Press Release:

Author and popular educator, Mike Nickerson,
has recently published his third book,
Life, Money & Illusion: Living on Earth as if we want to stay.

"Life, Money & Illusion" explains the odd
situation whereby our biggest problems result from our
size (depletion of natural resources; conflict over
remaining supplies; and pollution from expanding
consumption) yet, governments and industry strive for
ever more expansion. The 448 page book explains how this
situation came about, identifies the direction in which
a stable relationship with our finite planet can be
found, and identifies numerous ways for moving in
that direction.

In the title, "Life" refers to the biological
processes by which living things maintain themselves
over time; "Money" refers to the present economic
ideology that says that as long as the volume of money
changing hands increases, all will be well. "Illusion"
refers to the fact that these two perspectives are
directly opposed in terms of how they would solve
current problems.

While humans have great potential for leading
secure, fulfilling lives for millions of years to come; at
present, we are misdirected. The Question of Direction
program for which "Life, Money & Illusion," is the
foundation, calls for a public review of our society's
goals. [See "The Challenge and the Goal" at
http://www.SustainWellBeing.net/challengeandgoal.html ]

Mike and his wife, Donna Dillman, are traveling throughout
Canada and through the US this summer and fall. Their unfolding
schedule of events is posted at http://www.SustainWellBeing.net/LMI/tour_to_come.html

If you, or anyone you know, lives along their tour route, they
invite you to become involved in the discussions highlighting the
shift in goals necessary to secure the future.

Mike and Donna, administer the Sustainability Project,
a non-profit organization that aims to clarify the goal of
sustainability. They live on 160 acres, just west of Lanark
in Ontario. To support his studies and writing, Mike designs
and builds custom furniture. Contact Mike at sustain5(at)web.ca

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"Life, Money & Illusion; Living on Earth as if we want to stay"
(448 pages)

Table of Contents

1. Without Vision, the People Perish; Collecting the Vision:
2. Vision for the 21st Century
3. Life; How it thrives
4. Problems with Life; Human Impacts on a Full Planet
5. Mutual Provision; Money, Markets and an Orderly World
6. Magnitude and Abstraction; When We Grow Very Large

Problems with our Market Economy
7. Where Value is Neglected
8. Where Value is Overstated
9. Money; Its Creation, Management and Growth
10. The Monopoly End Game

Economic Solutions; Living on Earth as if we want to stay
11. First Steps
12. Practical Changes
13. Monetary Reform

Transformation
14. Cultural Foundations; Working Together as Societies
15. How to Get There from Here: Legitimacy, A Question of Direction
16. A Crack in the Road: Motor Culture
17. What Will Become of Us?

Appendix; Tapping our Collective Potential
Recommended Reading
Index