Radical Simplicity: Small Footprints on a Finite Earth by Jim Merkel - Amazon.com Jim Merkel quit his job as a military engineer following the Exxon Valdez disaster and has since worked to develop tools for personal and societal sustainability. He founded the Global Living Project to further this work and conducts workshops around North America on this topic.Imagine you are first in line at a potluck buffet. The spread includes not just food and water, but all the materials needed for shelter, clothing, healthcare, and education. How do you know how much to take? How much is enough to leave for your neighbors behind you-not just the six billion people, but the wildlife, and the as-yet-unborn? In the face of looming ecological disaster, many people feel the need to change their own lifestyles as a tangible way of transforming our unsustai in Political > Bookswith alicebookenviromentalenvironmentjimmerkelnon-fictionpoliticalpoliticsradicalsimplesimplicitysustainability Note: Alice recommended it.