You long to live a more self-reliant lifestyle, less dependent on fast food, consumerism, and other undesirable aspects of modern civilization. How do you begin to change your corner of the world without giving up everything you know and love?
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You long to live a more self-reliant lifestyle, less dependent on fast food, consumerism, and other undesirable aspects of modern civilization. How do you begin to change your corner of the world without giving up everything you know and love?
Describes how to live a self-sufficient, sustainable family life and not be dependent on modern industrial society and its emphasis on continuous consumption for survival.
"If you've ever wondered why you bother to go to work, or why so much of consumer culture is crap, then this is the book for you. ... Filled with practical tips as well as inspiring reflections, here you can learn how to throw off your shackles of anxiety, bureaucracy, debt, gov…
"If you've ever wondered why you bother to go to work, or why so much of consumer culture is crap, then this is the book for you. ... Filled with practical tips as well as inspiring reflections, here you can learn how to throw off your shackles of anxiety, bureaucracy, debt, gov…
In this frank and witty memoir, Ken Ilgunas lays bare the existential terror of graduating from the University of Buffalo with $32,000 of student debt. Ilgunas set himself an ambitious mission: get out of debt as quickly as possible. Inspired by the frugality and philosophy of H…
"Across the globe, political movements opposing privatisation, enclosures, and other spatial controls are coalescing towards the idea of the 'commons'. As a result, struggles over the commons and common life are now coming to the forefront of both political activism and scholarl…
"Across the globe, political movements opposing privatisation, enclosures, and other spatial controls are coalescing towards the idea of the 'commons'. As a result, struggles over the commons and common life are now coming to the forefront of both political activism and scholarl…
"Across the globe, political movements opposing privatisation, enclosures, and other spatial controls are coalescing towards the idea of the 'commons'. As a result, struggles over the commons and common life are now coming to the forefront of both political activism and scholarl…
In direct response to the interest and questions raised by readers of the 'Moneyless Man', in which Mark Boyle tells of his first year of operating completely without spending, earning, saving or using money, the 'Moneyless Manifesto' delves deeper in to the culture of modern ec…
This edited collection provides sociological and cultural research that expands our understanding of the alternative, liminal or transgressive;theorizing the status of the alternative in contemporary culture and society.
Alternativity delineates those spaces, scenes, club-cultures, objects and practices in modern society that are considered to be actively designed to be counter or resistive to mainstream popular culture. The idea of the alternative in popular culture became mainstream with the r…
This edited collection provides sociological and cultural research that expands our understanding of the alternative, liminal or transgressive; theorizing the status of the alternative in contemporary culture and society.
Provides information for city dwellers on achieving a self-sufficient lifestyle, covering such topics as growing food, composting with worms, preserving and fermenting food, and cleaning one's house without toxins.
Provides information for city dwellers on achieving a self-sufficient lifestyle, covering such topics as growing food, composting with worms, preserving and fermenting food, and cleaning one's house without toxins.