{"product_id":"the-lowcarbon-good-life-9781032388205","title":"The LowCarbon Good Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Low-Carbon Good Life\u003c\/em\u003e is about how to reverse and repair four interlocking crises arising from modern material consumption: the climate crisis, growing inequality, biodiversity loss and food-related ill-health.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross the world today and throughout history, good lives are characterised by healthy food, connections to nature, being active, togetherness, personal growth, a spiritual framework and sustainable consumption. A low-carbon good life offers opportunities to live in ways that will bring greater happiness and contentment. Slower ways of living await. A global target of no more than one tonne of carbon per person would allow the poorest to consume more and everyone to find our models of low-carbon good lives. But dropping old habits is hard, and large-scale impacts will need fresh forms of public engagement and citizen action. Local to national governments need to act; equally, they need pushing by the power and collective action of citizens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInnovative and engaging and written in a style that combines storytelling with scientific evidence, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of climate change, sustainability, environmental economics and sustainable consumption, as well as non-specialist readers concerned about the climate crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"What is important about this book is the clarity, kindness and intelligence of its thesis; what is beautiful about this book is its rootedness in the wisdom of myth.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJay Griffiths, \u003ci\u003eauthor of \u003c\/i\u003eWild \u003ci\u003eand \u003c\/i\u003eWhy Rebel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Jules Pretty has long been a credible and trusted guide on the questions of what we must do, and how we might do it. Now he adds a crucial part of the story: why this will make our lives better, deeper, richer.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBill McKibben, \u003ci\u003efounder 350.org, author of \u003c\/i\u003eFalter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Brilliant reframing around what living a good life looks like – creative and compelling.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaroline Lucas, \u003ci\u003eMP for Brighton Pavilion, Green Party\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Unputdownable, inspired, hopeful, informed, prescient, millennia and continent spanning, hopeful, cautious, careful, understanding; but above all else, different.’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProfessor Danny Dorling, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Oxford and author of \u003c\/i\u003eSlowdown\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In a truly masterful manner, Jules Pretty weaves empirical fact with myth, data with passion, knowledge with wisdom and poetry with prose. A meticulously argued and wonderfully creative account of how greener, low carbon and happier options can be established for all.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProfessor Richard Bawden, \u003ci\u003eWestern Sydney University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A fascinating exploration of how we can live happily and sustainably, drawing on sagas and stories, through philosophy and economics, to climate science. This beautifully written book contains a compelling case for a low-carbon good life that can also bring us greater happiness and contentment.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProfessor Pete Smith, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Aberdeen, Science Director Scotland's ClimateXChange\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A most valuable ready reference,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eas we struggle through the paths that lie ahead of us in troubled times.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobin Hanbury-Tenison, \u003ci\u003efounder of Survival International, author \u003c\/i\u003eTaming the Four Horsemen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The rare book about global change crafted as story, drawing from Indigenous traditions, philosophy, political science and literature in addressing pathways to increase the proportion of global society with a high quality of life, and the likelihood that such quality of life can be sustained.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProfessor Erica Fleishman, \u003ci\u003eDirector Oregon Climate Change Research Inst, Oregon State University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book is almost unprecedented, in its scope, scientific foundations, interdisciplinary reach and contemporary relevance. It is simple and vivid, a personal conversation. It brings the climate challenge back home, and with hope. This book offers practical paths for enriching lives and saving the planet along the way.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr Geoff Wells, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDirector,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eRural Communities Australia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A skilful blend of science, metaphysical poetry and a manifesto for good low carbon living. The result is a book about the climate emergency that is full of hope. A joyful, playful and engaging read.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRight Reverend Roger Morris, \u003ci\u003eBishop of Colchester\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A terrific and unique book. It fills gaps and links subjects that have previously been separate. If we are to find a good path through the next few decades for us as individuals, for communities, societies and for biodiversity and climate, this should be the book that world leaders put at the top of their reading lists.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProfessor Lloyd Peck, \u003ci\u003eBritish Antarctic Survey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBook Structure and Contents \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePreface: Transgression \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThanks and Acknowledgements \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Illustrations\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Dust and Air: A Dangerous New Economic Worldview \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Ten Thousand Good Lives: Sustainable and Kind Ways of Living \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 The Climate Crisis: The Safety of One Tonne Each \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 The Inequality Crisis: Togetherness Is Better Than Selfishness \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 The Nature Crisis: Regaining Earthsong and Attentiveness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 The Food and Agriculture Crisis: It’s Nourishment, Not Calories\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 The Best Things in Life: How Immersion and Flow Make the World a Better Place \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 Enoughness: Creative Slowth Is Better Than Infi nite Growth \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 Public Engagement and New Power: The Race to Net Zero \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 Transformation: Achieving the Low-Carbon Good Lives \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCoda: Let’s Dance, Together \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Endnotes \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDatasets for Figures and Tables \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019023483223,"sku":"9781032388205","price":34.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032388205.jpg?v=1750779069","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-lowcarbon-good-life-9781032388205","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}