Vancouver Area Relocalisation Network

Slow is Beautiful
Cecile Andrews discusses ways to build a sense of community and happiness. Central Library, 350 W Georgia 7:30pm Mar 5

We’re hammered, we’re slammed, we’re out of control. Happiness is on the decline in the most affluent country in the world and Americans are troubled by the destructiveness of a lifestyle devoted to money and status. Yet no-one seems to have a clue how to exit from the Fast Lane…

Slow Is Beautiful analyzes the subtle consumer, political and corporate forces stamping the joy from our existence and provides a vision of a more fulfilling life through the rediscovery of caring community, unhurried leisure, and life affirming joie de vivre.

Offering inspiration and concrete ideas, Slow Is Beautiful will appeal to a broad audience of Baby Boomers nearing retirement, harried professionals with a social conscience, the one-time “middle class,” and 20-30-somethings who are now facing the sobering realities of constricted choices.
Cecile Andrews is a community educator, author of Circle of Simplicity and contributor to several books on living more simply and taking back our time.. She and her husband are founders of Seattle’s Phinney Ecovillage, a neighborhood-based sustainable