“I cannot overstate the importance of Just Enough. It should be required reading for anyone who wants to help make today’s world more sustainable, and capable of surviving the current imbalances of climate, energy, and resource distribution. . . . There’s no other way to say it: This is an extraordinary book that holds the keys we’re looking for to rebalance both our planet and our own lives. Read it, please.”--Sarah Susanka, Architect and author of The Not So Big House series, and The Not So Big Life “As we all look forward with hope for a cradle to cradle world, Azby Brown honors us with the great gift of seeing the past of Japan with fresh eyes. I was born in Japan in 1951; I know firsthand what inspiration can be found in its history of exquisitely elegant and effective solutions to everyday needs as we create the designs of the future.”--William McDonough, Award-winning sustainable architect, co-author of Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things “Azby Brown's book Just Enough, using excellent examples from Edo-period Japan, proves that we have surrounded ourselves with many things that we don't need to live sustainably and happily. This is an important warning for future development, one that should make us all stop and think.”--Shigeru Ban, Architect, recipient of the Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture and the Grande Medaille d'Or, Academie d'Architecture "The people of the Edo period intelligently managed their homes, fields, and forests, developed innovative designs for the things they needed, and maintained a sustainable society for three hundred years without a major catastrophe. This book conveys the secrets of that self-sufficient society with great clarity in text and sketches—knowledge that has great meaning for us as we face the immense challenges of life in our time."--Dr. Terunobu Fujimori, Award-winning green architect and architectural historian, Professor at the Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo “Truly an ey...