When Technology Fails: A Manual for Self-Reliance and Planetary Survival

When Technology Fails: A Manual for Self-Reliance and Planetary Survival
by Matthew Stein

When Technology Fails: A Manual for Self-Reliance and Planetary Survival
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Author: Matthew Stein
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-05-16
ISBN: 1933392835
Number of pages: 405
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing

Book Reviews of When Technology Fails: A Manual for Self-Reliance and Planetary Survival

Book Review: Never have written a review before but....
Summary: 5 Stars

What if technology failed? Who would be ready to survive? I don't know of many that would be able to take care of themselves, never mind their family. This book tells you what you need to do to live successfully if that time came.
Truth be told, we have forgotten how to live without. How to survive on our own. Who would you ask if that time came? This book gives basics from the very beginning. A "how to" for anything you might need to know.
This could be a valuable resource for everyone. Something to have on hand. Who knows what will be in store for us in the future. This is a comprehensive disaster tool with valuable reference material.
There is plenty of "good stuff" to take out of this book. Even if you just want to just get back to a few basics in your every day life. A good one to have in your library.

Summary of When Technology Fails: A Manual for Self-Reliance and Planetary Survival

When Technology Fails is the first to offer, under one cover, basic instructions and recommended resources for the wide range of skills and technologies necessary for self-reliant living and achieving mastery of all kinds of emergency conditions.

A user-friendly "bible" in the tradition of the Whole Earth Catalog, this book provides information that will help the average person become more self-reliant. In an era of super-storms, burgeoning population, massive earth-quakes, global warming, and record-breaking floods and droughts, more and more people are seeking to prepare themselves to deal with the difficult times that may lie ahead.

When Technology Fails addresses this universal concern in one engaging and concise volume for the general reader. A directory of resources and an instructional guide to sustainable technologies, it outlines survival strategies for dealing with changes that affect food, water, shelter, energy, health, communications, and essential goods and services.

When Technology Fails provides something for everyone, from parents who want to help their families when a disaster strikes, to the go-it-alone survivalist, to the eco-minded person who wishes to tread more lightly on the earth - whatever the future may hold.

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