When Technology Fails : A Manual for Self-Reliance, Sustainability, and Surviving the Long Emergency, 2nd Edition

Author of The Geography of Nowhere Matthew Stein’s When Technology Fails : A Manual for Self-Reliance, Sustainability, and Surviving the Long Emergency, 2nd Edition is a 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. When Technology Fails  covers the gamut. Inside, you’ll learn: Each chapter describes skills for self-reliance in good times and bad. Chapters Include: Fully revised and expanded, When Technology Fails  ends on a positive, proactive note with a chapter on “Making the Shift to Sustainability,” which offers practical suggestions for changing our world on personal, community and global levels.