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Depletion & Abundance

Depletion & Abundance

Life on the New Home Front

Climate change, peak oil and economic instability aren't just future social problems -- they jeopardize our homes and families right now. Our once-abundant food supply is being threatened by toxic chemical agriculture, rising food prices and crop …

related subjects: Post Carbon Prep / Peak Oil
The Ecology Of Hope

The Ecology Of Hope

Communities Collaborate for Sustainability

by Ted Bernard & Jora Young
foreword by Wes Jackson

The Ecology of Hope is a remarkably upbeat account of a number of communities where collaboration among different factions and interest groups has led to breakthrough consensus on plans for achieving sustainability. The authors reveal the hopeful …

related subjects: New Catalyst Books
How to Build With Grid Beam

How to Build With Grid Beam

A Fast, Easy and Affordable System for Constructing Almost Anything

Grid beam is a modular, reusable building system that is fast, easy, affordable and virtually goof-proof. Ordinary people, with few skills and even fewer tools (all you need is a wrench!) can tackle projects ranging from furniture and shop benches …

related subjects: Post Carbon Prep / Peak Oil
Building an Ark

Building an Ark

101 Solutions to Animal Suffering

by Ethan Smith
with Guy Dauncey
foreword by Jane Goodall, PhD. & DBE

Building an Ark: 101 Solutions to Animal Suffering is a first-of-its-kind, inspiring look at practical solutions to the impact humans have on animals and the natural world.

Factory farms, habitat destruction, animal product testing, the abuse and …

related subjects: Sustainable Living
Real Goods Solar Living Sourcebook - Special 30th Anniversary Edition

Real Goods Solar Living Sourcebook - Special 30th Anniversary Edition

The Complete Guide to Renewable Energy Technologies and Sustainable Living

Concerns over dwindling resources and environmental degradation are driving many to seek alternatives to our wasteful, polluting lifestyle. Clean technologies such as solar power, wind power and biodiesel fuel are soaring in popularity.

The Real …

related subjects: Energy
The New Village Green (PDF)

The New Village Green (PDF)

Living Light, Living Local, Living Large

The village green is the focal point of any community; a gathering place where the best ideas take root and the brightest voices are heard.

The New Village Green gathers some of the best ideas and brightest voices of the green community; some famous …

related subjects: Sustainable Living
Human Scale

Human Scale

Size matters. And "progress", as it translates into sprawl, congestion, resource depletion, overpopulation, the decline of communities and the rise of corporate rule, is quite literally killing us. In his landmark work Human Scale, Kirkpatrick Sale …

related subjects: New Catalyst Books
Becoming the Kind Father

Becoming the Kind Father

A Son's Journey

The macho society that held John Wayne as a role model has created an emotional wasteland where eighty percent of men are unable to accurately express their feelings, and where that same percentage feel estranged from their fathers. The stifled …

related subjects: Sustainable Living