The Man Who Invented Ecotopia

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Green Dream

The quest for a sustainable, ecologically sane society in the Pacific Northwest.

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• Geov Parrish
• Ernest Callenbach
• George W. Bush
• Globalization
• Economic Issues

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So this has to get through our thick skulls somehow, that what makes for a good life is not goods. And I think maybe some of the people in Seattle that have worked on this, you undoubtedly know [voluntary simplicity advocates] Vicki Robin and Joe Dominguez, those people, working on what they call "enoughness." We have to learn what is enough for us, and if enough of us can do that, it will change the nature of our society and our prospects for survival will greatly improve.

gparrish@seattleweekly.com