Japan’s Edo Culture Inspires a Sustainable…
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These were all accomplishments of pre-industrial Edo Japan. Azby Brown’s new book Just Enough: Lessons in Living Green from Traditional Japan (Kodansha International 2010) convincingly argues that the growing movement for sustainable living in the twenty first century can learn from Edo’s land and resource practices and its culture of restraint.
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The zero-emission automobile is just the latest dream of a magic bullet, or this decade’s version of the fat-free potato chip. Just as industrialized food “products” did not cure the West’s obesity problem, new automotive technology will not make suburban living and globalized consumption sustainable.
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Read the complete article: Jared Braiterman: Japan’s Edo Culture Inspires a Sustainable…
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