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Take It Slow
Being 'Slow' means living better in the hectic modern world by striking a balance between fast and slow. The Slow life movement offers a lifeline.
Carl Honoré, a Canadian journalist based in London and writer of 'In Praise of Slowness', sees that people are slowing down in many different ways, including working less, walking instead of driving and indulging in leisurely love-making. 
Book 'In Praise of Slowness': the first handbook for the emerging Slow life movement. Like most movements for social change, the Slow life movement is not a formal organization. It is a loose collection of individuals and groups who share the same belief: that we can live better if we live more slowly. Honoré gives some examples of the Slow movement: - TV-Turnoff Network, a group that promotes watching less television as a route to better living and stronger communities. - Slow Food, an international movement built on the principle that what we eat should be cultivated, cooked and consumed at a sensible pace. - Slow Cities, an offshoot of Slow Food that aims to take some of the speed and stress out of urban life. - New Urbanism, an organization dedicated to building neighborhoods that encourage walking and community spirit. - Slow Sex, an Italian site dedicated to the joys of erotic deceleration. The Slow life movement is catching on in Japan, where it's almost a brand. What's next? Well, just take it slow... |
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posted by BlogFonk: Saturday, September 11, 2004 [#] Erms Suripatty