Jim Merkel

Author of Radical Simplicity: Small Footprints on a Finite Earth

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About the Author

Longtime St. Louisian and journalist Jim Merkel is the author of The Colorful Characters of St. Louis, Hoosiers and Scrubby Dutch, Beer, Brats, and Baseball and The Making of an Icon. He has appeared on KWMU, KDHX, and Fox2 News in the Morning and covers St. Louis City Hall and the city's South show more Side for metrostl.com and the SouthSider and NorthSider newspapers. show less

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Radical Simplicity: Small Footprints on a Finite Earth (2003) 249 copies, 2 reviews

The Making of an Icon: The Dreamers, the Schemers, and the Hard Hats Who Built the Gateway Arch, 2nd Edition (2018) 10 copies

Majestic Lights: The Apostle Islands Lighthouses (2001) 8 copies

The Making of an Icon: The Dreamers, the Schemers, and the Hard Hats Who Built the Gateway Arch (2014) 8 copies

Hoosiers and Scrubby Dutch: St. Louis's South Side, 2nd Edition (2010) 6 copies

Beer, Brats, and Baseball: St. Louis Germans (2012) 6 copies

Growing Up St. Louis: Looking Back Through the Decades (2020) 2 copies

the global living handbook 1 copy

The Colorful Characters of St. Louis (2016) 1 copy

Beer, Brats, and Baseball, Second Edition: St. Louis Germans (2015) 1 copy

Walking South City: A Journey Through Historic St. Louis Neighborhoods (2023) 1 copy

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jwitsoe 5 reviews

Radical simplicity : small footprints on a finite earth by Jim Merkel

Summary: How to measure your possessions and lifestyle to come closer to a sustainable way of living that benefits everyone on the planet.
Review: Great book, lots of reasoned information about how to consume wisely. Having already found Your Money or Your Life (which is given a lot of page time), the most practical things I got were easy-to-use tools to calculate my ecological footprint, and suggestions to make it sustainably smaller.

Aug 9, 20071 other review

ChristinaMarie 1 review

Radical Simplicity : Small Footprints on a Finite Earth by Jim Merkel

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Jan 28, 20071 other review