New Slow City: Living Simply in the World's Fastest City
- Date: 10/10/2017 at 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
- Location: Geocentrum Geobiblioteket
- Lecturer: William Powers
- Organizer: CEMUS Research Forum
- Contact person: Sachiko Ishihara
Burned-out after years of doing development and conservation work around the world, William Powers spent a season in a 12-foot-by-12-foot cabin off the grid in North Carolina. Could he live a similarly minimalist way in New York City?
To find out, Powers and his wife jettisoned 80 percent of their stuff, left their 2,000-square-foot Queens townhouse, and moved into a 350-square-foot “micro apartment” in Greenwich Village. Downshifting to a 20-hour workweek, Powers explores the viability of Slow Food and Slow Money, technology fasts and urban sanctuaries, rooftop gardening and beekeeping. Discovering a colorful cast of New Yorkers attempting to resist the culture of Total Work, Powers offers an inspiring exploration for anyone trying to make urban life more people- and planet-friendly.
William Powers will hold a public talk based on his book "New Slow City: Living Simply in the World's Fastest City". This event is held by CEMUS Research Forum (CEFO), a part of the Centre for Environment and Development Studies (CEMUS) at Uppsala University and SLU.