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Life After The Oil Crash A pessimistic view of Peak Oil Peak Oil Debunked An alternative and optimistic viewpoint Hubbert's Peak Analysis of Hubbert's theory and it's practical application Museletter A publication and web site by Peak Oil's Richard Heinberg ASPO Association for the study of Peak Oil and Gas James Howard Kunstler Peak Oil pundit Post Carbon Institute Educational site for post-Peak Oil Energy Bulletin Energy news and views Oil Drum Discussion about energy and our collective futures Powerswitch UK's Peak Oil Community, raising awareness and making changes
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Julia Ponsonby Updating the first edition—winner of the Gourmand World Cookbook award for best vegetarian cookbook of 2001—the cuisine featured in Gaia’s Kitchen calls upon the best of Mediterranean, Californian, Indian, and Mexican vegetarian cooking. It celebrates old favorites rich in cheese and eggs and offers a variety of tempting new vegan dishes using ingredients such as pulses, tofu, and tempeh. Besides soups, main courses, and salads, there’s a mouthwatering selection of desserts, breads, cakes, and biscuits...more NEW REVIEW:
Salad Leaves for All Seasons: Organic Growing from Pot to Plot Charles Dowding Small is beautiful, less is more; a salad a day--but not the supermarket way. This compendium of practical methods for growing a wide variety of salads throughout the year will inspire you to grow your own, whether on a windowsill or a garden. Here is all the information you need for productive, healthy and tasty salads...more
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Matthew Stein There’s never been a better time to “be prepared.” Matthew Stein’s comprehensive primer on sustainable living skills—from food and water to shelter and energy to first-aid and crisis-management skills—prepares you to embark on the path toward sustainability. But unlike any other book, Stein not only shows you how to live “green” in seemingly stable times, but to live in the face of potential disasters, lasting days or years, coming in the form of social upheaval, economic meltdown, or environmental catastrophe...more NEW REVIEW:
by Aric McBay Oil and energy are not limitless resources, and someday the supply will be depleted. Peak Oil Survival shows readers how to plan for the future: how to survive and thrive when the food, transport, and energy industries sputter out. Author Aric McBay gives an essential crash course complete with clear, simple instructions and easy-to-read diagrams. Peak Oil Survival will explain how people can protect their families and strengthen their communities in the event of a crisis - and live comfortably off the grid...more
Gardening When it Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times by Steve Solomon The decline of cheap oil is inspiring increasing numbers of North Americans to achieve some measure of backyard food self-sufficiency. In hard times, the family can be greatly helped by growing a highly productive food garden, requiring little cash outlay or watering... Gardening When It Counts helps readers rediscover traditional low-input gardening methods to produce healthy food... more
NEW REVIEW: From Vines to Wines: The Complete Guide to Growing Grapes and Making Your Own Wine Jeff Cox Create you own backyard winery! From breaking ground to savoring the finished product, Jeff Cox's From Vines to Wines is the most complete and up-to-date guide to growing flawless grapes and making extraordinary wine... Wine connoisseurs, gardeners, and home winemakers will find the latest techniques in this fully revised and updated edition...more
Drawing upon 40 years’ experience as an ecological farmer and marketer, Joel Salatin explains with humor and passion why Americans do not have the freedom to choose the food they purchase and eat. From child labor regulations to food inspection, bureaucrats provide themselves sole discretion over what food is available in the local marketplace. Their system favors industrial, global corporate food systems and discourages community-based food commerce, resulting in homogenized selection, mediocre quality, and exposure to non-organic farming practices... more
REVIEW: ...Swiss journalist Basil Gelpke and Irish filmmaker Ray McCormack have constructed their narrative in a conventional manner, alternating between talking heads, archival footage, and modern-day material, but the addition of several pieces by Phillip Glass is an artful touch (and evokes his work on 1988's The Thin Blue Line). Throughout, a diverse array of experts from the U.S., Azerbaijan, Venezuela, and other countries explain how the 20th century became addicted to "the blood of the dinosaurs," and why contemporary society needs to change course... more REVIEW:
PREPAREDNESS NOW! provides information and techniques that can help mitigate the destructive effects of disasters, whatever the cause. With illustrations, photographs and step-by-step instructions, this manual delivers practical advice on: The 72-hour emergency kit; Water quality control and storage; Emergency shelter, power, lighting, and heating; Emergency transportation, communications, and evacuation; Chemical, biowarfare, and nuclear preparedness... more
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