Making a good life more simple

The challenges of globally sustainable development cannot be overcome just through an efficient use of energy and resources. Instead, technological innovation must go hand in hand with socially and ecologically responsible lifestyles and consumption patterns.

That is why politics must create appropriate underlying conditions that make a »good life« easier to achieve. The authors outline the first comprehensive programme of a »policy
of frugality« (self-sufficiency). They describe their diverse approaches on a regional, national and international level and show how these can be sensibly combined and implemented in political practice. It is a bold move that adds new momentum to the global debate!