A review by eilnarfparker
Post-Growth Living: For an Alternative Hedonism by Kate Soper

4.0

Kate Soper's Post-Growth Living argues that the emphasis placed on consumption and work in our lives (particularly in more affluent regions of the world) is not only destroying the planet, but also preventing us from experiencing other, often more meaningful forms of pleasure that are routinely looked over. Rather than thinking of saving the planet as something that requires deprivation, we need a shift in mindset that dismantles the link between economic growth and progress. It is possible to consume less and still enjoy life. Although I don't think this book is very accessible to anyone without a background in philosophy (myself included. Some of it definitely went over my head.), I think it is important in the way it rethinks a greener way of being, and its message needs to be shared more widely.