When Technology Fails A Manual For Selfreliance Sustainability And Surviving The Long Emergency2e 2nd Edition Matthew Stein by Matthew Stein instant download after payment.

Thereís never been a better time to ìbe prepared.î Matthew Steinís
comprehensive primer on sustainable living skillsófrom food and water to
shelter and energy to first-aid and crisis-management skillsóprepares
you to embark on the path toward sustainability. But unlike any other
book, Stein not only shows you how to live ìgreenî in seemingly stable
times, but to live in the face of potential disasters, lasting days or
years, coming in the form of social upheaval, economic meltdown, or
environmental catastrophe. When Technology Fails covers the
gamut. Youíll learn how to start a fire and keep warm if youíve been
left temporarily homeless, as well as the basics of installing a
renewable energy system for your home or business. Youíll learn how to
find and sterilize water in the face of utility failure, as well as
practical information for dealing with water-quality issues even when
the public tap water is still flowing. Youíll learn alternative
techniques for healing equally suited to an era of profit-driven
malpractice as to situations of social calamity. Each chapter (a survey
of the risks to the status quo; supplies and preparation for short- and
long-term emergencies; emergency measures for survival; water; food;
shelter; clothing; first aid, low-tech medicine, and healing; energy,
heat, and power; metalworking; utensils and storage; low-tech chemistry;
and engineering, machines, and materials) offers the same approach,
describing skills for self-reliance in good times and bad. Fully revised
and expandedóthe first edition was written pre-9/11 and pre-Katrina,
when few Americans took the risk of social disruption seriouslyóWhen Technology Fails
ends on a positive, proactive note with a new chapter on "Making the
Shift to Sustainability," which offers practical suggestions for
changing our world on personal, community and global levels.