Low Carbon Show #8: How To Be Free
First Broadcast: 10 July 2007
Featuring:
- Tom Hodgkinson
Stop doing. Stop consuming. Stop. Period.
Could doing nothing be an easier and more pleasurable way of saving the
planet? We discuss this contention with author and editor of The Idler, Tom
Hodgkinson.
Making the transition to a low carbon economy necessitates a fresh look at
the skills we have and the jobs that we do. What activities are going to be
most valuable in a world without fossil fuels? How will we organise
ourselves in a world that is less wasteful, more local, and more about
self-sufficiency and community resilience?
What interested me in talking to Tom Hodgkinson was the fact that the ideas
he had been exploring about freedom and a life of leisure matched
increasingly closely to some of the visions that are emerging of what our
low carbon future will look like. In a sense, Tom has been beavering away on
the development of a philosophical justification and historical precedents
for environmentally-friendly lifestyles.
Check out Tom's books - "How to be Idle" and especially "How to be Free".
Available Audio
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