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The ENERGY Reader

Daniel Lerch Richard Heinberg Bill McKibben David Fridley David Hughes Gloria Flora Wes Jackson   October 2012

Edited by Tom Butler, Daniel Lerch, and George Wuerthner. 

What magic, or monster, lurks behind the light switch and the gas pump? Where does the seemingly limitless energy that …
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ENERGY: Overdevelopment and the Delusion of Endless Growth

Daniel Lerch Richard Heinberg Bill McKibben David Fridley David Hughes Gloria Flora Wes Jackson   October 2012

Edited by Tom Butler and George Wuerthner, Introduction by Richard Heinberg. 

ENERGY takes an unflinching look at the environmental devastation created by our thirst for …
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Nature as Measure: The Selected Essays of Wes Jackson

Wes Jackson   October 2011

In Nature as Measure, a collection of Jackson’s essays from 'Altars of Unhewn Stone' and 'Becoming Native to This Place', these ideas of land conservation and education are …
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The Post Carbon Reader

Peter Whybrow Richard Gilbert Daniel Lerch Richard Heinberg Anthony Perl Bill McKibben Bill Sheehan Brian Schwartz Chris Martenson Cindy Parker David Fridley David Hughes David Orr Erika Allen Gloria Flora Hillary Brown John Kaufmann Joshua Farley Michael Bomford Michael Shuman Richard Douthwaite Rob Hopkins Sandra Postel Stephanie Mills Tom Whipple Warren Karlenzig Wes Jackson William Rees William Ryerson Zenobia Barlow Asher Miller   

How do population, water, energy, food, and climate issues impact one another? What can we do to address one problem without making the others worse? The Post Carbon Reader features …
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Consulting the Genius of the Place

Wes Jackson   October 2010

Locavore leaders such as Alice Waters, Michael Pollan, and Barbara Kingsolver all speak of the need for sweeping changes in how we get our food. Also a longtime leader of this movement is Wes …
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Becoming Native to This Place

Wes Jackson   1994

"What we must think about is an agriculture with a human face." In six compelling essays, Wes Jackson lays the foundation for a new farming economy grounded in nature's …
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