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The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century James Howard Kunstler See book keywords and concepts

A draft horse is a solar-powered farming implement that is capable of reproducing, i.e., a self-renewable. It implies, however, an entirely different system of agriculture. Home gardening is a solar-powered activity that produces food at the family scale. In our time, home gardening has degenerated to little more than exterior decoration. We'll surely have to grow more of our food closer to home in the Long Emergency, and those of us who have any land at all, even a yard in a city house, will do so.

Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century Alex Steffen See book keywords and concepts

The measure of a successful business doesn't just boil down to overheads and bottom lines, or even living wages and solar-powered office buildings. Today's successful business is about exploring new ways of making things happen in the world, seeing potential and pursuing it, and recognizing that now—perhaps more than ever—the market is receptive to thinking outside the box. In some ways, business is the boldest and most exhilarating adventure we could embark on.

One of the best ways to facilitate these collaborations is to progressively introduce them into both traditional and evolving media gateways—from newspapers and television to solar-powered radio stations and cell phones. If there is a widespread sense that science and technology are not elitist, but that they are in many ways relevant to the daily lives of the most underserved people, it will accelerate a change in perception surrounding the importance of South-South exchanges.

R The Ultimate Safety Net MB In this age of solar-powered water purification and networked disaster relief, the mosquito net seems laughably simple. But until we develop a vaccine for malaria, mosquito nets are still one Public-health education programs are vital for fighting HIV/ AIDS and providing family-planning services, Nairobi, Kenya. of the most reliable ways to prevent the disease. They're also more sustainable than DDT, the chemical usually used to control mosquitoes, which has dire health and environmental consequences.

Technologies like solar-powered ultraviolet water purification, for example, have great promise for village-level and even household-level deployment. A box of components, shipped wherever it is needed, could provide developed-world-standard drinking water anywhere there is sunlight. The solutions described throughout this book are just puzzle pieces. They can be put together in a million different ways to create cities that offer billions of people real hope for healthy, prosperous lives.

Freeplay Radio can catalyze education for children in dire straits. A solar-powered, hand-cranked radio that is tuned in to an educational station, the Freeplay Lifeline Radio requires no power supply or teaching staff. Placed in a tent or a community gathering space, the radio becomes a tool for learning. The Freeplay has been distributed throughout the world by international aid agencies, which use it to provide news bulletins during times of disaster, in addition to the regular educational programming.

There's also a chapter on solar-powered pools and hot tubs for good measure. Pictures and diagrams in both books help even those of us who don't know an incandescent from a compact fluorescent make sense of our energy options. Solar Living Source Book by John Schaeffer (New Society Publishers, 2005) Real Goods is the godfather of sustainable energy retailers. Since 1978, it's been cranking out ideas for living lightly, with a special emphasis on solar, wind, and other clean energy products.

The Miracle of Fasting: Proven Throughout History for Physical, Mental & Spiritual Rejuvenation Patricia Bragg and Paul C. Bragg See book keywords and concepts

But these are powerful and must be taken in small doses at the start, because your sun-starved body has to slowly get used to these cleansing, solar-powered foods. The law, "Whatsoever a man sows that he shall also reap," is inscribed in flaming letters upon the portal of Eternity, and none can deny it, none can cheat it, none can escape it. -James Allen Gentle Sun Rays are Soothing and Best When you take your first sunbath, start with short time periods until you can condition your body to longer exposure.

Reinheriting the Earth: Awakening to Sustainable Solutions and Greater Truths Brian O'Leary See book keywords and concepts

For example, while Germany plans to have 100,000 solar-powered buildings by 2010, the United Kingdom plans to build only 100. Most of England's renewable energy comes from hydroelectric dams which often destroy the landscape and wildlife. "Britain is reportedly on track to meet its commitment of 12.5 per cent" reduction in carbon emissions, says Zac Goldsmith, editor of The Ecologist, "but our government still refuses to take real action to combat the problem...

Hope's Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet Jeremy P. Tarcher See book keywords and concepts

It's actually a solar-powered electric fence—a simple device that allows farmers like Matt and Diane to control their livestock cheaply and effectively. As Matt moves the line, as he does every twenty-fouf hours, the cows are primed, and they trundle past quickly to a lush new patch. "You know, this isn't rocket science," Matt says. "Good soil is the key. We've gotten our soil healthy by using clover, alfalfa, grasses, and organic fertilizer. We've doubled our pasrure production in just a year by intensively managing the grazing," he adds.

