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This volume uses lessons from the Hindu culture to teach the world
methods of sustainability. The costs of industrial agriculture are
astonishing in terms of damage to the environment, human health,
animal suffering, and social equity, and the situation demands that
we expand our ecological imagination to meet this crisis. This book
uses the story of the deity Balaram and the Yamuna River as a
foundation for discussing the global food crisis and illustrating
the Hindu origins of agrarian thought, encouraging us to reconsider
our relationship with the earth.
In light of concerns about food and human health, fraying social
ties, economic uncertainty, and rampant consumerism, some people
are foregoing a hurried, distracted existence and embracing a
mindful way of living. Intentional residential communities across
the United States are seeking the freedom to craft their own
societies and live based on the values of nonviolence,
self-sufficiency, equality, and voluntary simplicity. In Living
Sustainably, A. Whitney Sanford reveals the solutions that such
communities have devised for sustainable living while highlighting
the specific choices and adaptations that they have made to
accommodate local context and geography. She examines their methods
of reviving and adapting traditional agrarian skills, testing
alternate building materials for their homes, and developing local
governments that balance group needs and individual autonomy.
Living Sustainably is a teachable testament to the idea that new
cultures based on justice and sustainability are attainable in many
ways. Sanford's engaging work demonstrates that citizens can make a
conscious effort to subsist in a more balanced, harmonious world.
In light of concerns about food and human health, fraying social
ties, economic uncertainty, and rampant consumerism, some people
are foregoing a hurried, distracted existence and embracing a
mindful way of living. Intentional residential communities across
the United States are seeking the freedom to craft their own
societies and live based on the values of nonviolence,
self-sufficiency, equality, and voluntary simplicity. In Living
Sustainably, A. Whitney Sanford reveals the solutions that such
communities have devised for sustainable living while highlighting
the specific choices and adaptations that they have made to
accommodate local context and geography. She examines their methods
of reviving and adapting traditional agrarian skills, testing
alternate building materials for their homes, and developing local
governments that balance group needs and individual autonomy.
Living Sustainably is a teachable testament to the idea that new
cultures based on justice and sustainability are attainable in many
ways. Sanford's engaging work demonstrates that citizens can make a
conscious effort to subsist in a more balanced, harmonious world.
The costs of industrial agriculture are astonishing in terms of
damage to the environment, human health, animal suffering, and
social equity, and the situation demands that we expand our
ecological imagination to meet this crisis. In response to growing
dissatisfaction with the existing food system, farmers and
consumers are creating alternate models of production and
consumption that are both sustainable and equitable. In Growing
Stories from India: Religion and the Fate of Agriculture, author A.
Whitney Sanford uses the story of the deity Balaram and the Yamuna
River as a foundation for discussing the global food crisis and
illustrating the Hindu origins of agrarian thought. By employing
narrative as a means of assessing modern agriculture, Sanford
encourages us to reconsider our relationship with the earth. Merely
creating new stories is not enough -- she asserts that each story
must lead to changed practices. Growing Stories from India
demonstrates that conventional agribusiness is only one of many
options and engages the work of modern agrarian luminaries to
explore how alternative agricultural methods can be implemented.
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