“We need to end the game of Monopoly and start playing the game of sustainability – recognizing the limitations of the planet and building our systems to live within those.” Those are the wise words of Mike Nickerson, author of Life, Money & Illusion: Living on Earth as If We Want to Stay. In this episode Mike explains why he is promoting the mantra, “more fun, less stuff.”

We’re in a “tailspin consumerist debacle,” according to Mike, and he’s quite sure we need to be “liberated from the materialist cult.” Our discussion includes the American Dream, the voluntary simplicity movement and the role of advertising in our overconsumption.

LINKS:

8 Billion Angels screening and webinar - June 24, 2021

7th Generation Initiative / Sustainability Project 

Life, Money & Illusion: Living on Earth as If We Want to Stay – by Mike Nickerson

• e-book
• print edition – contact Mike Nickerson

Eco-Village project

A Strategy for Long Term Well-Being – by Mike Nickerson

Work Less Party

What Really Counts: The Case for a Sustainable and Equitable Economy – by Ron Coleman

More Fun, Less Stuff Starter Kit – by Betsy Taylor

Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth – by R. Buckminster Fuller

Spaceship Earth Passenger Safety Briefing – short film by Dave Gardner

Small Is Beautiful – by E.F. Schumacher

Dave Gardner directed the documentary GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth, which Stanford Biologist Paul Ehrlich declared “could be the most important film ever made.” 

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