Today, Interface even has a solar-powered factory.48 Ray underscored the enormity of the challenge and the need for clear measures of success when he explained that, despite his commitment to reduce his company's impact on the environment to zero, so far he's only achieved one-third of his goal of zero environmental impact. These varied initiatives suggest that, ultimately, the legal structure of the corporate charter will have to be remade, returning the corporation to its original purpose of service to the broad public good.

Nontoxic, Natural and Earthwise Debra Lynn Dadd See book keywords and concepts

An example is a wool pillow made from wool processed in a solar-powered wool mill. Energy-efficient in use. Because there are no data available to evaluate energy efficiency in manufacturing a product, this icon will be used only to indicate products that are energy-efficient during use. 4. Compassion to Animals Ratings Animal issues are rated separately to allow you to make your own ethical decisions. These symbols are used only when I had information to support them. Lack of these icons does not mean that the product was tested on animals or that it contains animal ingredients.

You can also recharge them with a solar-powered battery charger and save electricity. At the Store/By Mail Seventh Generation. Designed for industrial use, their rechargeable batteries have a longer life than those sold in retail stores. Come in AA, C, and D, and can be recharged up to five hundred times. Also a portable solar battery charger that powers up to four AA nickel-cadmium batteries. Candles_ Harmful ingredients: colors, fragrance, paraffin.

Using a solar-powered fan has the advantage of tunning on the sun's free energy exactly when you need it to— when the sun is hottest. Use trees, shrubs, hanging plants, overhangs, and window shades to keep out heat from direct sunlight. Properly planted, trees and shrubs can reduce air-conditioning energy use by as much as 50 percent. During the hottest houts of the day, keep windows and doots closed and fans off. Keep lights low ot off. Do yout cooking and use othet heat-generating appliances in the eatly morning and late evening.

In addition, some catalogs also carry solar-powered items—such as small battery rechargers, wristwatches, and calculators—that are inexpensive, easy-to-use, fun ways to learn about alternative energy. At the Store/By Mail Look for local stores that may supply alternative-energy products, or order by mail. Q Renewable energy Alternative Energy Engineering. Photovoltaic systems (with helpful worksheets), portable solar generators, windmills, solar battery chargers and batteries, 12-volt ap-liances. Backwoods Solar Electric Systems.

A simple selection of the basics, including a starter kit, plus solar battery rechargers, solar-powered flashlights, and so on. Kansas Wind Power. A wide assortment of items, including some, such as electric garden tractors, not found in other catalogs. Without pictures, and difficult to read. Prtotocomm. A slick, full-color catalog with all the basics, toys, and novelties. Real Goods. Nearly two hundred pages of catalog; not only includes every product imaginable, but also guarantees that the company will beat any price. Good reading, too. Solar Components Corporation.

Earth Right H. Patricia Hynes See book keywords and concepts

South Burlington, VT 05403 (802) 862-2999 $2 Water-conserving toilet dam and shower heads; energy-efficient lighting, solar-powered devices, etc. Reading/Information "Costing the Earth: A Survey of the Environment" (1989) The Economist $4 To order, call Bradley Cleaton, (212) 541-5730. "Global Warming: Policy Options" (July 1988) Susan Hassol IRT Supplement, A Strategic Newsbrief for the Electric Utility Industry IRT Publications P.O.

Reclaiming Our Health: Exploding the Medical Myth and Embracing the True Source of Healing John Robbins See book keywords and concepts

The project is empowering to women, community-building, and the solar-powered water pasteurizers have the additional benefit of being entirely unpolluting, unlike the burning of wood or coal to boil water, or the use of chlorine.8 THE PLAGUE The outbreak of cholera in Peru, like other mass epidemics, was frequently referred to as a "plague." The word plague is often used to mean any kind of disastrous pestilence, though it originally referred to a specific disease— the bubonic plague—the source of which are bacteria (Yersinia pestis) that are carried by fleas residing on rats.

Fortunately, there are other solutions, one of which is the use of solar-powered water pasteurizers. These devices, capable of heating water to high enough temperatures to destroy pathogenic waterborne microbes, are currently being tested extensively at the University of Hawaii. The units are produced in three sizes, with the smallest providing up to 30 gallons of pasteurized water per sunny day, and the largest 240 gallons.

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