A diverse and thoughtful collection by one of our country's more courageous voices. Tough Little Beauties examines issues that remain timely: overpopulation, ecological degradation, and the Peak Oil crisis as well as a lived spirituality. Named by Utne Reader as one of the world s leading visionaries and a prolific writer and speaker on ecology and social change, Stephanie Mills lives in northwest lower Michigan. Her most recent book is Epicurean Simplicity (Island).