Living Sustainably: What Intentional Communities Can Teach Us about Democracy, Simplicity, and Nonviolence with A. Whitney Sanford

Thu 26 Apr, 6 pm. Matheson Museum, 513 E University Avenue, Gainesville, 32605-2435. 352-378-2280. Free. Matheson History Museum - [mathesonmuseum][email][events]

We are honored to host the launch of A. Whitney Sanford’s latest book, Living Sustainably: What Intentional Communities Can Teach Us about Democracy, Simplicity, and Nonviolence. A book signing will follow her presentation.

Over the course of four years, A. Whitney Sanford visited ecovillages, cohousing communities, and Catholic worker houses and farms where individuals are striving to “be the change they wish to see in the world.” In her book, Living Sustainably, she reveals the solutions that these communities have devised for sustainable living while highlighting the specific choices and adaptations they have made to accommodate local context and geography. She examines their methods of reviving and adapting traditional agrarian skills, testing alternate building materials for their homes, and developing local governments that balance group needs and individual autonomy. Living Sustainably is a teachable testament to the idea that new cultures based on justice and sustainability can be cultivated in many ways and in countless homes and communities. Sanford’s engaging and insightful work demonstrates that citizens can make a conscious effort to subsist in a more balanced, harmonious world.