| Dispatches from the Sweet Life: One Family, Five Acres, and a Community's Quest to Reinvent the World Contributor(s): Powers, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 1608685640 ISBN-13: 9781608685646 Publisher: New World Library OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Environmentalists & Naturalists - Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection - General - Travel | South America - General |
| Dewey: 304.884 |
| LCCN: 2018020042 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.80 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Many fantasize about dramatically changing their lives -- living in accordance with their ideals rather than the exigencies of job, bills, and possessions. William Powers actually does it. In his book Twelve by Twelve, Powers lived in an off-grid tiny house in rural North Carolina. In New Slow City, he and his wife, Melissa, inhabited a Manhattan micro-apartment in search of slow in the fastest city in the world. Here, the couple, with baby in tow, search for balance, community, and happiness in a small town in Bolivia. They build an adobe house, plant a prolific orchard and organic garden, and weave their life into a community of permaculturists, bio-builders, artists, and creative businesspeople. Can this Transition Town succeed in the face of encroaching North American capitalism, and can Powers and the other settlers find the balance they're seeking? Dispatches from the Sweet Life is compelling, sobering, thought-provoking, and, no matter the outcome, inspiring. |