Dmitry Orlov's long awaited, The Five Stages of Collapse: Survivors' Toolkit is now off press. Note the position of …
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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 …
The Ecology Of Hope
Communities Collaborate for Sustainability
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 …
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 …
Building an Ark
101 Solutions to Animal Suffering
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …


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