What we do
The Slow Human is a resource devoted to the ethos of slow living in our increasingly hurried and accelerated world. Partly sardonic, moderately sober, and sometimes whimsical, The Slow Human aims to champion the slow life, making slowness something to aspire to rather than frown upon. We produce philosophical and satirical blogs and informative and educative articles on a wide range of slow topics from slow education to slow agriculture. To boot, we also provide links to slow-life resources and events around the world so that you may live the slow life you need and deserve.
Our Values
The Slow Human philosophy and wisdom are a set of empathetic human values, all of which draw on slowness. These values are sustainability, community, cooperation, generosity, patience and contemplation. The Slow Human attaches great importance to these values. We hope you will do the same.
A call for Slow Humans
For much of contemporary Western society, a hurried, time-stressed life is persistently frantic, over-scheduled and unmanageable, often pushing us to the limits of human tolerance.
Many of us are enslaved by the fast life and have succumbed to the mad dogma of speed. Nothing encapsulates both the breathlessness and absurdity to which our fast-paced, contemporary Western life has led us than Mark C. Taylor’s worrying yet true observation that can be found in the introduction to his perceptive book Speed Limits as he seethes:
…just-in-time everything…sleeping with an iPhone beside the bed…checking email all night…longer and longer workdays week after week….everything speeds up until time itself seems to disappear, and fast is never fast enough – everything has to be done now, instantly.
We at The Slow Human have read the research. The relentlessness of a fast or hurried life is both disruptive to our well-being and pretty much unsustainable in the long run. Too much fast living and not enough slowness means the body is constantly exposed to increased levels of stress hormones such as cortisol and adrenaline. The consequence: our physical, mental and emotional health suffers and risks serious problems.
Luckily, the paths to slowness and slow living are many, and fortunately The Slow Human offers something ‘slow’ for everyone. Maybe the idea of Slow Travel takes your fancy or Slow Food appeals to your gastronomic and culinary desires. If you have children, you may want to consider giving them a Slow Education, and if you care about how your food is
