The Complete Ecotopia
- 560pages
- 20 heures de lecture
"The Complete Ecotopia presents, for the first time, an early classic of environmental science fiction in its entirety"-- Provided by publisher





"The Complete Ecotopia presents, for the first time, an early classic of environmental science fiction in its entirety"-- Provided by publisher
"Ecotopia was founded when northern California, Oregon, and Washington seceded from the Union to create a "stable-state" ecosystem: the perfect balance between human beings and the environment. Now, twenty years later, the isolated, mysterious Ecotopia welcomes its first officially sanctioned American visitor: New York Times-Post reporter Will Weston. Like a modern Gulliver, the skeptical Weston is by turns impressed, horrified, and overwhelmed by Ecotopia's strange practices: employee ownership of farms & businesses, the twenty-hour work week, the fanatical elimination of pollution, "mini-cities" that defeat overcrowding, devotion to trees bordering on worship, a woman-dominated government, & bloody, ritual war games. Bombarded by innovative, unsettling ideas, set afire by a relationship with a sexually forthright Ecotopian woman, Weston's conflict of values intensifies-and leads to a startling climax.
Ecotopia was founded when northern California, Oregon, and Washington seceded from the Union to create a "stable-state" ecosystem: the perfect balance between human beings and the environment. Now, twenty years later, the isolated, mysterious Ecotopia welcomes its first officially sanctioned American visitor: New York Times-Post reporter Will Weston. Like a modern Gulliver, the skeptical Weston is by turns impressed, horrified, and overwhelmed by Ecotopia's strange practices: employee ownership of farms and businesses, the twenty-hour work week, the fanatical elimination of pollution, mini-cities that defeat overcrowding, devotion to trees bordering on worship, a woman-dominated government, and bloody, ritual war games. Bombarded by innovative, unsettling ideas, set afire by a relationship with a sexually forthright Ecotopian woman, Weston's conflict of values intensifies-and leads to a startling climax
Das Dauerbombardement durch die Werbung hat die meisten von uns zu 'Konsumzombies' gemacht. Wir kaufen, kaufen, kaufen - und meinen, daß dies das Glück auf Erden sei. Je mehr Geld einer ausgeben kann, desto bedeutender ist er.§Wie der Volksmund weiß, macht Geld allein jedoch nicht glücklich. Und darum ist es das Ziel dieses Buches, viele Möglichkeiten für ein Leben zu zeigen, das entspannter, selbstbewußter, rücksichtsvoller und von Grund auf befriedigender ist, als es selbst mit viel Geld zu erreichen wäre. Wenn wir lernen, intelligenter und unabhängiger von der Welt des Geldes zu leben, mehr auf unsere Grundbedürfnisse achten, erschließt sich ein reiches Potential, das uns hilft, ein gesundes, schöpferisches und glücklicheres Leben zu führen - ein Leben mit einem wirklich persönlichen Stil.§