Azby Brown - Just Enough: Lessons in Living Green From Traditional Japan June 28, 2010

By sharing personal observation and stories that depict vanished ways of life, 'Just Enough' offers insight into what living in a sustainable society is like and how larger concerns can guide daily decisions. The book addresses environmentally related problems that people who lived during the Edo period faced -- from food cultivation to waste systems to the water supply -- and how they went about finding solutions.