The Transition Handbook
From oil dependency to local resilience
by Rob Hopkins
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We live in an oil-dependent world, and have got to this level of dependency in a very short space of time, using vast reserves of oil in the process without planning for when the supply is not so plentiful. Most people don't want to think about what happens when the oil runs out (or becomes prohibitively expensive), but The Transition Handbook shows how the inevitable and profound changes ahead can have a positive effect. They can lead to the rebirth of local communities, which will generate their own fuel, food and housing. They can encourage the development of local currencies, to keep money in the local area. They can unleash a local 'skilling-up', so that people have more control over their lives.
The Transition Handbook is the manual which will guide communities to begin this 'energy descent' journey. The argument that 'small is inevitable' is upbeat and positive, as well as utterly convincing.
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Energy conservation, Citizen participation, Energy consumption, Self-reliant living, Social aspects, Petroleum reserves, Social aspects of Energy consumption, Sustainable living, Energy policy, Community development, transition, oil, peak, totnes, hbook, blad, resilience, chapter, handbook, climate, peak oil, hbook blad, transition hbook, transition handbook, transition town, transition initiatives, climate change, transition concept, positive vision, energy descent| Edition | Availability |
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The Transition Handbook: From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience
2014-04-01, UIT Cambridge Ltd.
0857842153 9780857842152
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Transition Handbook: From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience
2008, UIT Cambridge
in English
1907448705 9781907448706
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The Transition Handbook: From oil dependency to local resilience
2008, Green Books, Chelsea Green
Paperback
in English
1900322188 9781900322188
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Transition Handbook: From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience
2008, UIT Cambridge
in English
1907448713 9781907448713
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Transition Handbook: From oil dependency to local Resilience
2008, Chelsea Green Publishing
in English
1603581936 9781603581936
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