Keyword: post carbon

The KunstlerCast
Conversations with James Howard Kunstler
by Duncan Crary

James Howard Kunstler has been described as “one of the most outrageous commentators on the American built environment”. An outspoken critic of suburban sprawl, Kunstler is often controversial and always provocative. The KunstlerCast is based on …
related subjects: Post Carbon Prep / Peak Oil

The End of Growth
Adapting to Our New Economic Reality
by Richard Heinberg

Economists insist that recovery is at hand, yet unemployment remains high, real estate values continue to sink, and governments stagger under record deficits. The End of Growth proposes a startling diagnosis: humanity has reached a fundamental …
related subjects: Environment & Economy , Post Carbon Prep / Peak Oil

The Wealth of Nature
Economics as If Survival Mattered
by John Michael Greer

The Wealth of Nature proposes a new model of economics based on the integral value of ecology. Building on the foundations of E.F. Schumacher's revolutionary “economics as if people mattered”, this book examines the true cost of confusing money …
related subjects: Environment & Economy

Reinventing Collapse
The Soviet Experience and American Prospects – Revised & Updated
by Dmitry Orlov

The United States is in steep decline. Plagued by runaway debt, a shrinking economy and environmental catastrophes to rival Chernobyl, the US has been retracing the trajectory of the Soviet Union in the early 1980's toward national bankruptcy and …
related subjects: Post Carbon Prep / Peak Oil

Industrial Evolution
Local Solutions for a Low Carbon Future
by Lyle Estill

For many people, the word “industry” brings to mind images ofsprawling factories belching toxic emissions in a blighted natural landscape. “Industrial” has become synonymous with pollution, human rights abuse, and corporate greed. In …
related subjects: Environment & Economy

Surviving the Apocalypse in the Suburbs
The Thrivalist's Guide to Life Without Oil
by Wendy Brown

In the latter half of the twentieth century, the percentage of the total American population living in suburbs grew to nearly 50 percent. Fossil fuels were cheap and plentiful, and car-dependent, energy-intensive lifestyles came hand-in-hand with …
related subjects: Post Carbon Prep / Peak Oil

The Biochar Solution
Carbon Farming and Climate Change
by Albert K. Bates

Conventional agriculture destroys our soils, pollutes our water and is a major contributor to climate change. What if our agricultural practices could stabilize, or even reverse these trends?
The Biochar Solution explores the dual function of biochar …
related subjects: Food and Gardening , Post Carbon Prep / Peak Oil

Peak Everything
Waking Up to the Century of Declines
by Richard Heinberg
foreword by James Howard Kunstler

The 20th century saw unprecedented growth in population, energy consumption and food production. As the population shifted from rural to urban, human impacts on the environment increased dramatically.
The 21st century ushered in an era of declines, …
related subjects: Post Carbon Prep / Peak Oil