Slow Living invites us to slow down — not as a retreat, but as a conscious response to the world we inhabit. Conceived as a companion for kinder, more attentive living, the book brings together clear facts, thoughtful reflections, and practical actions for everyday life. Through themes such as slow food, slow health, slow fashion, slow work, slow relationships, slow recreation, and slow democracy, it gently questions systems of inequality and the dominant cultural ideas that prize speed, excess, and endless growth. Drawing inspiration from everyday revolutions, the book shows how our personal choices and gentle acts of resistance can become a vote for consciousness. With recipes, growing tips, checklists, and to-do lists for resilience and quiet rebellion, Slow Living celebrates how small, mindful actions can heal our communities, restore our relationship with the Earth, and remind us that human happiness and planetary wellbeing grow together.
About the Author
Vandana Shiva is a world-renowned environmental thinker, activist, feminist, and philosopher of science whose work has shaped global movements for ecological justice. She is the founder of the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology and Navdanya, and serves as President of Navdanya International. Her advocacy for seed freedom, biodiversity, and food sovereignty has influenced policy and grassroots movements worldwide. She is the recipient of the Right Livelihood Award (1993), often referred to as the "Alternative Nobel Prize," the Sydney Peace Prize (2010), TIME magazine’s "Environmental Hero" recognition, the UN Global 500 Roll of Honour, the Fukuoka Prize, and the Order of the Golden Ark.
Shreya Jani is a peace educator and cultural practitioner who began her journey at the age of 15, working with Vandana Shiva, an association that has continued for over three decades.