The Five Stages of Collapse - What are they and what can you do about them?
Dmitry Orlov's long awaited, The Five Stages of Collapse: Survivors' Toolkit is now off press. Note the position of …
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Landscape Urbanism and its Discontents
Dissimulating the Sustainable City
In contemporary Western society, urban development is regarded as an unfortunate blight from which nature provides a much-needed respite. This apparent dichotomy ignores the interdependence between human settlement and the natural world. In fact, …
related subjects: Urban Issues
Less is More
Embracing Simplicity for a Healthy Planet, a Caring Economy and Lasting Happiness
Our obsessive pursuit of wealth isn't working -- people are afraid and anxious; we're destroying the planet, undermining happiness, and clinging to an unsustainable economy.
But there's another way. Less can be More. Throughout history wise people …
related subjects: Sustainable Living
Life Rules
Nature's Blueprint for Surviving Economic and Environmental Collapse
Corporate capitalism has ravaged the planet the way HIV ravages the human body, triggering a Critical Mass of cascading environmental, economic, social and political crises. Economic and climate instability, collapsing ecosystems, peak fossil fuels …
related subjects: Sustainable Living
Life, Money and Illusion
Living on Earth as if we want to stay
In recent years, unchecked growth has brought us to the brink of economic and environmental collapse. Life, Money and Illusion was inspired by the dilemma of having an economic structure that has to grow to remain healthy, while facing the finite …
related subjects: Environment & Economy
Liquid Gold
The Lore and Logic of Using Urine to Grow Plants
Nitrogen pollution of lakes, rivers and oceans by human urine is a growing problem. Liquid Gold shows how urine can safely be used to grow food, fuel, fiber and beautiful landscapes while protecting the environment and providing free and safe …
related subjects: Food and Gardening
The Little Book of Slugs
The Little Book of Slugs arose out of the Centre for Alternative Technology's Bug-the-Slug campaign. It collects over 70 different organic solutions to the slug problem, distilled from over 300 professional and leisure gardeners. As well as organic …
related subjects: Food and Gardening
Living Green
Communities that Sustain
Social issues are, and need to be, a central part of environmental and economic sustainability efforts. Using stories of extraordinary communities across North America, Living Green showcases the social side of living green.
The book features …
related subjects: Community Building
Living in the Shadow of the Cross
Understanding and Resisting the Power and Privilege of Christian Hegemony
Over the centuries, Christianity has accomplished much which is deserving of praise. Its institutions have fed the hungry, sheltered the homeless, and advocated for the poor. Christian faith has sustained people through crisis and inspired many to …
related subjects: Sustainable Living
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