year, the U.S. government underwrites the oil, gas, nuclear, and coal industries to the

escalating expectations in the realms of consumption, technology, and education.

It respects the earth, nourishes the body, brings people together, fosters creativity, tastes sublime, and satisfies cravings.

The savvy response is to invest in those sectors and activities that have been neglected. It’s time to reclaim hours, build skills, invest in people, save