One Life

We only get one life…

and it is our real wealth, not to be wasted on things that aren’t vital. We also only have one planet, yet we treat them both like we have backups.

We can sustain and cherish our one life and one earth by living an essential life. Essential life is when we use our precious time doing things that really provide well-being – like relationships, personal development, good works, meaningful pursuits and fulfilling experiences – which all have to do with thriving at least cost.

The demands that our socio-economic system puts on us, rob us of our very life. We are driven to over-consume, which perversely harms us as well as nature. There is an optimal balance where we don’t consume too much or too little but just the right amount – this is the goal of sustainabilism.

Sustainabilism is the art of living only life. ONE LIFE explores what this means. This is a book for solution seekers: those who are troubled by living in a culture that pressures us to be someone we are not.

Is that you?