When Technology Fails

Matthew I. Stein

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Language: English

Published by Chelsea Green Publishing Co, US, 2008

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Thereís never been a better time to ìbe prepared.î Matthew Steinís comprehensive primer on sustainable living skillsófrom food and water to shelter and energy to first-aid and crisis-management skillsóprepares you to embark on the path toward sustainability. But unlike any other book, Stein not only shows you how to live ìgreenî 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. Youíll learn how to start a fire and keep warm if youíve been left temporarily homeless, as well as the basics of installing a renewable energy system for your home or business. Youíll learn how to find and sterilize water in the face of utility failure, as well as practical information for dealing with water-quality issues even when the public tap water is still flowing. Youíll learn alternative techniques for healing equally suited to an era of profit-driven malpractice as to situations of social calamity. Each chapter (a survey of the risks to the status quo; supplies and preparation for short- and long-term emergencies; emergency measures for survival; water; food; shelter; clothing; first aid, low-tech medicine, and healing; energy, heat, and power; metalworking; utensils and storage; low-tech chemistry; and engineering, machines, and materials) offers the same approach, describing skills for self-reliance in good times and bad. Fully revised and expandedóthe first edition was written pre-9/11 and pre-Katrina, when few Americans took the risk of social disruption seriouslyóWhen Technology Fails ends on a positive, proactive note with a new chapter on "Making the Shift to Sustainability," which offers practical suggestions for changing our world on personal, community and global levels.

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Title
When Technology Fails
Author
Matthew I. Stein
Publisher
Chelsea Green Publishing Co, US
Publication year
2008
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New
Binding
Paperback
Language
English
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1933392452
ISBN 13
9781933392455
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2nd Edition
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