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The Transition movement is one of the most dynamic social movements to emerge in the 00's. Oil is running out, climate change is a reality and all clever environmentalists are preparing for that day - here is a selection to help your thinking
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EATING FOSSIL FOODS
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Oil, Food and the Coming Crisis in Agriculture. One of the main challenges for the future is to decouple agriculture from its reliance on fossil fuel this one looks at the problem and suggests some good solutions. A must read - only a short book.
£ 7.95
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PEAK EVERYTHING
Author - Richard Heinberg
The latest of Heinberg's books chronicling the depletion of not only our carbon based resources but loads of other important commodities too. easy to read and authoritative.
£ 11.99
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POST CARBON CITIES: PLANNING FOR ENERGY AND CLIMATE UNCERTAINTY
Author - Daniel Lerch
This guidebook has been specifically designed for those those working in and with Local Government. It gives a good overview, with actual examples, of planning for energy and climate uncertainty.
£ 9.95
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THE TRANSITION HANDBOOK and OTHERS
Author - Rob Hopkins
This seminal book and ANY other book in the Transition series for only TEN UK POUNDS per title. For a full list of titles see full details. Offer ends 19th Decemeber
£ 11.95
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BEYOND OIL
Author - K.S. Deffeyes
From the man that wrote Hubbert's Peak the book that sort of started it all comes Beyond Oil - having accepted that oil is over he dispassionately looks at the alternatives - a must read if you want to get up to speed on the subject.
£ 7.95
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PEAK OIL PREP
Author - M. Winter
Sub-titled - three things you can do to prepare for peak oil, climate change and economic collapse but really more like 3000 things to do - recommended if only for the resource list.
£ 11.50
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PEAK OIL SURVIVAL
Author - A. McBay
This is one of the 'make our own bread when it all goes pear-shaped' type of books; it could almost be in the self-sufficiency section. Still full of a lot of interesting techniques that may be useful should society collapse and are certainly useful now.
£ 8.95
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PEAK OIL: A USER'S GUIDE
Author - Popex
This is a fun book divided into 2 parts: the 1st is a manual for the Peak Oil Olympics which took place last year in Bristol (why didn't I know about that?) which look like huge amounts of fun, and the 2nd is a slightly left field take on peak oil. Well worth a read.
£ 5.50
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LIMITS TO GROWTH - THE 30 YEAR UPDATE
Author - D. Meadows, J. Randers, D. Meadows
In 1972 Limits to Growth was published - sadly we didn't do a lot about it. The same auhors have revisited the situation armed with 30 odd years of data and surprise, suprise, find it has got even worse.
£ 14.95
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THE LAST OIL SHOCK
Author - D. Strahan
A great favourite of Rob Hopkins and peak oilers worldwide. The L.O.S. is the secret behind the crises in Iraq and Iran, the reason your petrol bill is going through the roof, the basis of a secret deal cooked up in Texas between Bush and Blair, the cause of an imminent and unprecedented economic collapse, and the reason you may soon be kissing your car keys and boarding pass goodbye. And, more importantly, what to do about it. Essential reading.
£ 12.99
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THE PARTY'S OVER
Author - R. Heinberg
Another peak oilers' favourite. Substatially revised and subtitled Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies. Heinberg has written several books on the topic - this is his most pressing and strident...
£ 10.95
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RESOURCE WARS
Author - M. T. Klare
The New Landscape of Global Conflict - Looks at the growing impact of resource scarcity on the military policies of various nations. Basically an 'its all going to end horribly' sort of book but still valid and worth reading
£ 8.95
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POWER DOWN
Author - R. Heinberg
One of the first books from the man who saw it all coming years ago. Subtitled - options and actions for a post carbon world. Powerdown investigates strategies for negotiating a soft landing when the oil runs out.
£ 11.50
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