The Low-Carbon Good Life is about how to reverse and repair four
interlocking crises arising from modern material consumption: the
climate crisis, growing inequality, biodiversity loss and food-related
ill-health.
Across the world today and throughout history, good lives are
characterised by healthy food, connections to nature, being active,
togetherness, personal growth, a spiritual framework and sustainable
consumption. A low-carbon good life offers opportunities to live in ways
that will bring greater happiness and contentment. Slower ways of living
await. A global target of no more than one tonne of carbon per person
would allow the poorest to consume more and everyone to find our models
of low-carbon good lives. But dropping old habits is hard, and
large-scale impacts will need fresh forms of public engagement and
citizen action. Local to national governments need to act; equally, they
need pushing by the power and collective action of citizens.
Innovative and engaging and written in a style that combines
storytelling with scientific evidence, this book will be of great
interest to students and scholars of climate change, sustainability,
environmental economics and sustainable consumption, as well as
non-specialist readers concerned about the climate crisis.