A collection of 15 essays written in the years 2011-2014 and previously published on the websites resilience.org, commondreams.org, and earthisland.org, and in Orion magazine.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Issued also in electronic format.
Ten years after -- The gross society -- Visualize gasoline -- The climate PR puzzle -- The purposely confusing world of energy politics -- The brief, tragic reign of consumerism: and the birth of a happy alternative -- Fingers in the dike -- Your post-petroleum future (a commencement address) -- The fight of the century -- The anthropocene: it's not all about us -- Conflict in the era of economic decline -- All roads lead local -- Our evanescent culture: and the awesome duty of librarians -- Our cooperative Darwinian moment -- Want to change the world? Read this first