| Descript |
xxvi, 346 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Fossil fuel decline / M. King Hubbert -- Energy returned on energy invested / Adam Dadeby -- The inevitability of transition / Joseph A. Tainter -- Less energy, more equity, more time / Ivan Illich -- An arc of scenarios / Rob Hopkins -- Inhabiting place / Robert L. Thayer -- Locally owned business / Michael Shuman -- Daring to experiment / Warren Johnson -- Civic agriculture / Thomas A. Lyson -- A whole new way of life / Karen Litfin -- The decentralist tradition / Kirkpatrick Sale -- Technology at a human scale / Ernst F. Schumacher -- Provincialism / Josiah Royce -- Local enterprise / Wendell Berry -- Conserving communities / Wendell Berry -- Abundance and fulfillment / Sharon Astyk -- Motives for living lightly / Raymond De Young -- Enabling the best in people / Rachel Kaplan & Stephen Kaplan -- Ecological democracy / John S. Dryzek -- Towards the regional / Gar Alperovitz -- Global problems, localist solutions / David J. Hess -- Adaptive muddling / Raymond De Young & Stephen Kaplan -- Promoting a partnership society / Lester W. Milbrath -- Tools for the transition / Donella Meadows, Jorgen Randers & Dennis Meadows -- Downshift/upshift : our choice / Raymond De Young & Thomas Princen. |
| Subject |
Sustainable living.
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Environmentalism.
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Energy conservation.
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Energy consumption.
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| Alt Author |
De Young, Raymond, 1952-
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Princen, Thomas, 1951-
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| ISBN |
9780262516877 (pbk.) |
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026251687X (pbk.) |
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