{"product_id":"life-rules-9781550925210","title":"Life Rules","description":"\u003cp\u003e Corporate capitalism has ravaged the planet the way HIV ravages the human body, triggering a Critical Mass of cascading environmental, economic, social and political crises. Economic and climate instability, collapsing ecosystems, peak fossil fuels and devastating resource wars-if Earth were a patient, her condition would be critical. \u003ci\u003e Life Rules \u003c\/i\u003e offers a comprehensive analysis of our present circumstances combined with a holistic treatment protocol for restoring health to vulnerable human and natural communities. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Predicting that Life will last but, if we don't make some fundamental changes, life as we know it-and a lot of us-won't, \u003ci\u003e Life Rules \u003c\/i\u003e identifies natural laws that have allowed non-human communities to thrive and prosper for several billion years, including: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Local self-reliance \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Mutual interdependence \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Reliance on non-fossil sources of energy \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Resource conservation, sharing and recycling \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Co-operation and co-intelligence \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Radically democratic self-organization and governance. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e This sobering yet essentially optimistic manifesto is required reading for anyone concerned about our ability to live well and also within Earth's means. A powerful tool for community transition and cultural transformation, \u003ci\u003e Life Rules \u003c\/i\u003e offers a solution to our global challenges that is at once authentically hopeful, deeply inspiring and profoundly liberating. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ellen LaConte","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48286985748731,"sku":"9781550925210","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_101c173c-a67f-4796-93e4-02ab51f021a0.jpg?v=1771483995","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/life-rules-9781550925210","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}