Working fewer hours is good for the planet

Working fewer hours is good for the planet | new blogpost about @JulietSchor

What if, instead of telling people what not to do–don’t drive SUVs, don’t live in big homes, don’t buy too much stuff–environmentalists pushed to empower people to choose to work fewer hours, enjoy more time with family or friends and–maybe best of all, in these times– help create jobs? This appealing vision comes from Juliet Schor, an author and social critic whose best-selling books about work, consumption, culture and the environment include The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline of Leisure (1992) and The Overspent American: Why We Want What We Don’t Need (1998). In her latest, originally called Plenitude but re-branded for the paperback edition as True Wealth: How and Why Millions of Americans Are Creating a Time-Rich, Ecologically Light, Small-Scale, High-Satisfaction Economy , Schor offers a “strategy for living that gives people more time, more creativity, ...

Full article: http://www.marcgunther.com/2012/02/19/working-fewer-hours...

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@VoltNorCal » 22 Feb '12, 11pm
Who is with me? Let's all work fewer hours in the name of Mother Earth! [link] #wishfulthinking
@dfreaney » 22 Feb '12, 12am
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@Caledoniawealth » 21 Feb '12, 6pm
Another good read by the always thought provoking #Markgunther - [link]
@slim_lim » 21 Feb '12, 4pm
@BettyInTheLoop, those long hours might also be contributing to planetary distress, says @JulietSchor [link] via @MarcGunther
@flederlin » 21 Feb '12, 8am
Travailler moins pour polluer moins: “@glouriais: Working fewer hours is good for the planet [link] v/ @ #gagnantgagnant
@glouriais » 21 Feb '12, 5am
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@smith140 » 20 Feb '12, 11pm
Working fewer hours is good for the planet. Now, if I can only figure out how. @MarcGunther @JulietSchor [link]
@WorkSurvival » 20 Feb '12, 10pm
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@Ldy_Snow » 20 Feb '12, 10pm
Tell my debtors this! :) RT @BrettWHowell: Working fewer hours is good for the planet [link] via @MarcGunther
@Give2GetJobs » 20 Feb '12, 9pm
You might want to share this w. your boss: Working Fewer Hours is Good For the Planet [link] #jobs #career
@jyinkathomas » 20 Feb '12, 8pm
Brilliant bottom line from new @JulietSchor book: work fewer hours, buy fewer things, enjoy life more, help save... [link]
@MandalaReflect » 20 Feb '12, 3pm
YES> work less, buy less, enjoy life more, help save the earth, & drive down unemployment rate [link] via @MarcGunther
@company2keepinc » 20 Feb '12, 2pm
An interesting way to address #climatechange: Working fewer hrs is good for the planet |@MarcGunther| [link]
@adamjorlen » 20 Feb '12, 9am
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@greenexistence » 20 Feb '12, 9am
Working fewer hours is good for the planet: Her core message: We can work fewer hours, buy fewer things, enjoy l... [link]
@_ClothingStore » 20 Feb '12, 12am
Working fewer hours is good for the planet: Schor tells the story of clothing as a cautionary tale: Americans ba... [link]
@slim_lim » 19 Feb '12, 9pm
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@BetsyTeutsch » 19 Feb '12, 7pm
love Juliet Schor's book: working less=higher quality of life + better for the planet. New paperback title is lonnnng! [link]
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@mrlocatr » 19 Feb '12, 5pm
Working fewer hours is good for the planet: This appealing vision comes from Juliet Schor, an author and social ... [link]
@TerraNendura » 19 Feb '12, 3pm
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