Just Enough

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Lessons from Japan for Sustainable Living, Architecture, and Design

By Azby Brown

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Just Enough by Azby Brown offers an insightful exploration of traditional Japanese living during the Edo period. It delves into the sustainable and resourceful lifestyle of this era, highlighting how a harmonious balance with nature was achieved. Through vivid illustrations and clear descriptions, it provides a fascinating look at how past practices can inspire contemporary sustainable living.
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You might enjoy this book if you have an interest in understanding sustainable living practices and historical insights into resource management. It explores how Edo-period Japan thrived with limited resources, offering a unique perspective on environmental balance and cultural ingenuity that could resonate with modern sustainability enthusiasts.

How the mindset of traditional Japanese society can guide our own efforts to lead a green lifestyle today.

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How the mindset of traditional Japanese society can guide our own efforts to lead a green lifestyle today.

If we want to live sustainably, how should we feel about nature? About waste? About our forests and rivers? About food?

Just Enough is a book of stories and sketches that give valuable insight into what it is like to live in a sustainable society by describing life in Japan some two hundred years ago, during the late Edo period. During this time, cities and villages faced many of the same environmental challenges we do today and met them beautifully and inventively.

Book Hero Magic summarised reviews for this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! HOW HAS THIS BEEN REVIEWED?

Just Enough by Azby Brown has received praise for its insightful exploration of Edo-period Japan's sustainable living practices. Reviewers highlight its relevance to modern ecological challenges, noting the book's effective case for adopting nature-based solutions. Many commend Brown's ability to reveal the elegant, resourceful strategies of the Edo society, suggesting the book is essential reading for those interested in sustainable development.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781611720778

Publisher: Stone Bridge Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 11 August 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Stone Bridge Press

Illustration: BW line drawings throughout

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 190.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 232

Collections

Asian History Azby Brown History & Archaeology History & Military Non-Fiction

About the Author

Azby Brown(1989/2014). He is lead researcher for Safecast, a global citizen-science organization that pioneered crowdsourced environmental monitoring. Azby Brown has lived in Japan since 1985.