Upcoming Releases

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Reinventing Collapse

   Having witnessed the collapse of the Soviet Union, Dimitry Orlov describes disturbing similarities to the current political, social and financial unravelling of the United States, and offers suggestions to avoid a similar outcome.


Plan C: Community Survival Strategies for Peak Oil and Climate Change

   Plan C -- Surviving Peak Oil and Climate Change addresses the triple threats of peak oil, global warming and resource inequity, and focuses on solutions to curtail our way to a more healthy, sustainable, and equitable world.


Small is Possible

   This real-life version of Sunshine Sketches is a charming and thoughtful selection of stories about real characters and real life lessons in a town where small businesses thrive, vernacular knowledge about agriculture is preserved and solutions are discovered at the local level.


Choosing Green
   The Homebuyer's Guide to Green Homes takes the mystery out of green technology and ratings systems. This fully-illustrated guide features interviews with green building experts, home builders and green home buyers, as well as a complete resource list.


Prescriptions for a Healthy House, 3rd Edition

   The authors take the mystery out of healthy house building by walking the reader through every step of the construction process, explaining the pitfalls of standard building practices, what to do differently, and how to obtain alternative materials and expertise.


How to Build With Grid Beam

   Grid beam is a modular, reusable building system -- an Erector Set for adults. It is so easy, anyone can build with it. This book includes hundreds of photos of projects that require little skill and nothing more than a wrench.


Life, Money & Illusion

   Life, Money & Illusion raises the question of direction in the context of a society that has grown to push the limits of our planet's boundaries, and examines ways to recreate our economic and monetary systems for a sustainable future.


The Power of Community

   Cuba rebuilt its quality of life following the collapse of cheap oil supplied by the former Soviet Union. This fascinating and empowering film shows how communities pulled together, created solutions, and ultimately thrived despite their decreased dependence on imported energy.


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