Living More with Less Author:Doris Janzen Longacre (Editor), Valerie Weaver-Zercher (Editor) Living More with Less 30th Anniversary Edition. — A pattern for living with less and a wealth of practical suggestions from the worldwide experiences of Mennonites...collects the wisdom and experience of those who live with less than a consumer culture says we need...stories, reflections, and advice from people around the world w... more »ho are making changes to their daily habits in response to climate change and global poverty.
Contents:
Foreword / Nancy Sleeth
Mennonite Central Committee preface / Arli Klassen
Preface / Valerie Weaver-Zercher
Living more with less in retrospect / Rachel Waltner Goossen
You wrote what you lived / Cara Longacre Hurst, with Marta van Zanten, Paul Longacre, and Nancy Heisey
Introduction / Doris Janzen Longacre
The five life standards: theology and household code / Malinda Elizabeth Berry
Do justice / Doris Janzen Longacre ; Guilt: bringing us to our knees / Hugo Saucedo ; Making do: a perspective from an urban dweller / Leonard Dow
Learn from the world community / Doris Janzen Longacre ; The Earth as seen from Kaguya / Mitsuko and Yorifumi Yaguchi ; Celebrating the fruit of the Mkhuna / Doris Dube
Nurture people / Doris Janzen Longacre ; What if we snapped beans together? / Doris Smucker ; Fragments from the feast / Carol Penner
Cherish the natural order / Doris Janzen Longacre ; Finding the point in a cornfield / David Kline ; How many chickens can you cherish? / Bethany Spicher Schonberg
Nonconform freely / Doris Janzen Longacre ; Experiments in nonconformity / Aiden Enns ; Confident enough to be compassionate / Nekeisha Alexis-Baker
Living testimonies: Money and stewardship / Beryl Jantzi
Homes / Renee Holsopple Glick
Homekeeping / Doris Janzen Longacre
Gardens, farms, and markets / Greg Bowman
Cooking and eating / Mary Beth Lind
Clothes and bodies / Doris Janzen Longacre
Transportation and travel / Nancy and Robb Davis
Recreation and schedules / Doris Janzen Longacre
Celebrations and life passages / Rebecca Seiling
Technology and media / Isaac Villegas
Meetinghouses and churches / Darren Kropf
Strengthening each other and organizing communities / Sheri Hostetler