Localization Reader Adapting to the Coming Downshift

Name: Localization Reader Adapting to the Coming Downshift
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ISBN: 9780262516877

ISBN-10: 026251687X

ISBN-13: 9780262516877

Edition: 2012

Authors: Raymond De Young, Thomas Princen, Adam Dadeby, M. King Hubbert, Joseph A. Tainter

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Energy supplies are tightening. Persistent pollutants are accumulating. Food security is declining. There is no going back to the days of reckless consumption, but there is a possibility--already being realized in communities across North America and around the world--of localizing, of living well as we learn to live well within immutable constraints. This book maps the transition to a more localized world.Society is shifting from the centrifugal forces of globalization (cheap and abundant raw materials and energy, intensive commercialization, concentrated economic and political power) to the centripetal forces of localization: distributed authority and leadership, sustainable use of nearby…

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List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 2/10/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 376
Size: 6.06" wide x 9.06" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Laird R. Blackwellis Professor of Psychology and Humanities at Sierra Nevada College and the author and photographer of six previous regional field guides to California wildflowers.Laird R. Blackwellis Professor of Psychology and Humanities at Sierra Nevada College and the author and photographer of six previous regional field guides to California wildflowers.