Industrial Evolution : Local Solutions for a Low Carbon Future

Author(s): Lyle Estill

self sufficiency/small farming

In "Small is Possible" Lyle Estill introduced the compelling story of the creation of a strong local economy by several committed entrepreneurs. This book shows how these same entrepreneurs kept their local economy alive in the face of economic downturn and uncertain times, emerging with a model of how industry might adapt and thrive in a post carbon future.


Product Information

Introduction; Breaking into the Business; Accidental Diversity; Local Food Friday; Piedmont Biofuels Industrial; In Bed with Government; Depression 2.0; Oilseed Community; Bringing Product to Market; Piedmont Biofarm; State of the Bubble; Playing Ball; Fighting Town Hall; Abundance Foundation; On the Label Label Label; Solar Double Cropping; Our Place in the World; We Are Not Alone; Epilogue.

General Fields

  • : 9780865716742
  • : New Society Publishers
  • : New Society Publishers
  • : 01 March 2011
  • : 215mm X 140mm
  • : United States
  • : 01 April 2011
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Lyle Estill
  • : 240
  • : 338.064
  • : Paperback