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Lessons for building an ecocity culture

"If we truly want to move away from the excessive burning of artificially cheap fossil fuels that is powering the modern way of life, we'll need a positive vision of how and why people would benefit from such a change. The most basic case for a less materialistic, carbon-intensive lifestyle I can think of is that what gives our lives meaning and makes our spirits soar is usually not about how quickly we can get from Point A to B, but the human connections that happen along the way."