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All we want : building the life we cannot buy / Michael Harris.
We face a reckoning - the forces of consumerism are being powerfully confronted by the effects of a global pandemic and ecological crisis. In this book, award-winning author Michael Harris allows us to re-define "the good life" and envision new, more sustainable ways to measure our days. Harris lives in Vancouver, BC.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385695206 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 167 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: Toronto : Doubleday Canada, 2021.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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| Subject: | Consumption (Economics) Consumption (Economics) > Moral and ethical aspects. Consumption (Economics) > Social aspects. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Cookstown Branch | 306.3 Har | 31681010260974 | NONFIC | Available | - |
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Our lives are defined by a story of endless growth and consumption. Now a climate crisis demands that we change. Can we write new stories?
In All We Want, award-winning author Michael Harris dismantles our untenable consumer culture and delivers surprising, heartwarming alternatives. Drawing on the wisdom of philosophers, scientists, and artists, Harris uncovers three realms where humans have always found deeper meaning: the worlds of Craft, the Sublime, and Care.
Past attempts to blunt our impact on the environment have simply redirected our consumptionâwe bought fuel-efficient cars and canvas tote bags. We cannot, however, buy our way out of this crisis. We need, instead, compelling new stories about life's purpose.
Part meditation and part manifesto, All We Want is a blazing inquest into the destructive and unfulfilling promise of our consumer society, and a roadmap toward a more humane future.
