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Very typically, when people question me about the future, they ask if I really believe people will be willing to "give up" the wonderful things we have for the mere privilege of avoiding extinction. When I speak, as I did in Ishmael, of "another story to be in," they seem to imagine I'm touting a sort of miserable half-life of voluntary poverty, donning sackcloth and ashes to do penance for our environmental sins. They're sure that living in a sustainable way must be about "giving up" things. It doesn't occur to them that living in an UNsustainable way is also about giving up things, very precious things like security, hope, light-heartedness, and freedom from anxiety, fear, and guilt. Beyond Civilization
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Here are two guides to accompany Beyond Civilization. One is a short Reading Group Guide written by Daniel for use in small discussion groups and book club groups. The other is a more extensive Study Guide designed for use by teachers or home-schoolers. This Study Guide is arranged in 37 units, each unit forming an "umbrella" topic that includes several of the related essays in BC. It offers suggestions for other activities as well as discussion questions.We hope you'll find these guides useful. And, of course, you can also download our original guide, The Ishmael Companion.