We live in a push-button world where sirens urge us to consume more and more. The lack of a critical attitude and the inability to set ourselves limits upset the balance of biological and social structures and bring on destabilizing change. But nearby, hidden and silent there exist old worlds where life still follows a natural pace and human energy moves things. Each motion is thought through, every movement is slow but deliberate. How can these two contending world views be reconciled? Is there a third way, a really sustainable form of development? Assisted by Luca Mercalli, the documentarist attempts to delineate several possible pathways and "solutions" that could point us in the right direction.
