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Simpson, Lee, 1951-
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Simpson, Lee, 1951-
Simplicity.
Alternative lifestyles.
Sustainable living.
Thriftiness.
Conduct of life.
Grocery shopping.
Home economics.
Consumption (Economics) -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Consumer behavior -- Environmental aspects.
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Simpson, Lee, 1951-
Simpson, Lee, 1951-
Simplicity.
Alternative lifestyles.
Sustainable living.
Thriftiness.
Conduct of life.
Grocery shopping.
Home economics.
Consumption (Economics) -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Consumer behavior -- Environmental aspects.
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My year of buying nothing / Lee Simpson.
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Simpson, Lee, 1951-
Wood Lake Publishing, 2015.
Call #:
640
.286
S613m
Subjects
Simpson, Lee, 1951-
Simplicity.
Alternative lifestyles.
Sustainable living.
Thriftiness.
Conduct of life.
Grocery shopping.
Home economics.
Consumption (Economics) -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Consumer behavior -- Environmental aspects.
ISBN:
9781770648012 (pbk.)
Description:
213 pages : portrait ; 23 cm.
Notes:
"Lee Simpson, former publisher of Chatelaine magazine"--Cover.
Summary:
"Lee Simpson may seem like an unlikely candidate to don the mantle of anti-consumerist prophet. She is, after all, the former publisher of Canada's most successful women's lifestyle magazine, Chatelaine. But that is just the first of many surprising things about her. In the 1980s and '90s, Simpson oversaw the heady days of women's magazine publishing. Although proud of the excellent journalism featured in her magazines, and of the pioneering work of the editors she worked with, her "primary role as senior executive was to ensure that a maximum number of advertising pages got sold." "I was part of the data analysis and market research conglomerate that helped consumer predators know your weaknesses and exploit them mercilessly." Simpson invites readers into her world to witness first hand the struggles she faced, the decisions and compromises she had to make, and the epiphanies and wisdom she won during a year-long attempt to shed her "consumer" skin and live a more sustainable, more authentic, more earth-friendly life. Who better to choose as a guide to a new, healthier post-consumer lifestyle than someone who is intimately familiar with the pitfalls and dangers of the starting place, and the challenges of the way forward. Lee Simpson left the communications industry in 2000 to earn a Master of Divinity degree, and she was ordained as a minister in the United Church of Canada. Her year of buying nothing was documented by The United Church Observer (UCobserver.org/blogs/ybn) to help spread the message of the power of the individual to save our planet from ecological disaster through simple changes in behavior. Lee Simpson lives in Nova Scotia."--Provided by publisher.
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