Long Descent The: A User's Guide To The End Of The Industrial Age

Author: Greer John Michael

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  • : 11 September 2008
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Description

A challenging new vision of the future, "The Long Descent" traces the decline and fall of an industrial society fatally out of balance with planetary limits and shows how personal change and local action can shape a better tomorrow.

Author description

John Michael Greer is a certified Master Conserver, organic gardener and scholar of ecological history. His widely-cited blog, The Archdruid Report, deals with peak oil. He is the author of The Long Descent and lives in Ashland, Oregon.

Table of contents

Foreword; The End of industrial Society; Imaginary Solutions; The Stories We Tell Ourselves; Briefing for the Descent; The Coming of the Deindustrial Age; Tools for the Journey; The Spiritual Dimension; Bibliography; Index.