Below is a list of some useful and informative reading
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Plan B 3.0 "Lester Brown tells us how to build a more just world and save the planet from climate change in a practical, straightforward way. We should all heed his advice." –President Bill Clinton |
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One of the first of a spate of books that deal with the subject, Richard Heinberg's The Partys Over makes a compelling but accessible case that global oil production will probably peak within the decade. |
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This book by Jules Pretty looks at how for most of human history, we have lived our daily lives in a close relationship with the land. Yet now, for the first time, more people are living in urban rather than rural areas, bringing about an estrangement. |
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We know that climate change is happening. We know that it could, if the worst predictions come true, destroy the conditions which make human life possible. Only one question is now worth asking: can it be stopped? In Heat, George Monbiot shows that it can. |
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Most of us avoid thinking about what happens when oil runs out (or becomes prohibitively expensive), but The Transition Handbook by Rob Hopkins shows how the inevitable and profound changes ahead can have a positive outcome. |
Below is a list of some interesting films
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The Corporation is a well-organized and deeply fascinating documentary about the growing prominence of large global businesses, and the way that their decisions are impacting the world. |
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The End of Suburbia is an important documentary about modern dependence on cheap energy and the coming peak in world oil production. The film is an excellent introduction to the peak oil phenomenon. |