sustainable living

Book review: Game Over

Posted January 11, 2009 - 10:45 by Philip Brewer

Green Living, Investment

Cover of Game Over by Stephen Leeb

Stephen Leeb's new book makes that case that we're running into resource limits on every front--energy, metals, water--and that this problem is going to affect everything we do. Then, it looks at what can we do about it, as individuals and as a society.

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Book review: Farewell, My Subaru

Posted December 22, 2008 - 12:39 by Philip Brewer

Green Living

Cover of Farewell, My Subaru

There are a number of books now by people who set out to live a more local, more sustainable life, and wrote a book to document their experiences. Most of them approach the problem with the perspective that living a lower-carbon lifestyle is going to entail giving up some of the things that modern Americans have come to expect. Doug Fine, though, would rather not. Especially not ice cream.

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Book Review: Living On An Acre, A Practical Guide to the Self-Reliant Life

Posted June 28, 2008 - 08:54 by Linsey Knerl

Frugal Living, DIY, Lifestyle

Ever since I left the city and crept my way back into my childhood farm house, I have been slowly adjusting to a simpler lifestyle. Living On An Acre has been a steady and dependable guide to covering the bases of both the practicalities and the possibilities of living a more sustainable dream.

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